Archive for December 2016
President’s Club Dinner emphasizes ministerial commitment of Southwestern students
Paige Patterson says the stories of the Southwestern students who come into his office week after week “absolutely amaze” him. Recently, he met a young man from Egypt and a man from Syria, both of whom came to the United States looking for asylum from “the evil and wickedness that has gone on in those…
Read MoreAlumni receive updates on Southwestern’s commitment to ‘preach the Word’
During the Alumni and Friends Breakfast at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC), Nov. 14, Dean of Southwestern’s School of Preaching David Allen shared updates on the new School of Preaching, which launched Aug. 1. The school’s eight-member faculty has more than 230 years of combined preaching experience and is…
Read MoreA Central American excursion in search of living water and drinking water
“Cuidado! Se bajan!” These were the exclamations of the adults of Managuita de Talstuza, a community northeast of Tola in the foothills of the rugged Las Nubes mountains. They were speaking to a fearless 13-year-old boy who had scaled slippery and moss-covered rock to the top of a 50-foot waterfall that feeds a stream flowing…
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