The December 2012 issue of Southern Seminary’s Towers featured a thoughtful piece on the “Christian year” by Louisville pastor Daniel Montgomery. Montgomery is pastor of Sojourn Community Church and a cofounder of the Sojourn Network. I am from a low-church background. We observed such holidays as Christmas and Easter, of course. But this essay, entitled “Reasons [...]
Al Mohler: Leadership Is the Expression of Conviction
December 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
I’m making my way through an exciting new leadership book by my school’s president, R. Albert Mohler, Jr., The Conviction to Lead: 25 Principles for Leadership That Matters (Bethany House, 2012). It is a terrific read, full of deep thinking on leadership driven by biblical wisdom and corroborated through historical examples, with a nice sprinkling of [...]
Christopher Hitchens Was Wrong: Martin Luther King, Jr. on “Cosmic Companionship” at Southern Seminary
January 16, 2012 By 2 Comments
This from the archival history of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a site that has a lot of information on the school (including a section called “Our Lore” that has a number of fun and interesting stories): In April 1961, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, was gaining national fame for his work for racial [...]
TEDS PhD Graduation 2011: Why The Labor & Pain of Seminary Is Abundantly Worth It
December 15, 2011 By 7 Comments
Casey Lewis of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas just wrote a nice post reflecting on his MDiv experience (HT: TGC). It’s worth checking out. Here’s a snippet from his comments on plugging in at church: Don’t coast through your seminary career thinking you will minister when you take on your first church. [...]
Carl Henry’s Quest for the “Evangelical Harvard” and Other ETS 2011 Topics
November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
For the small but vibrant community of people known as “evangelical theologians” or “theology aficianados” or “those zealous about the extracalvinisticum,” the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society is a big deal. I love ETS. This year’s meeting, centered around the theme “No Other Name,” will be held this week in San Francisco, California [...]
Al Mohler and Patrick Schreiner on Seminary: Why Not Get All You Can?
May 31, 2011 By 3 Comments
I’ve enjoyed a recent round of posts on seminary from SBTS MDiv graduate Patrick Schreiner. Patrick is a sharp thinker and writer. I would encourage you to read his short, punchy posts on the seminary experience and how to do it well. From his insightful blog, Ad Fontes: “The windup of my 10 pieces of [...]
Is The Gospel Coalition a Good Thing? Is Harold Ockenga Like John Piper?
May 26, 2011 By 2 Comments
You can find scintillating answers to these and a number of other questions in an interview (part one, part two) I just did with historical theologian Nathan Finn. Nathan graciously asked me several questions following the release of the book I edited with David Mathis of Desiring God, The Pastor as Scholar, the Scholar as [...]
ETS Live-Blog: Bruce Ware’s 2009 Presidential Address
November 20, 2009 By 5 Comments
I am live-blogging the 2009 Evangelical Theological Society Presidential Address by Dr. Bruce Ware, professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY). Dr. Ware’s message, entitled “The Man Christ Jesus,” looks to be customarily rich and insightful. It is an honor to attend this address in New Orleans and to share [...]
Al Mohler and Walter Price on the Young Guns
November 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
One of the most encouraging trends in evangelical church life that I’ve seen recently is the engagement of the older and younger generations of pastors and church leaders. Instead of standing apart from and casting aspersions at one another, current leaders are reaching out to younger leaders, and helping them along. Walter Price, senior pastor [...]
New England Ministry: An AP Report on Encouraging Developments and Discouraging Trends
November 9, 2009 By 1 Comment
From an Associated Press story linked on John Starke’s blog: Trinity College’s American Religious Identification Survey released this year showed New England overtaking the Pacific Northwest as the least religious region in the country. Twenty-two percent of respondents here said they have no religious faith of any kind, highest in the country. In a Gallup [...]
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