Harpers in front of their home. Photo by: Morgan Preston By Michelle Harper At 12:54 a.m. on March 3, 2020, our lives were shaken in a way we’d never imagined they could be. With little advanced warning, an EF-3 tornado ripped through our subdivision and our community...
Thank you to all our volunteers who came out Thursday, March 5 to serve lunch. Everyone was greeted with a warm meal and prayer. Volunteers were able to minister to several families in need. All extra meals were packaged up and delivered to subsidized housing units at...
Constant Change Greek Philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus (c. 500 BC) said “The only thing constant is change.” The truth of this statement appears to be evident in many ways at Nashville First Baptist Church. Let me walk through a few of the changes that have recently...
The congregation of the First Baptist Church of Nashville had just gathered for worship on Sunday morning, February 11, 1862, when the news came that, after a bloody four-day battle, Confederate Fort Donelson had fallen to the Union Army. Situated on the Cumberland...
Dr. Fred Heifner was recently awarded the Virginia and Guy Thackston Liberal Arts Professorship at Cumberland University. This is the first professorship to be awarded in the 178-year history of the school, and came from the Thackston Family Foundation. He has taught...
Note: This article originally appeared on ethicsdaily.com on August 6, 2018. Rerun with permission. by Frank Lewis, senior pastor Four pastors—two black and two white—walked into a bar. Well, not exactly, but close. We had breakfast together, along with five or six...
