Recently, Baptist21 hosted a panel discussion on current topics facing the church at the 9Marks Conference at SEBTS. The panelists included: Danny Akin, Thabiti Anyabwile, Matt Chandler, Mark Dever, Tony Merida, and David Platt. The panelists discussed topics ranging from politics to baptism to church membership and more. The first clip wrestles with the question, how should pastors and Christians …
Does the Bible Say Anything About Our Vote?
We’re less than a week away from November 6th, a very important day in the life of our country. Our entire country is thinking and talking about politics during this election season. What does the Gospel have to say about politics? Does God’s Word give us any instruction on how we should vote or how we should respond to the …
A Defense of Christ-Centered Exposition: A Friendly Response to Eric Hankins (Part 3)
This is part 3 of Jonathan Akin’s response to the recent post by Eric Hankins called “Jason Allen and The Gospel Project.” Part 1 of Jon’s response can be viewed here & Part 2 here. Jon’s first two points are: Christ-centered interpretation was the method of Jesus and the Apostles Christ-centered interpretation takes into account the dual authorship of the Bible and treats it as …
A Defense of Christ-Centered Exposition: A Friendly Response to Eric Hankins (Part 2)
This is part 2 of Jonathan Akin’s response to the recent post by Eric Hankins called “Jason Allen and The Gospel Project.” Part 1 of Jon’s response can be viewed here. Jon’s first point in his response is: Christ-centered interpretation was the method of Jesus and the Apostles Part 2: Christ-centered interpretation takes into account the dual authorship of the Bible …
A Defense of Christ-Centered Exposition: A Friendly Response to Eric Hankins (Part 1)
I am wholeheartedly committed to the Christ-centered exposition of the entire Bible, primarily because of biblical reasons (see below). But, as a pastor, I also have practical reasons for preaching an explicitly Christ-centered message every week. I remember preaching a message from Proverbs on the use of the tongue (in a gospel-centered way but not as explicit as it should …
Creature of the Word Giveaway
Matt Chandler (Explicit Gospel), Josh Patterson and Eric Geiger (Simple Church) just released a new book this month with B&H Publishing called Creature of the Word. The book looks at the scripture-based beauty of a church that makes everything they do about Jesus and outlines practical steps that church leaders can take to help form a gospel-centered ministry. On Tuesday, Oct. 23rd, Chandler, …
The Mission: Our City for The City (Part 2)
This is a guest blog from Jamus Edwards, Pastor of Pleasant Valley Community Church. Posted on behalf of the International Mission Board. You can read Part 1 of this post here. . . . . . It then struck us that the goal in reaching our city should actually be, in turn, to reach all cities so that someday the final city …
The Mission: Our City for The City (Part 1)
This is a guest blog from Jamus Edwards, Pastor of Pleasant Valley Community Church. Posted on behalf of the International Mission Board. When we replanted Pleasant Valley Community Church (PVCC) in 2006, we hardly knew anything. However, the one thing that we knew with certainty was that we wanted to see people come to know Jesus. From personal gospel conversations over …
40/40 Prayer Vigil for Spiritual Revival and National Renewal
“First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good, and it pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and come to the knowledge of …
B21 Panel 2012 9Marks Conference
B21 will once again host a panel discussion during this year’s 9 Marks Conference at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. This year’s panel will focus on critical issues facing the church. We will discuss issues such as: church involvement, church membership, Lord’s Supper, Baptism, homosexuality, confessional faith in the public square and more. Title: Critical Issues Facing the Church Time: Friday …