With the recent tragedy at the church in South Carolina, this post from one of our sponsors helps equip our churches to answer an important question. People and churches are all over the map when it comes to issues of gun safety and concealed carry. These are certainly difficult issues, and we at B21 are thankful for Church Counsel and their …
This is a guest post from Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President of the Southern Baptist Convention. The original post can be found at Dr. Floyd’s blog, ronniefloyd.com. Significant actions are taking place right now for our upcoming 2016 Southern Baptist Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 14-15. Permit me to give you a briefing today. Online registration opens today Online registration …
Proverbs can bewilder pastors, especially us who want to preach Christ from all of Scriptures. But Proverbs is not just a book of helpful tips that can change behavior. The purpose of Proverbs, just like every other book of the Bible, is to save and sanctify those who read it. This is the final post of a three part series that hopes to begin the …
Proverbs is both a fascinating and frustrating book when it comes to preaching. Some expositors shy away from it because it does not lend itself to verse-by-verse preaching, and even the experts struggle with how it points to Christ. But Proverbs is not just a book of helpful tips that can change behavior. The purpose of Proverbs, just like every other …
Proverbs is both a fascinating and frustrating book when it comes to preaching. Some expositors shy away from it because it does not lend itself to verse-by-verse preaching, and even the experts struggle with how it points to Christ. Several years ago, while I was in seminary, some fellow students, a few professors, and I went to dinner with someone …
Understanding the Book of Joshua Joshua’s military campaign finds its placement in the Scripture immediately following the Pentateuch. The book begins with the passing on of the torch of leadership from Moses to Joshua. Moses led the children of Israel out of the land of bondage in Egypt into the wilderness where they learned how to worship Yahweh for the …
I love being a Sunday School teacher. At our church, we don’t have Sunday School classes divided by ages; instead, we rotate the focus of the classes about three times a year. Right now I am team-teaching a class walking through the parables of Jesus in the Gospels, and it’s rich. Every week. Each week that I teach I get …
In the movie “Groundhog Day” Bill Murray plays the main character, weatherman Phil Connors, who is cursed to relive February 2nd – Groundhog Day – over and over again (some speculate as long as three decades) in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania–the podunk town where the main Groundhog festival takes place. What does Phil do to cope with this monotonous prison? What does he …
In 2 Chronicles the chronicler keys in on the history of the temple of God. Though King David “had it in his heart” to build the temple, God left the job to his son, Solomon (1 Chron 22:6-10). 1 Chronicles ends with Solomon anointed as king, and as soon as 2 Chronicles opens, Solomon is making preparations to build the temple of …
People who care about the Southern Baptist Convention’s mission in the world often attempt to analyze the things that might divide us. While we agree on far more than we disagree, we do differ on some things. But I do not think the great divide in the SBC is between younger and older leaders or between Calvinists and non-Calvinists; I think …
