MORRISTOWN — God's Warehouse will conduct a three-day furniture and appliance collection project in Gatlinburg beginning Monday, with volunteers needed to help clear a 29-unit condominium facility. The project runs Oct. 13-15, according to Doug Derreberry, director of God's Warehouse Services. Volunteers will remove mattresses, appliances and furniture from multiple floors … [Read More...]
Tennessee
UNION OFFERING FREE ACCESS TO WELLNESS CENTER TO TENNESSEE BAPTIST PASTORS AND WIVES
JACKSON — Union University is extending a new benefit to Tennessee Baptist pastors, offering them free membership at the university’s Wellness Center, with … [Read More...]
Columnists
DOOLEY NOTED: PREACHING THE HARD VERSES
I have preached a lot of sermons over the years. From the very beginning, I settled on an expository method with the goal of preaching through every book, … [Read More...]
SBC
SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ‘CONVERSION THERAPY’ BAN CASE
WASHINGTON (BP) – The case of a Colorado counselor’s right to express her faith values while discussing issues such as same-sex attraction and gender identity … [Read More...]
SS Lessons
OCT. 12: THE GREATEST RETURN
Focal Passage: I Thessalonians 4:16-5:8 Eschatology is the “study of last things.” There are a variety of theological positions on the Bible’s teaching on … [Read More...]
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SBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TAKES UP MESSENGER MOTIONS
NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee members addressed referrals from messengers to the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting, heard reports and celebrated the highest Lifeway summer camps’ missions offering in eight years at their fall meeting, … [Read More...]
OCT. 5: LACK OF TRUST
Focal Passage: Numbers 20:2-13 As a dad of three growing boys, I can say one thing with certainty: They can eat. Our refrigerator is rarely safe. Yet sometimes I’ll find one of them standing with the fridge door wide open, frustrated because “there’s … [Read More...]
OCT. 5: THE GREATEST COMMAND
Focal Passage: Mark 12:28-34 The date of Sept. 10, 2025, will go down as a watershed moment in American history. A 22-year-old radicalized sniper assassinated Christian and political activist Charlie Kirk. The shooter was ideologically driven by a mixture … [Read More...]