The introduction, direction, and explanation for the baptist21 vision series entitled “SBC21: The Duties and Dangers of This Present Hour” has been laid out in two previous posts. Here are Part one and Part two of the introduction to this series.   The first blog in the series is dealing with the Gospel, here are Part one and Part two. …

The introduction, direction, and explanation for the baptist21 vision series entitled “SBC21: The Duties and Dangers of This Present Hour” has been laid out in two previous posts. Here are Part one and Part two of the introduction to this series.   The first blog in the series is dealing with the Gospel, Part one is available here. So, what …

  Nathan Finn–“Southern Baptists and Evangelicals: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation” 2 Key Ideas: I. We need to once again revisit the relationship between Southern Baptists and Evangelicals So confusing is the term “evangelicalism” due to the way it is often used, that many think it is a myth made up by journalists and authors. “I prefer …

Mark DeVine–Emergent or Emerging: Qsts for Southern Baptists and North American Evangelicals (See trevinwax.com or micahfries.com) Danny Akin–The Future of the Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is at a crossroad.  This is clear in light of the appointing of the GCR Task Force, Geoff Hammond’s resignation, Jerry Rankin’s retirement, and Morris Chapman’s retirement. Regarding the future of the …

Day 2 of  “Southern Baptists Evangelicals and the Future of Denominationalism” at Union University Hal Poe–“The Gospel and Its Meaning: Implications for Southern Baptists and Evangelicals” Concerning evangelism in the 20th cent, ‘American evangelicals reduced the Gospel to a ‘presentation’…as many in American culture began to ask questions, however, many of the answers went beyond the standard answers of the …

Demoninationalism–Ed Stetzer Two Faulty Assumptions about Demoninationalism: 1. Denominations are necessary or even an integral part of the mission of God 2. Mistake to attemp to interpret the role of denominationalism in the life of the local church apart from the Missio Dei Denominations may not be necessary, but are valuable.  They are good tools to be used in the …

This is the opening blog in a vision series entitled “SBC21: The Duties and Dangers of This Present Hour” that baptist21 will post over the coming months. The introduction, direction, and explanation for this series has been laid out in two previous posts. Here are Part one and Part two of the introduction to this series. In a recent interview …

Recently Baptist 21 contributor Jon Akin was on the “Calling for Truth” radio broadcast to discuss his recent post “The Gospel and Culture: Taken” (link: http://www.baptisttwentyone.com/?p=2725). In this interview host Paul Dean and Jon discuss the fact that there are themes in every culture, but specifically American pop culture, that mimic the Gospel. These “Gospel themes” in cultural expressions like …

Baptist21 would like to make our readers aware of an upcoming conference discussing Creation Care at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Below is information about the event from the SEBTS Website. This conference promises to identify and discuss some of the major issues surrounding this oft-debated topic. From Southeastern Conferences Website: On October 30 and 31, 2009, The L. Russ Bush …