Archive for February 2016
Bake Off showcases students’ best dessert recipes
Students welcome a little competition amongst friends, especially when it results in 15 varieties of the best homemade treats and desserts. Students’ culinary skills were put to the test, Feb. 18, in Southwestern’s first-ever Great Bake Off, hosted by Student Life. For the evening, students set aside books, papers and studying to gather with their…
Read MoreMen’s Game Banquet sees 191 professions of faith
Nearly 2,000 men and boys filled MacGorman Chapel for the Men’s Game Banquet, Feb. 20, united by a love for the great outdoors—the artistry of the fields, streams and mountains; of the fish and the animals; of the sunrises and sunsets. And there on the campus of Southwestern Seminary, many of them met for the…
Read MoreConference examines opportunities brought by persecution
In the opening session of Southwestern Seminary’s Persecuted Church Conference, Tom Doyle remarked that in the last 10 years, more Muslims have come to faith in Christ than in the last 14 centuries of Islam. “In fact,” he continued, “some are calling it the fifth Great Awakening.” The conference, which was organized by Southwestern’s World…
Read MoreSuicidal woman restored, rebuilt by good news of Christ
K.M. had been struggling with suicidal thoughts. Though earlier this year she kicked the habit of cutting herself, she maintained a negative outlook on life. Sheree Williams, a student in the College at Southwestern, speaks with K.M., who lives in Florida, nearly everyday by phone or FaceTime. Having never met in person, they connected after…
Read MoreSexual revolution involves redefinition of human identity, lecturer says
According to Carl Trueman, speaker for Southwestern Seminary’s annual Day-Higginbotham lecture series, contemporary sexual politics are about more than just countering traditional mores. The sexual revolution of the 20th century grew out of something much more radical: a fundamental redefinition of what it means to be a human being. Trueman, professor of church history at…
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