By Johnnie C. Godwin Contributing columnist, B&R Editor’s note: The following column is Part II of a two-part series. The first part was printed in the March 24 issue of the B&R. In a movie on the apostle Paul, I saw Paul in prison before his martyrdom. Dr. Luke was with Paul but not imprisoned: Luke was free to come and go in making visits to Paul. Now, Luke wrote
By Johnnie C. Godwin Contributing columnist, B&R Editor’s note: The following column is Part II of a two-part series. The first part was printed in the March 24 issue of the B&R. In a movie on the apostle Paul, I saw Paul in prison before his martyrdom. Dr. Luke was with Paul but not imprisoned: Luke was free to come and go in making visits to Paul. Now, Luke wrote
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, TBMB It’s Thursday while I’m writing this and I’m thinking about what Friday represents for the world on this week we recognize as Holy Week. By the time you read this column, we will have had our first in-person Easter gathering in two years. I’m certain I will be hearing reports about how the day was an honoring celebration to a resurrected
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] One of the aggravating parts of being a biweekly publication is that holidays don’t always fall prior to a print issue. As a result, I did not publish a pre-Easter column. But, here’s the good news. Easter did not end on Sunday, April 4, at 11:59 p.m. That is why I can write a column in the first issue after Easter (and
By Norman Ridenhour Baptist Layman & Retired Journalist Perhaps every Baptist knows about missionaries and the International Mission Board. These are men and women called to serve somewhere in the world to share the love of Jesus and to invest in lives through their sacrifice of leaving home to serve. Their tasks are many, with some setting up schools and teaching English, but most of all, investing in others by
By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Sometimes what we think are the worst things happening to us can end up being the best things for us. What has been a global pandemic has turned out to be a divine “plandemic” for us at Chapel Hill Baptist Church in Milan. During the time we were hearing words like “unprecedented,” “shutter,” and “social-distancing,” we found the
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Late last week, Tennessee became only the third state in the United States to pass legislation that requires transgender students in the state to compete in sports according to their sex at birth. Hallelujah! Finally, a law has been passed based on common sense and not political correctness. According to The Tennessean newspaper, the bill quickly advanced in the state legislature and
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that same-sex marriage is protected under the Constitution and is now legal in all 50 states. Christians decried that decision then and we still do today. However, there were some who naively believed that was “the end of the story.” Instead, it was just the beginning. That Supreme Court decision
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, TBMB Social media has the potential for good, but it also has a dark side that Christians too often get drawn into. It’s time we evaluate ourselves and assess if what we’re contributing to the public market of ideas leads to edifying the body of Christ and making Jesus attractive to spiritually lost people. The Golden Rule is still golden, and it
By Kevin Shrum Pastor, Inglewood Baptist Church, Nashville Over the past several months I have been repeatedly asked, “Are you guys (the church) meeting in person? And, how are you guys doing?” My answer is always the same. Yes, we are meeting for in-person worship. And yes, by God’s grace, we are doing remarkably well. These questions caused me to rethink our story as we approach the one-year anniversary of
By Johnnie C. Godwin Contributing columnist, B&R Editor’s note: The following column is Part II of a two-part series. The first part was printed in
By Johnnie C. Godwin Contributing columnist, B&R Editor’s note: The following column is Part II of a two-part series. The first part was printed in
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, TBMB It’s Thursday while I’m writing this and I’m thinking about what Friday represents for the world
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] One of the aggravating parts of being a biweekly publication is that holidays don’t always fall prior
By Norman Ridenhour Baptist Layman & Retired Journalist Perhaps every Baptist knows about missionaries and the International Mission Board. These are men and women called
By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Sometimes what we think are the worst things happening to us can end
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Late last week, Tennessee became only the third state in the United States to pass legislation that
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that same-sex marriage is protected
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, TBMB Social media has the potential for good, but it also has a dark side that Christians
By Kevin Shrum Pastor, Inglewood Baptist Church, Nashville Over the past several months I have been repeatedly asked, “Are you guys (the church) meeting in