David S. Dockery

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP) — Each day people fly in and out of the Birmingham International Airport, rarely considering its official name. A few years ago, city officials gave the airport a new name: the Shuttlesworth-Birmingham International Airport. My guess is that very few people who do know the name of the airport recognize its full […]

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--On the evening of Feb. 5, 2008 -- a year ago today -- people across Tennessee and the entire Southeast were going about their normal, everyday business -- until 87 tornadoes broke out in the region.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fifth of five articles by David S. Dockery, president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn., on the authority of the Bible. The five articles were published as one article in the February 2008 issue of SBC Life, journal of the Southern Baptist Convention (www.sbclife.org). JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–The Bible is to […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth of five articles by David S. Dockery, president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn., on the authority of the Bible. The five articles were published as one article in the February 2008 issue of SBC Life, journal of the Southern Baptist Convention (www.sbclife.org). JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–We have seen that […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of five articles by David S. Dockery, president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn., on the authority of the Bible. The five articles were published as one article in the February 2008 issue of SBC Life, journal of the Southern Baptist Convention (www.sbclife.org). JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–Challenges to biblical authority […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of five articles by David S. Dockery, president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn., on the authority of the Bible. The five articles were published as one article in the February 2008 issue of SBC Life, journal of the Southern Baptist Convention (www.sbclife.org). JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–We must recognize that […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of five articles by David S. Dockery, president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn., on the authority of the Bible. The five articles were published as one article in the February 2008 issue of SBC Life, journal of the Southern Baptist Convention (www.sbclife.org). JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–The ultimate concern in […]

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–C.S. Lewis in “The Problem of Pain” says that God often uses the experiences of suffering as a megaphone to awaken us. Suffering and pain, Lewis said, are often the essential means by which God brings about dependence, fortitude, patience and forgiveness in His children, while also arousing acts of mercy and compassion. […]

The ultimate concern in a discussion of the Bible is its authority.

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--Yesterday, Jan. 22, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's L. Russ Bush III was ushered into glory. After an intense two-year battle with cancer, the Lord has called Russ home.