Timothy Raymond

Tim Raymond has been the pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Muncie, Indiana, USA since April 2006. He received his MDiv from the Baptist Bible Seminary of Pennsylvania in 2004 and has pursued further education through the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation. Tim met his wife Bethany at college, and they were married in May 2001. Tim enjoys reading, weight-lifting, playing with his three sons and two daughters, and attempting to sleep. Tim is also an editor and occasional blogger for Credo Magazine.

One Pastor’s Journey: From “the sermon is everything” to “the sermon is essential but insufficient” (Part 1)

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 24 January 2014

One of the most important and yet contested points in The Trellis and the Vine is a certain little claim made in chapter 8. The title of the chapter says it all: “Why Sunday Sermons are Necessary But Not Sufficient”. The authors’ point is fairly straightforward and simple. Sunday sermons

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Why “speaking the truth in love” is more than simply saying true things nicely

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 19 December 2013

In the circles in which I run, the command from Ephesians 4:15, to speak the truth in love, is almost universally understood as a call to say true things nicely. If, for example, a friend asks me if his wild faux-hawk hairstyle is appropriate for a serious job interview, speaking

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Challenges to anticipate in one-to-one Bible reading

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 11 November 2013

While apparently my Aussie brethren have been proficient in one-to-one Bible reading (121BR) for decades, many of us Yankees are still discovering it. Though I grew up in a conservative, Bible-believing church and even attended Bible College, I had never seen or experienced or even heard of 121BR until after

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