Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
May 3, 2016
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Any way you slice it, Tennessee is a missions field. I’ve known that for years but that really hit me a couple of years ago as I made my way across Tennessee and to all 95 counties. You may recall that yearlong journey as we gathered at county […]
April 25, 2016
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector For the past few years I have dabbled in the junk and antique business, buying and selling items. It’s fun to see how people will buy antique and vintage items to “repurpose” them so they can be used today. Two years ago when the Baptist Center was sold […]
April 22, 2016
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R At age 29 and on the cusp of 30, I made a momentous decision symbolized by the use of green ink. Everyone needs something like a green-ink moment of decision. Some moments mean more than all the others because they mean arriving at a decision, forming a conviction, and […]
April 21, 2016
Editor’s Note: Tennessee Rep. Susan Lynn of Mount Juliet announced April 18 that she is delaying action on the “bathroom bill” this year in an effort to further study the issue. She told The Tennessean, “I am still absolutely 100 percent in support of maintaining the privacy of all students. But I’m going to roll […]
April 20, 2016
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. We’ve all heard that sports cliché and frankly it is one I don’t particularly like. Yes, it does matter how you play the game, but the point of playing the game is to win. However, […]
April 14, 2016
By Diana Davis Reprinted from Baptist Press Each Sunday, we’d haul baby beds, sound equipment, and chairs to our temporary meeting place. We were church planters, and though it was hard work, the results were awesome. Flash forward to present day. Our son-in-law and daughter serve as church planting pastor and worship leader for a […]
April 13, 2016
By Jenna Fleming Writer, Pastor’s Wife, & Member of Union Avenue Baptist Church, Memphis Children today (and perhaps adults in the general populace as well) are often not drawn to what they need, but to what is right in front of them. Truth, goodness, and beauty are available and can be found in nature, great […]
April 12, 2016
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton To say that America desperately needs God’s life-giving breath would be an understatement. In recent weeks, many people have cast ballots in the presidential primaries across the nation. We have prayed for direction, listened to our gut, or followed our anger and frustration, but nonetheless we cast […]
April 11, 2016
By Roger P. Freeman Pastor, Grace Baptist Church, Nashville But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth (Acts 1:8). The missions strategy for the Southern Baptist Convention […]
April 7, 2016
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LifeWay Research released an interesting study last week (see story). The headline of the story sums it up well: “Christians Face Intolerance; Complain.” Maybe, for once, Christians have a right to complain. For years we have accepted the lie that Christians are intolerant. Some individual Christians are. I […]
April 6, 2016
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Have you ever been asked to “mind your own business?” We probably all have at one time or another, especially by family and close friends who might not appreciate our opinions. Sometimes, as family and friends, we may feel the need to “stick our nose” into someone else’s […]
April 5, 2016
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Almost everyone has seen the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels perform their amazing aerial acrobatics. These highly skilled pilots are among the best of the best in the world. The “Blues” as they are nicknamed, fly $60 million F/A-18s inches apart at hundreds of miles per hour. There is […]