by Jon Akin While listening to the song “Hail the King” by the Mars Hill Band “Citizens,” the ears of my 4 year-old daughter Emma Grace perked up and she asked me, “Why did he say, ‘Our sin defeated through his blood’?” This gave me a great opportunity to explain a necessary aspect of the gospel – the atonement – …
Disciple Making Part 2: Disciple Making from the Air and Ground
B21 Disciple Making from the Air and Ground from Baptist21 on Vimeo. At the B21 panel at SBC 2013, David Platt lays out the need for two levels of disciple making. As pastors we need to wage an air war through the preaching ministry that fuels the disciple-making efforts of the congregation, and we need to wage a ground war …
Send North America and The SBC Annual Meeting
Guest post by Dean Inserra pastor of City Church in Tallahassee I recently had the privilege of being in Dallas for the Send North America conference hosted by the North American Mission Board. There were somewhere in the ballpark of 4,000 people who gathered at Prestonwood Baptist Church for this empowering event. When I heard the report of the attendance …
Disciple Making Part 1: Pastor, Are You a Disciple Maker?
B21 Pastor, Are You a Disciple Maker? from Baptist21 on Vimeo. At the recent B21 Panel David Platt offered several insights on developing a disciple-making culture in your church. We will post 3 clips from his discussion and conclude with Brook Hills Disciple-Making Plan for each member.
Helpful Resources For Teaching Proverbs
Written by Jon Akin My doctoral dissertation is on Proverbs, and I am currently preaching through the book. I often get asked about the best resources for Proverbs. There are many helpful resources for Proverbs, so here I try to list some that have been most helpful to me. Commentaries: Bruce Waltke’s 2 volume in NICOT– This is the best …
On Leaving Your Local Church
Guest post by Dwayne Milioni pastor of Open Door Church in Raleigh, NC “We must never jump to conclusions and take our leave of a church in a willy-nilly way, for joining and leaving churches are very serious matters. Most churches receive their members with sacred vows; if you joined your church this way, you should resolve to keep your vows …
Should We Imitate OT Characters?
by Jon Akin I was on a panel recently that discussed Christ-centered preaching. One of the topics that we discussed was the issue of the current backlash against a moral example hermeneutic—seeing the behavior of OT heroes as examples to emulate or avoid. Also, Dr. Daniel Block mentions this approach to the OT in his recent post on Ed Stetzer’s …
The Gospel Project Panel: Why Talk about Christ-Centered Preaching?
Recently, I was on a panel about Christ-centered preaching with Ed Stetzer, Trevin Wax, and Eric Hankins. You can listen to that discussion here. I had a lot of fun and was sharpened by the discussion. I wanted to take this opportunity to elaborate on the first question that was asked: “Why have this discussion?” I think there are at …
The Gospel Project Panel: Christ-Centered Preaching
Recently, the Gospel Project hosted a panel at the SBC on “Christ-Centered Preaching” with Ed Stetzer, Trevin Wax, Eric Hankins, and Baptist21’s Jon Akin. You can listen to that discussion here.
Reflections on Louisiana College and the President Aguillard Interview
The whole situation at LC is a sad one. No matter which side one takes in this controversy, when allegations of dishonesty are being made at a Baptist institution, it is heartbreaking. Our desire in the interview was to shine light on this situation and to quote Alfred from the newest Batman, for “truth to have its day.” We attempted …