By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Our world is an unsettled place. Just look across our state, our country and around the world. We live in days of constant change, high anxiety and rampant fear. In fact, a recent Lifeway Research study found that the feeling people most wanted to avoid, and are most concerned with, is fear. That’s the first time fear has
By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Superstar American gymnast Simone Biles’s withdrawal from Olympic competition in this year’s Summer Olympics in Tokyo caused quite a bit of chatter. Like opinions I am hearing concerning whether to take the COVID-19 vaccine or to not take the COVID-19 vaccine, it seems that opining people are everywhere–from the “Simone-Biles-is-the-greatest-hero-ever-for-mental-health” folks to “Simone-Biles-is-just-a-famous quitter” people. As is always
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist & Reflector I recently stopped by a fast food restaurant and entered the drive-through line to purchase a sandwich. The sandwich totaled $4.10 so I gave the cashier a $5 bill and two nickels. The teenage girl (or at least early 20s) rang it up and then gave me about 40 cents. I explained to her that I gave her $5.10 so my change should
By Matt Tullos Special assistant to the executive director I don’t think he’d ever remember this, but a man changed my life in a very intentional way. His name was Phillip Willis. Every Tuesday, Bro Phil would pick me up after school to take me to visit and evangelize other students. To this day, I still remember those visits. I remember watching Bro. Phil sharing his faith and challenging me
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Let’s get real for a moment. There is a relentless barrage of daily bad news circulated through news outlets and social media. It is saturated with a great deal of misinformation, rumor, innuendo and flat out lies born in the pits of hell. A lot of it lands on my desk, or at least in my inbox. Unfortunately
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB Olympic gymnast Simone Biles set off a social media firestorm when she withdrew from the first week of Olympic competition, and apparently her withdrawal sparked a wildfire that’s torched countless Christian witnesses across America. Biles is arguably the greatest Olympic gymnast in history and her gold medal sweep at the Tokyo Olympics was assumed prior to the opening ceremony. But like the cliché
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] A few days ago I had to make an unplanned visit to my optometrist’s office to have my frames adjusted. A word of advice — don’t fall asleep with your glasses on. Bad things can happen. While they were being adjusted, Phil Hammond, my optometrist and longtime friend, saw me and stopped by to chat. When he asked how I was doing,
By Danny Sinquefield Pastor of Faith Baptist Church, Bartlett There have been many conversations through the years regarding a name change for the Southern Baptist Convention. It is often a topic that has a lot of feelings associated with it for various reasons. Some love the tradition and the identity it brings as the largest protestant denomination in the world. Others are quick to point out that the geographic regionalization
By Ken Carver Contributing writer, B&R COLLIERVILLE — When Amy Dobson got serious — really serious — about her fellowship with Jesus, when she fervently pursued a much deeper walk with Him, little did she know that her spiritual path would lead to her writing the Mirror Image ladies’ Bible study series. Dobson wrote the first study in 2016. It was on Malachi. A two-part study on Galatians followed a
By Mike Farmer Director of missions, McMinn-Meigs Association of Baptists What a blessing to see so many “normal” church activities arriving on the schedule now. It has been a long, difficult year. I pray we have a greater appreciation for these normal activities. My question now is this, “What have we learned from the past year?” We should have learned the truth that God did not make us to be
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Our world is an unsettled place. Just look across our state, our country
By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Superstar American gymnast Simone Biles’s withdrawal from Olympic competition in this year’s Summer
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist & Reflector I recently stopped by a fast food restaurant and entered the drive-through line to purchase a sandwich. The
By Matt Tullos Special assistant to the executive director I don’t think he’d ever remember this, but a man changed my life in a very
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Let’s get real for a moment. There is a relentless barrage of daily
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB Olympic gymnast Simone Biles set off a social media firestorm when she withdrew from the first week of
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] A few days ago I had to make an unplanned visit to my optometrist’s office to have
By Danny Sinquefield Pastor of Faith Baptist Church, Bartlett There have been many conversations through the years regarding a name change for the Southern Baptist
By Ken Carver Contributing writer, B&R COLLIERVILLE — When Amy Dobson got serious — really serious — about her fellowship with Jesus, when she fervently
By Mike Farmer Director of missions, McMinn-Meigs Association of Baptists What a blessing to see so many “normal” church activities arriving on the schedule now.
