New Book Announcement: “Ordinary: How to Turn the World Upside Down”

B21 is thankful for the ministry of our friend Tony Merida and want to give you a heads up about his newest book set to release in January. Check out below how to pre-order a copy.  Hello World, Well, the ordinary cat is out of the bag. In January 2015, my new book, Ordinary: How to Turn the World Upside Down, will be …

Guest Post: #Ferguson and the Cross by Derwin Gray

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 …

The Most Misinterpreted OT Passages

There are some passages that if you’ve grown up in church you know and quote; they’re often put on Christian paraphernalia and utilized by pastors to bolster their ministries or fund building campaigns, but sadly little attention is given to what they actually mean in their contexts. In this series, I want to walk through a handful of these passages …

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 …

Reflections on the ERLC National Conference 2014: Part One

I just left the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention’s inaugural national conference. Entitled “The Gospel, Homosexuality, and the Future of Marriage,” this conference was designed to equip churches, pastors, and Christians to minister in our 21st century context on the issue of the future of marriage and sexuality. It is safe to say that I am …

Southeastern’s Spurgeon Center

The Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary served as a major sponsor for our luncheon and along with that sponsorship we give them the opportunity to share about what they do as they seek to equip students. Check out the letter from the Director of the new Spurgeon Center–an awesome resource to equip both students and pastors for effective, disciple-making ministry. The best …

Are You Ready to Speak to the Culture?

Guest post by Dan Darling, Vice President for Communications at the ERLC. – When I first became a pastor, I thought the question I would be asked the most was, “Pastor, how should I think through this issue?” I was wrong. I did have people asking me, quite often, about how to apply the gospel to current cultural questions. But …