By Bruce Chesser President of the Tennessee Baptist Convention Where do we go from here? It is a question that I am hearing from pastors and church leaders across the state of Tennessee. Much like the word to the Israelites after they crossed over the Jordan River into the Promised Land, “you haven’t traveled this way before” (Joshua 3:4). Bruce Raley, executive pastor at  First Baptist Church, Hendersonville, and I

By Todd E. Brady Vice president for university ministries, Union University, Jackson It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. It’s not. Some think that meaning is determined by the one who looks at the picture. It’s not. A picture is worth the number of words intended by the author who painted it. The meaning of a picture is not determined by the viewer. For the

By Mike Farmer Director of Missions, McMinn-Meigs Baptist Association, Athens In a world that is changing almost by the hour, most of us are longing for something stable and sure.  How does a person without faith in a living God face the chaos of the world today? Even if you have faith, these days can be difficult. How do we find stability? We find it in the Bible. We find

By Clay Gilbreath Director of Missions, Big Hatchie Baptist Assoc., Covington I wonder, through this extended time of social distancing, does the Lord want to have a conversation with us, like He did with Peter by the sea one day, a “define the relationship” kind of talk.  You’ve probably had these before — “Will this dating lead to marriage?” “What is expected of each of us in this project or

By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R Phyllis and I shared the same splendid doctor for 25 years until last year. Our doctor retired, so we decided to ease over to another doctor in the same practice. But he didn’t know Johnnie or Phyllis. So I gave him one of my “retirement” books I had dedicated “To Phyllis — My Better Two-thirds.” At Phyllis’ next solo visit, she said the doctor