Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
July 15, 2015
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC Picture this scenario from a pastor’s perspective. A same-sex couple contacts you on Thursday and asks you to officiate their wedding ceremony. You politely decline. Friday the couple is making the rounds on the local news. In their mind, you’re a narrow-minded bigot violating their 14th Amendment rights. […]
July 15, 2015
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC BRENTWOOD — The intersection of a biblical worldview and the philosophy of a secular culture often converge in the youth minister’s office, and there has been no greater collision in that intersection than the recent 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 states. […]
July 15, 2015
By Vicki Hulsey TBC Childhood Ministry Specialist When children are given more opportunities to discover God’s plan for marriage, their tendency to ask tough questions may increase as they see people they know choosing to live a lifestyle that is different than God’s design for marriage. Below are some tips to share with parents when […]
July 15, 2015
By Vicki Hulsey TBC Childhood Ministry Specialist Kids are full of questions. If you are a parent or children’s leader at church, you might often hear questions like: • Are we there yet? • Who else is going? • When are we going to eat? • What are we going to do next? • Are […]
July 15, 2015
By David Evans TBC Staff The recent Supreme Court decision confirmed what many people have already observed. Our culture is shifting and behaviors once understood as contrary to a biblical standard have now been legally validated. Although the world proclaims with the social media hashtag, “#lovewins,” it seems that #religiouspersecution is on the rise. Those […]
July 14, 2015
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director John Adams and Thomas Jefferson had been key players in one of history’s most significant dramas in the founding of the United States. Years had passed since that fateful July 4 Independence Day. Now, they were two stately gentlemen near the end of their lives exchanging letters and […]
July 1, 2015
By Lucyara Usery TBC Staff Blessed to be an American? You should be. Yet, you didn’t choose where you were to be born. God’s sovereignty directs that. Citizenship will shape a lot in life but it will also reflect God’s creative nature. Does your church reflect His nature? Does your church intentionally reach out to […]
June 30, 2015
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector It’s time to take down the Confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina State Capitol. As a South Carolina native and born and bred Southerner, I never thought I would ever say those words, much less put them into print. The issue of taking down the […]
June 26, 2015
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Marriage is between one man and one woman. Period. And, it is impossible for any human institution to declare otherwise. Period. However, the fate of marriage as defined by popular culture has for months awaited a ruling by our United States Supreme Court to codify the definition it […]
June 17, 2015
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Kim Margrave, volunteer missions specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Convention, recently sent me some information about the national Send North America Conference to be held in Nashville Aug. 3-4. The meeting, sponsored by the North American and International Mission Boards of the Southern Baptist Convention, will explore “what […]
June 16, 2015
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director The overflow crowd crammed into the small room and spilled out into the street. You needed to be early or fast to get a good seat. Neither of those are an option when you can’t walk. Late arrivals are relegated to the farthest reaches of the human sea, […]
June 6, 2015
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R My “Baptist” dad went forward at invitation time one Sunday night when I was 16. I didn’t have a clue why he might be doing that. All my life Dad had done all the Baptist things the rest of our family did: the whole shebang. Growing up, I had […]