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THE GOD WE PREACH ON EASTER NEVER LEAVES

April 21, 2021

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

I was not there but I can’t help but believe that pastor Kenny Palmer of South Holston Baptist Church in Lenoir City preached the love and saving power of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday.

I imagine he shared the story of how Jesus took the sins of mankind on His shoulders and died a horrific death on the cross and arose three days later on what is now known as Easter Sunday. Why? “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16, KJV).

Bro. Palmer, who also is a deputy for the Loudon County Sheriff’s Department, preached that love on Sunday, April 4. He experienced it firsthand on Monday, April 5.

Other than death and unexpected illnesses such as cancer, probably one of the most devastating tragedies any person or family could experience would be the loss of a home due to fire or any natural disaster. [Read more…]

EASTER DID NOT END AT 11:59 P.M. ON SUNDAY

April 5, 2021

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

One of the aggravating parts of being a biweekly publication is that holidays don’t always fall prior to a print issue. As a result, I did not publish a pre-Easter column. But, here’s the good news. Easter did not end on Sunday, April 4, at 11:59 p.m.

That is why I can write a column in the first issue after Easter (and every other issue of the year if I choose). Easter never ends.

Christians know the story of Mary Magdalene finding the empty tomb and running to tell Jesus’ disciples that He was no longer there. The key word here is “empty.” The tomb was empty because Jesus did what He said he would do — He arose from the grave. [Read more…]

IF TOMBS COULD TALK

April 19, 2019

By Michael Julian
Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton.

Emptiness. We seek to avoid this feeling with every fiber of our being. When you feel emotionally empty it’s as if all sentiment and feeling have gone south for the winter, and left you in the cold, harsh conditions of the Arctic. When your dreams keep turning up empty it’s as if someone has stolen the fire in your eyes and replaced it with smoky, gray ashes incapable of being ignited again. Many people trudge through life shrouded in emptiness. Listen to an ancient tomb in a garden near Golgotha speak volumes to us all. [Read more…]

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