Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
December 16, 2014
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I don’t believe there is a more emotionally exhausting time throughout the year than the Christmas holidays. First, there’s all the cheer. What’s not to love about this time of year? The music, the decorations, the family time, the seasonal treats that are (unfortunately) everywhere. It is like […]
December 16, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector “Love you.” Slightly more than a month ago our daughter Joanna posted a video of our almost 2-year-old grandson Eli, who is starting to put words and sentences together. When he said those two words, “Love you,” my heart melted. By all accounts (or at least those of […]
December 3, 2014
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director On Sept. 15, 1887, a diminutive woman named Lottie Moon sat down at a table in China and penned a letter that would transform the Southern Baptist Convention forever. Lottie called for prayer and financial resources to ensure the gospel would be effectively preached. She linked both to […]
December 3, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Like many Americans I watched news reports on the verdict handed down on Nov. 24 by the grand jury involving the white Ferguson, Mo., police officer who killed an 18-year-old African-American in August. When the grand jury announced they would not indict the police officer, I knew there […]
December 3, 2014
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R Christmas is coming! But it first came long ago when the divine Christ also became a human being. I prefer to think of “Christmas” as the whole Christ Event: the birth, life, atoning death, resurrection, and promised return of Jesus Christ to earth. Christ is eternal. Jesus entered history […]
November 19, 2014
By Larry Robertson Sr. Pastor, Hilldale Baptist Church, Clarksville Three frogs were sitting on a log. One decided to jump off, so how many are left? Three, because deciding to jump is not the same as actually jumping. That old joke is a reminder to us that good intentions mean little until they become action. […]
November 19, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Another Summit has come and gone. Tennessee Baptists gathered at Brentwood Baptist Church last week to hear some outstanding preaching, conduct convention business, and to fellowship and rejoice over what God has been doing in and through the Tennessee Baptist Convention this past year. Sadly, after a great […]
November 19, 2014
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director It was near the end of their lives when John Adams and Thomas Jefferson exchanged reflections on the monumental events in which they’d been involved. The two giants were at the epicenter of birthing a new nation then guiding it through the tenuous early days between survival and […]
November 6, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector On Wednesday of last week I was feeling pretty good about myself. I had written an editorial which normally doesn’t happen until the end of the week prior to publication on Monday. But then I received an e-mail which contained a Facebook posting from Susie Edwards, a long-time […]
November 5, 2014
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director There are those people who touch your life and have an impact that shapes who you become. Charlie was one of those for me. I’ll never forget Charlie. Charlie died in his mid-90s. He served as treasurer of Little Escambia Baptist Church for well over 40 years. Every […]
November 4, 2014
By Larry Robertson TBC President, & Pastor, Hilldale Baptist Church, Clarksville In a few days Tennessee Baptists will gather in Brentwood for this year’s Summit. I ask that you make every effort to pray for and participate in this 140th annual session. Our theme this year is “Whatever It Takes,” representing the mindset and missional […]
October 22, 2014
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I can imagine W.C. and Mildred Golden sitting at a candlelit table over 114 years ago working tirelessly to write letter after letter to Tennessee Baptists. The flicker of light probably danced across the materials spread out before them waiting to be slid into an envelope and sent […]