B21 Posts this blog with the permission of Pastor Derwin Gray, pastor of Transformation Church. In August, Michael Brown, an unarmed, black 18-year-old, was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white policeman, in Ferguson, Missouri. Tonight, we learned that the grand jury decided not to indict Wilson on any charges related to the event. In the months since the …
Why I am Thankful for Older and Younger SBC Conservatives
B21 is grateful to post a guest blog from Pastor David Prince. Prince is the Pastor for Preaching and Vision at Ashland Avenue Baptist Church and is also an Assistant Professor for Christian Preaching at Southern Seminary. This piece was originally posted at his website Prince on Preaching and has been reposted with his permission. “General William Tecumseh Sherman got …
Reflections on the ERLC Conference 2014: Part 3
I recently attended the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention national conference on “The Gospel, Homosexuality, and the Future of Marriage.” I am thoroughly encouraged by the work of this entity of our convention and the leadership of its president Dr. Russell Moore. The conference was designed to equip churches, pastors, and Christians to minister in …
Reflections on the ERLC Conference 2014: Part Two
I just left the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention national conference on “The Gospel, Homosexuality, and the Future of Marriage.” I am thoroughly encouraged by the work of this entity of our convention and the leadership of its president Dr. Russell Moore. The conference was designed to equip churches, pastors, and Christians to minister in …
B21 Panel SBC 2014 Promo: Danny Akin
Danny Akin invites you to attend our 2014 SBC B21 Lunch panel in Baltimore, MD What: A Lunch Panel on Pressing Issues in the SBC Where: Ballroom II on Level 400 of the Baltimore Convention Center When: Tuesday Lunch Break of the SBC (roughly 11:30am to 1pm – we will start immediately after the morning session closes) Speakers: Danny Akin Matt Chandler Albert Mohler David Platt Thom …
Concerns about Elevation Church
(Note: Before we released this article we sent it to Elevation church with the hope of opening dialogue about these concerns and learning from Elevation church and Pastor Furtick more about the things of which we were concerned. It has now been nearly a week and we have not heard back from them.) The evangelical world is buzzing with concerns …
Free E-Book – W.A. Criswell’s: “The Scarlett Thread of Redemption” by the Gospel Project
Baptist21 would like to commend a free E-Book to you from W.A. Criswell (Click Here). Baptist21 is thankful for men like W.A. Criswell (check out his website with sermons from every book of the bible) that have gone before us and taught us to love the Scriptures and the one to whom the scriptures point. W.A. Criswell is a giant in Southern Baptist …
Death Rattle or Life Preserver? An Appeal to the NCFIC Panelists
Guest Post by Brian Davis: Brian is a Christian Hip Hop Artist who goes by the name God’s Servant. Brian is currently a church-planting intern with at Imago Dei Church in Raleigh and is planning to plant in Philadelphia. Brian also completed the internship at Capitol Hill Baptist Church. Like many, I was shocked by the recently released panel from the NCFIC …
Christian Hip Hop, The Sufficiency of Scripture, and Judging the Heart
I was very troubled by this video clip of a panel that discussed the question: “What about Reformed Rap?” And I have to be honest, the more times I have watched it the more troubled I get that Christian brothers would speak the way they do about the Reformed Hip Hop movement. Three things in particular stuck out about this …
The Conservative Resurgence in Alabama and the Getty’s In Christ Alone
When denominations that question the authority of the Scriptures and some of its clear teachings reject In Christ Alone by the Getty’s we should not be surprised. However, when SBC Convention leaders question the content of that song and say they will not sing the line in question (“Till on that cross as Jesus died/The wrath of God was satisfied”) …