Baptist21 is excited to have Matt joining this year’s panel at the Southern Baptist Convention. Matt Carter is the Pastor of Preaching and Vision at Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, TX. He is the founding pastor of the church, which has grown from a core of 15 people in 2002 to 8,000 today. He is a committed expositor and started Austin …
A Defense of Christ-Centered Exposition
Click here, to register for the Christ-Centered Preaching and Teaching breakfast. By Jonathan Akin In preparation for the discussion of Christ-centered preaching that will be held on June 11 from 630-8AM in Houston at the SBC, I wanted to re-post a summary of my defense of Christ-centered exposition. I hope all of you will join Eric Hankins, Trevin Wax, Ed Stetzer …
The Conservative Resurgence, Calvinism, and Plurality of Elders
By Nathan Akin Southern Baptists were given a great gift in the Conservative Resurgence (CR) as we reaffirmed our commitment to Sola Scriptura. We were taught in the Resurgence an absolute commitment to the inerrancy, authority, and sufficiency of the Scriptures. We are indebted to men like Patterson, Pressler, Criswell, Rogers, Vines, and many more for this work. This work is …
B21 Panel Houston
Join us for the 2013 Baptist21 Panel! The annual Baptist21 panel will be Tuesday, June 11 during the lunch break at the SBC annual meeting in Houston. The panelists will discuss pressing issues facing the SBC, such as: engaging culture, mission, church planting, Calvinism, difficult ethical questions, issues facing some Baptist colleges, and more. The panel will include a lunch …
Christ-Centered Preaching and Teaching: A Discussion Panel
B21 is excited about a breakfast panel discussion at this year’s Southern Baptist Convention in Houston. The panel, hosted by the Gospel Project, will tackle the important topic of Christ-Centered Preaching. In the past few years there has been some debate over the merits of Christ-Centered Preaching, how it can be done, when is it appropriate, and much more. So, …
An Invitation from David Platt
We are excited to once again have Pastor David Platt on our lunch panel at this year’s SBC. At this event, we will discuss pressing issues facing the SBC, such as: engaging culture, mission, church planting, Calvinism, difficult ethical questions, and more… Early registration will soon be over so get your tickets today!!! What: A Lunch Panel on Pressing Issues in …
Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole
This is a review of Eric Mason’s book Manhood Restored: How the Gospel makes Men Whole. We want to thank Jason Wright, MDiv student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, for doing this book review at the request of Baptist21. This book is available for purchase here. “Another book on manhood?” I wasn’t sure I wanted to delve into another book designed to give a …
Disturbing Trends at Baptist Colleges (Part 2)
Written by Jon Akin. You can view part 1 of this post here. What are we to make of all this? Let me make three observations: 1. People will continue to lose faith in the Baptist process In all three cases, we have seen a process play out where these situations were reviewed, and in all three cases it seems …
Disturbing Trends at Baptist Colleges (Part 1)
Written by Jon Akin In the last year, there have been disturbing events surrounding three Baptist state colleges/universities: Exonerated moderate theology at Carson Newman (CN) A subcommittee of the Tennessee Baptist Convention (TBC) exonerated CN as accountable to Baptist convictions in October of 2012 after a yearlong investigation. This is disturbing for 3 reasons: First, the report gives the impression …
Orphan Justice: How to Care for Orphans Beyond Adoption
This is a review of Johnny Carr’s book Orphan Justice: How to Care for Orphans Beyond Adoption. We want to thank Keelan Cook, doctoral student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, for doing this book review at the request of Baptist21. This book is available for purchase here. Take care of orphans. It is pretty clear this is a command to the church …