Baptist21’s One Year Anniversary

A year ago today, Baptist21 was launched.  It has been a very encouraging year to our contributors. God has been gracious to our work and we are grateful for all those that have played a part in it. We are thankful for those of you that take time weekly to read our material; we hope that it is helpful. To …

Baptist21 Podcast: Jon Akin’s Sermon on GCR Axiom 4 – Inerrancy and Sufficiency of the Bible

Part one of this series: (Lordship of Christ) – Philippians 2 Part two of this series: (Gospel-Centeredness) – Matthew 4 Part three of this series: (Commitment to the Great Commandments) – Matthew 22:34-40 Jon Akin sermon series through the Axioms of the Great Commission Resurgence Declaration continues with Axiom 4, “A Commitment to Biblical Inerrancy and Sufficiency.” He has been …

“God Exposed,” A 9Marks Conference

9Marks and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary are co-sponsoring a conference on 9Mark’s first mark of a healthy church, “Expository Preaching.” Southeastern’s webpage about “God Exposed” says this conference, “will call pastors and church leader to embrace and defend expositional preaching as a means to strengthen and grow the church. Expositional preaching – that which has as its aim to explain …

The Gospel and Culture: Taken

The Bible is quite clear that all of Scripture points to Christ (Luke 24:25-27). Indeed, the purpose of the Bible is to bring people to salvation through faith in Jesus (2 Tim 3:15). But, Paul goes even further than that when he tells the church at Ephesus that all things are being united in Christ (Eph. 1:10). Not just the …

One 21 …The Forum

We want to make our readers aware of an upcoming conference. The 121 Forum is an exciting event taking place on August 28-29, 2009. The 121 Forum will be co-sponsored by Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church and the Missouri Baptist Convention. This event is being promoted as “A conference where we can have serious discussions about communicating the Word of God …

Pray for the Great Commission Resurgence

The Great Commission and a Great Commission Resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention will never be accomplished apart from the power of prayer. So, the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force has announced a website that is asking for 5,000 people to sign up to pray for a Great Commission Resurgence and to pray for the Task Force as they carry …

B21 RADIO INTERVIEW WITH THE PATH (CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY RADIO)

Baptist 21 writers Jon Akin and Walter Strickland recently sat down with Chad Bresson to do a radio interview for THE PATH. The Path is a Christian radio station that broadcasts out of Cedarville University. Bresson asked Baptist 21 about the events of the Convention and what is in store for Baptist 21. You can check out the interview here. …

Christmas in August

Christmas in August: At this year’s SBC Dr. Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, challenged the Southern Baptist Convention to have a Christmas in August to make up for the Lottie Moon Mission’s Offering shortfall this year. Due to this shortfall, there are qualified missionaries that will be left at home because we cannot send them. In order …