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Your Voice: Reasons why marriage is declining

May 8, 2023

Young American adults are eschewing marriage at alarming rates. A recent report in World included this Census Bureau generated data: only 25% of adults ages 18–34

First Person: It’s true — we must do more

May 2, 2023

A few years ago Nigerian Baptist leaders welcomed me at the airport with these words: “Thank you for sending Thomas Jefferson Bowen to bring us

Your Voice: Letter sent to Tennessee General Assembly related to gun violence

April 26, 2023

Dear Members of the Tennessee General Assembly: As president of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, head of the public policy arm of the SBC and

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First Person: What a pastor should consider before leaving a church

April 16, 2023

Pastoral transitions happen. Life happens. And sometimes pastors need to move on. If not, in time, our mortality will force a transition! Those can be

First Person: In the aftermath of tornadoes, God is our shelter

April 13, 2023

As I’m writing this, it has been almost one week since an EF3 tornado made its 31-mile trek through central Arkansas and another one in

First Person: Tragedy reminds us ‘God is the ruler, yet’

April 9, 2023

The dark and evil act which took place at Covenant School in Nashville on March 27 has weighed on many of us with especially deep

Preparing for Easter weekend: 8 ways to pray now

April 4, 2023

I fear that many churches plan for weeks (or months) for Easter weekend, but then pray for only minutes over the weekend’s events. To counter

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First Person: Reasons why marriage is declining

March 29, 2023

Young American adults are eschewing marriage at alarming rates. A recent report in World included this Census Bureau generated data: only 25% of adults ages 18–34