The Major League Baseball season is upon us and playing First Base for the Texas Rangers this year is a man by the name of Prince Fielder. Fielder stands at 5’11’’ and weighs 275 pounds. That is a bit on the heavy side of most Major League baseball players and it is for that reason that Fielder plays First Base. …

Every so often I have a conversation with a dude that is considering church planting. And most of the conversations I have with guys considering or pursuing church planting include questions about what practical essentials a church planter should have. Over the past several years, through tons of conversations with church planters, people who train church planters, and my experience …

Every so often I have a conversation with a dude that is considering church planting. And most of the conversations I have with guys considering or pursuing church planting include questions about what practical essentials a church planter should have. Over the past several years, through tons of conversations with church planters, people who train church planters, and my experience …

(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 …

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 …

B21 is excited to promote an awesome  conference coming out of Nashville, TN this April.   The ERLC will be hosting a Leadership Summit April 21-23 that will address the gospel and human sexuality to equip pastors and church leaders to speak to these critical issues in their own congregations. From broken marriages to pornography to homosexuality, we have all seen how sexual confusion and …

Baptist21 is pleased to offer the full collection of Jon Akin’s sermons through Proverbs. Inspired by his PhD dissertation, Jon walks through the book of Proverbs verse-by-verse and theme-by-theme, offering a Christocentric interpretation of the text and practical application to our lives today. In these sermons, Jon examines how the Proverbs are linked to the law and eschatology. Solomon is …

In this post we will be extending the final installment of Jonathan Leeman’s breakout session at the Virginia Baptist Convention entitled “So is the ‘Baptist’ Brand Really Worth It?” We at B21 hope this series of posts has been helpful to spark thoughts and conversations about the importance of Baptist distinctions in the contemporary church culture. How can we both emphasize Baptist …

In light of the recent launch of Ministry Grid, B21 will be running a set of three posts from different voices in the SBC on the importance of raising up leaders in the local church. Our second post is by Kevin Peck, lead pastor of Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, TX. Make a Disciple, Make a Leader  “Every problem we have …

In this post we will be extending the third installment of Jonathan Leeman’s breakout session at the Virginia Baptist Convention entitled “So is the ‘Baptist’ Brand Really Worth It?” Question 2: Why should we emphasize congregationalism? Again, we should for three reasons. It’s biblical. It helps Christians to partake of their gospel work. It strengthens the church’s witness. Congregationalism is …