by Austin "Mack" Dennis | Mar 18, 2020 | Opinion
“One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see,” says the man born blind, countering the Pharisees in a stunning display of confidence. The rest of us bystanders are just as astonished because all we ever knew about the man is that he “used to sit and beg.”...
by Austin "Mack" Dennis | Oct 24, 2019 | Opinion
Regarding the ethics of preaching, the irascible Baptist, Will D. Campbell (1924-2013), once opined, “What you say up there in the pulpit, that’s probably the poorest way to communicate with a congregation.” Frustrated by the futility of preaching racial...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 23, 2018 | Opinion
Affirming and supporting women in all local church ministry positions is a distinctive of the moderate Baptist movement. Sometimes, it takes instances like the Tennessee Baptist Convention’s removal of First Baptist of Jefferson City, Tennessee, from its...
by Austin "Mack" Dennis | Nov 14, 2017 | Opinion
I see our healthcare crisis as a crisis of communion. On Sunday mornings, when my congregation sets the table for the Lord’s Supper, we set upon it loaves of bread, which we call the Body of Christ, and a cup, which we call the blood of Christ. We place the...
