The New York Times link below highlights the retirement life of Marteen and Wiley Blankenship who are literally waist-deep in Southern Baptist disaster relief efforts.  Following the tragic tornadoes that swept through the South, especially Alabama and Mississippi, Marteen and Wiley “grabbed their sleeping bags and sturdy shoes and headed out…” This is what retirement should be about.  Marteen and …

At the risk of sounding like I am talking out of both sides of my mouth [Check Previous Blog: When You Say Nothing At All], I want to be clear that there is nothing at all wrong with pre-packaged systems for personal evangelism per se. In fact, there is often much right. Any tool to help believers develop a succinct …

Dr. Danny Akin is husband to Charolotte, father to Nathan, Jonathan, Paul, and Tim, “Grandaddy” to six grandchildren, a minister of the Gospel—and is the sixth president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to returning to SEBTS as President, Dr. Akin served for eight years at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he served as Dean of the School of …

B21 would like to make our readers aware of an upcoming national conference on preaching in SC. What: (From Acts 29 Site on the Conference) “Preaching the Power of the Cross” is the theme of the 20th annual National Conference on Preaching, scheduled for May 9-11, 2011, at First Baptist Church of Spartanburg, SC. The conference is sponsored by Preaching …

This article was printed in the Lebanon Democrat, B21 reproduces it in full here: A radio preacher who claims to preach the Bible (the same Bible that says no one knows the day or hour when Jesus will return, Matthew 24:36) says that the world will end around supper time on May 21st. I bet that statement grabs your attention. …

The Spencer County Magnet will post an article by B21’s Nick Moore on Easter, B21 reproduces it in full here: I’m not sure why, but the older I get, I start looking forward to each new season with more and more expectancy. When I was a kid, Summer always came and went so fast that there was never enough time …

Check out Part 1 on Word-Centered Preaching… and check out the video of the Kimyal people receiving the New Testament for the first time.   Word-Centered Counseling   Another area in which our ministerial walk has not quite matched our conservative talk is in the area of Biblical Counseling. As a pastor, it never ceases to amaze me the way …

“This is my Bible…I am what it says I am, I have what it says I have, and I can do what it says I can do.” If you are still with me after reading these lines, you are probably either at least contemplating moving on to another post that is worth reading or you are waiting with bared teeth …