The heart of Baptist 21 beats to a Christ-centered rhythm. We love Jesus and we long to see “all things united in him” (Eph 1:10). This longing to see all things united to Jesus, of course, includes the way Scripture is read. Unfortunately, it isn’t always the case that people read the Bible in a Christ-centered way, and many who …

  B21 is very excited about the ERLC’s upcoming Leadership Summit on “The Gospel and Racial Reconciliation.” This summit will not only include the leading voices on the issue, but will also be an invaluable resource for your life and ministry. We cannot stress what a timely and beneficial summit this will be! As a foretaste of the event, enjoy …

I hate it when my headphones get tangled. As a church planter that lives out of a backpack, it happens very often, unfortunately. The longer the headphones have been in my bag, the more difficult to unwind. The more urgent the situation, the harder it is to get them straightened out. It doesn’t matter how carefully I put them in …

It’s been brought to my attention that some people in our churches point to Jesus’ exhortation in Matthew 7:6 to not “cast your pearls before swine” to justify withholding the gospel from some groups of people. Particularly in a climate with heightened concerns about terrorism, some it seems make the argument that Matthew 7:6 precludes sharing the gospel with Muslims. …

Allow us to give a brief response to Jay Adkins’ post. 1. B21 champions the primacy of the local church. We stand by our oft-repeated philosophy that the local church is primary and associations and conventions are secondary. Churches and pastors aren’t “servants” of NOBA, as Jay stated, or any association. Associations are supposed to serve the churches. Associations don’t …

The following rebuttal to our post is by Jay Adkins, Pastor of FBC Westwego and Moderator for NOBA. It was originally published on his personal blog. A Rebuttal to Dean Inserra’s “Send New Orleans: An Opportunity and a Challenge” I have the great privilege to serve as the moderator of the New Orleans Baptist Association of Churches (NOBA) but what follows is just my …

I believe in the vision of Dr. Kevin Ezell and the call to participate in Send North America under his leadership at the North American Mission Board. For the church I pastor in Tallahassee, FL, part of helping to carry out that vision has been for us to become a lead church-planting partner by adopting the city of New Orleans, …

The Celtic’s Boston Garden. The Bull’s Madhouse on Madison Street. The Laker’s Forum. These are a few of the most famous arenas in NBA history. The reason those arenas are so famous has nothing to do with the types of materials used to make them. There were no magic powers infused in the structures. The reason these arenas are so …

Oxford University is concerned about pork. They wrote that writers should avoid mentioning “anything else which could be perceived as pork.”  And while it is certainly good and loving to try to avoid unnecessarily offending each other, the timing of this adjustment is a bit curious. Why after hundreds of years of publishing did Oxford University press decide this was …