Archive for September 2016

Just as Texas weather began to ease into fall, the Fall Festival, held on Sept. 22, brought out Southwestern students, faculty and families onto the Pecan Manor lawn to enjoy free food, friendly games, and lots of fun and laughter. Prospective students who attended the Preview Conference that day also joined in the festivity, mingling…

Addressing a room of Southwestern students and faculty, Professor of Counseling John Babler noted that, because they are men and women called by God to minister to others, God will eventually bring to them people who are seeking their counsel. “When that person comes to you for counsel,” he continued, “you’re faced with two choices:…

Ryan Thiessen had been faithfully participating in Southwestern’s weekly evangelism efforts for the past two and a half years. Sept. 8, however, marked the first time he saw a person pray to receive Christ at his invitation. The experience was richly rewarding, Thiessen says, especially after he knocked on so many doors for such a…

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following report is by the Tandy Institute for Archaeology’s Tom Davis, professor of archaeology and biblical backgrounds at Southwestern Seminary as well as chair of its archaeology department. The ancient city of Ilyn Balik, known from pilgrims’ travels and historical texts, has been discovered in Kazakhstan. Historians of Christianity along the Silk…

One Sunday morning, an openly agnostic man visited Hulen Street Church in Fort Worth. As he later explained to the pastor, this visit was prompted by a recent trip to Steel City Pops. “He said he had visited Steel City Pops one day and just noticed something different about how the managers and employees treated…