Archive for November 2016
Archaeology department to present at ASOR annual meeting
The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) is an organization whose mission is to initiate, encourage and support research into the history and cultures of the Near East and wider Mediterranean world and help the public to understand the findings of that research. At ASOR’s annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 16-19, five representatives…
Read MoreChurch planters banquet presents North America as critical mission field
With the spread of atheism and postmodernism and the influx of other religions, North America has become a vast mission field in need of urgent evangelism and church planting. On Oct. 13, Southwestern Seminary hosted the Fellowship of North American Church Planters fall banquet in order to challenge students and faculty to meet the escalating…
Read MoreSen. Whitmire recounts transformation of state prison culture
Texas State Senator John Whitmire served as Southwestern Seminary’s chapel speaker, Nov. 1. Facetiously acknowledging the “peculiar” situation of inviting a Democratic senator to chapel, Southwestern President Paige Patterson cited two reasons for this decision. “I wanted you to have the opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to the man who has probably done as much…
Read MoreGrindstone panel discusses key issues of 2016 presidential election
The culmination of the 2016 presidential race is rapidly approaching, and fittingly, the Oct. 20 Grindstone panel discussed what is at stake for Christians as they make final decisions for their vote, and how the church should interact with the world of politics at large. Panelists included Southwestern President Paige Patterson, Associate Professor of Ethics…
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