Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
January 10, 2019
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org The printed issue of the Baptist and Reflector goes to press every two weeks during the year. The B&R staff prepares the copy, proofs it carefully (we have the two best proofers any publication could have in Mary Nimmo and Susan Dalton). David Dawson (TBMB communications specialist […]
January 9, 2019
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector On Friday night, an unknown person or persons shot out the front entrance and windows of Calvary Baptist Church in Lafayette. The church van’s windows were also shot out. Robbery apparently was not the motive. The vandals did not enter the church and nothing was taken.
January 8, 2019
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director There have been some excellent Bible teachers over the last 100 years. Without reservation, I count the late Dr. Ron Dunn as one of them. He was filled with the Holy Spirit and anointed to teach like few men I have ever known. Every message articulated […]
January 4, 2019
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 […]
January 4, 2019
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org 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 […]
December 29, 2018
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 […]
December 23, 2018
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 […]
December 22, 2018
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 […]
December 21, 2018
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 […]
December 20, 2018
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 […]
December 19, 2018
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 […]
December 18, 2018
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.” […]