Baptist21 is excited to announce that we will once again host a panel luncheon at the 2012 Southern Baptist Convention held in New Orleans, Louisiana. The topic of this panel is: The CR, the GCR, & the Future of the SBC March marked the 45th anniversary of Judge Paul Pressler and Paige Patterson’s meeting in New Orleans at the Café …
Divorcing the Local Church
I was approached recently with the question of how one stays “Christian” in Seminary. Essentially, the issue centers on how one maintains a vibrant life as a developing disciple, maturing into the image of our King. One of the most difficult aspects of formal theological education is the tendency to view Christianity clinically. Like research students in a science lab, …
Dr. Bryant Wright on SBC Name Change (Part 3)
Recently, Jonathan Akin had the opportunity to interview SBC President Bryant Wright over Skype. President Wright responds to pressing questions and offers clarifications concerning the recent SBC name change proposal. You can watch Part 1 of the interview here and Part 2 here. The following questions are answered in Part 3, which is the final installment posted below. Will our …
Dr. Bryant Wright on the SBC Name Change (Part 2)
Recently, Jonathan Akin had the opportunity to interview SBC President Bryant Wright over Skype. President Wright responds to pressing questions and offers clarifications concerning the recent SBC name change proposal. This interview will be released in 3 parts over the next week. Part 1 was released last week and you can watch it here. The following questions are answered in part …
Dr. Bryant Wright on the SBC Name Change (Part 1)
Recently, Jonathan Akin had the opportunity to interview SBC President Bryant Wright over Skype. President Wright responds to pressing questions and offers clarifications concerning the recent SBC name change proposal. This interview will be released in 3 parts over the next week. You can watch the video below. The following questions are answered in part 1: What led you to form …
Faithful Unto Death
Sunday an American named Joel Shrum was killed in Yemen by a terrorist group. The group says they killed Shrum because he was sharing the gospel and trying to convert the people of Yemen to Christianity. Shrum was 30 years old, and he leaves behind his wife and 2 children (ages 2 and 4). Both the NGO that employed Shrum and …
Watering Down Immersion: A Response to David Mathis
Also Check Out Jon Akin’s Response to Michael Horton’s Article On Paedobaptism I understand the impulse and reasoning behind David Mathis’ recent piece on open membership. Excluding gospel-believing brothers and sisters from church membership is a huge deal, so I am very sympathetic to what David says. Any division among brothers should break our hearts. However, I do think some …
Baptism and Church Membership: A Response to Michael Horton
Because much of the evangelical talk about baptism in recent years has downplayed the importance of it in regard to church membership, I was glad to see serious discussion about this subject the last few days at the Gospel Coalition site. While the piece by Mathis on “open membership” falls in line with much of the discussion that does not …
Meet My Family: The Southern Baptist Convention
I love my family. I grew up with great parents, the best brother, and some wonderful aunts and uncles. I also had some family members that were a little crazy. I had this one uncle named Al. He was the biggest Tennessee Vols fan I knew. Al was one of those guys who had a big bushy beard and was …
Imago Dei Church Podcast
One of the B21 Contributors, Nathan Akin, recently planted a church in Raleigh along with Tony Merida and Matt Sigmon. Imago Dei Church began meeting corporately on September 11th. B21 would like to make our readers aware of their multimedia resources. Check out their Podcast here and their preaching videos here In addition, over the next few months B21 …