By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector If Christianity and culture were wrestlers, Christianity would be picking itself up off the mat. We (Christians) are being slammed by culture. Nowhere is that more evident than views on the LGBTQ movement and same-sex marriage. The biblical view of marriage as a union of one man and one woman is fading fast.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector As I was driving to the Church Support Center in Franklin this morning (July 6), I looked up to the sky and saw a beautiful rainbow. We have had a lot of rain in Middle Tennessee over the past few days including some storms last night. As I gazed at the rainbow, I could not help but remember God’s promise to Noah and
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector While there are many “pros” to the Baptist and Reflector’s print schedule of every other week, one “con” is that some denominational events or programs do not get the recognition they should in the print issue. One of those that fell by the wayside was Mission:Dignity Sunday, sponsored by GuideStone Financial Resources. I’m hopeful many of our Tennessee Baptist churches mentioned Mission:Dignity to
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Frank Martin is the men’s basketball coach at the University of South Carolina. He is the kind of coach you appreciate if he’s with your team and probably dislike if he’s not. He has a fiery personality and a stare that matches former University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summit. If you know basketball, you know exactly what I mean. Martin sometimes
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector I have some words of advice for members of Faith in America, a North Carolina-based advocacy organization. Don’t hold your breath. And, if you really want to do yourself a favor, don’t waste your time and money. Members of this organization plan to picket the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention next week in Phoenix, seeking to persuade messengers and leaders to remove
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector No one knows you better than your spouse. You can put on a “front” when you leave home, but at the house, not so much. God has blessed me with a wonderful wife for almost 36 years. Joyce always has been a wonderful support and encouragement to me over the years. But she also knows the meaning of “tough love.” I recently had
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector I am always amused when I read stories about people who get upset over the consequences of something they caused. Most people probably have heard about the lawsuit McDonald’s faced years ago when a customer spilled coffee on herself. If I remember correctly, she won the case. Just recently, a woman in Charlotte, N.C. claimed she suffered second degree burns after she spilled
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector A few years ago I was umpiring a high school baseball game in Nashville. The home team’s catcher was really good — strong arm, could hit with power. He had the tools to play college baseball and perhaps even professionally. Between innings we engaged in a brief conversation and I asked where he was going to play college ball. His answer stunned me.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Johnnie Godwin has been writing a column for the Baptist and Reflector since 2003. I knew of Johnnie long before he sent that first column to me for consideration but did not really know him. Over the course of time Johnnie has become a dear friend and mentor. As I read through his column this week, he mentioned that he recently turned 80
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector If there was any doubt what’s most important to Americans, legislators in North Carolina cleared it up. On March 30 North Carolina legislators repealed House Bill 2, a law that required individuals in state buildings to use restrooms corresponding to the gender indicated on their birth certificates. See article. Last year at this time people were praising the legislators for their courage in
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector If Christianity and culture were wrestlers, Christianity would be picking itself up off the mat. We (Christians) are
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector As I was driving to the Church Support Center in Franklin this morning (July 6), I looked up
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector While there are many “pros” to the Baptist and Reflector’s print schedule of every other week, one “con”
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Frank Martin is the men’s basketball coach at the University of South Carolina. He is the kind of
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector I have some words of advice for members of Faith in America, a North Carolina-based advocacy organization. Don’t hold
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector No one knows you better than your spouse. You can put on a “front” when you leave home,
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector I am always amused when I read stories about people who get upset over the consequences of something
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector A few years ago I was umpiring a high school baseball game in Nashville. The home team’s catcher
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Johnnie Godwin has been writing a column for the Baptist and Reflector since 2003. I knew of Johnnie
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector If there was any doubt what’s most important to Americans, legislators in North Carolina cleared it up. On
