By Laura Hurd Baptist Press CHURCH HILL, Tenn. — The short eight minutes between our home and school is time that God has been fashioning as an open window for peering into the ever-evolving mind of my son, who tends to be willing to talk more during these moments. I soon realized the importance of my attentiveness in each conversation.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] This morning I was reading over yesterday’s Baptist Press stories and this one caught my attention: “Third gender option takes place in NYC, California.” I immediately began recalling Scripture from my somewhat limited memory. I just could not remember where it says, “And on the third day God created man, both male and female and Gender X.”
By Todd E. Brady Vice president for University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Shakespeare said, “Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.” When we first met at Camp Carson Youth Music Week in 1990, I didn’t realize that Paul Clark would sing at my wedding almost a decade later. I also didn’t realize that I would end up naming my fourth son after him 20 years
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director You may be overrun with Christmas activities and see a busy 2019 blowing in like a thunderstorm racing across a Kansas prairie. Last minute gifts, parties, travel to be with loved ones, and on it goes. We get to this point of the year and it seems we try to squeeze about six months of activity through the funnel of a
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, Baptist and Reflector Paul Tournier wrote The Meaning of Gifts in 1961. Tournier spent all his life as a medical doctor in Geneva, helping heal the body, mind, and soul. Further, his life and writings came to me as a gift to understand the meaning of gifts — especially God’s gifts. You might think a book or an article on the meaning of gifts is
By David Dawson TBMB Communications Specialist “The Singing Christmas Tree.” Just hearing those words still brings a smile to my face. When I was a boy, my dad was pastor at Dalewood Baptist Church in Nashville. Each year, the church put on “The Singing Christmas Tree” — and memories of it remain vivid in my mind to this day.
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Columnist, B&R “And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. Today in
By David Green President, Tennessee Baptist Convention “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed (and this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria). And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Clutter. We’ve all seen it. We know it when we see it. In my case, I’m probably the king of clutter. People walk by my office, look at my desk and just shake their head and move on. I like to refer to my “mess” as “organized clutter.” But no matter what “spin” I give it, I’m still guilty of cluttering my desk/office
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, Baptist and Reflector The word “pastor” appears only in Ephesians 4:11 in all the KJV New Testament. And It appears just eight times in the OT — all in Jeremiah (2:8; 3:15; 10:21; 12:10; 17:16; 22:22; 23:1, 2). Both in the OT and the NT, the word “pastor” translates the word for “shepherd.” Of course, the word “shepherd” appears numerous times throughout the Bible. Further,
By Laura Hurd Baptist Press CHURCH HILL, Tenn. — The short eight minutes between our home and school is time that God has been fashioning
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] This morning I was reading over yesterday’s Baptist Press stories and this one caught my attention: “Third
By Todd E. Brady Vice president for University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Shakespeare said, “Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director You may be overrun with Christmas activities and see a busy 2019 blowing in like a
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, Baptist and Reflector Paul Tournier wrote The Meaning of Gifts in 1961. Tournier spent all his life as a medical
By David Dawson TBMB Communications Specialist “The Singing Christmas Tree.” Just hearing those words still brings a smile to my face. When I was a
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Columnist, B&R “And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel
By David Green President, Tennessee Baptist Convention “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Clutter. We’ve all seen it. We know it when we see it. In my case, I’m probably the
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, Baptist and Reflector The word “pastor” appears only in Ephesians 4:11 in all the KJV New Testament. And It appears