Archive for July 2017
Southwestern team ministers to refugees, university students in Republic of Georgia
In a small refugee resettlement community in the Republic of Georgia, one elderly woman is forced to live with rain-damaged furniture in a house that smells of mildew. She cannot afford to purchase a tarp to cover the unfinished roof, so rain has seeped through, ruining towels, blankets, beds and comforters. She and hundreds of…
Read MoreArchaeology team uncovers new evidence of ancient Christianity in Kazakhstan
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. A joint international team from the Tandy Institute for Archaeology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (under the field direction of Tom Davis) and Archaeological…
Read MoreTwo open their hearts to Jesus’ love
Open hearts and unexpected outcomes were evident when a Southwestern Seminary staffer shared the Gospel on a warm day in Arizona. In Phoenix this June for Crossover 2017 at the height of the city’s heat wave, Housing Coordinator Jonathan Baldwin turned turbulence into salvation for not one but two willing souls. Baldwin, one of the…
Read MoreAn Interview with Robert Caldwell on American revivals
Robert Caldwell, associate professor of church history at Southwestern Seminary, has written a new book, Theologies of the American Revivalists: From Whitefield to Finney, which explores the theologies underlying the revivals of America’s past. Both TheWayofImprovement.com and EdwardsStudies.com have produced Q&As with Caldwell on his motivation for writing the book and the conclusions he drew.…
Read MoreEvangelism sets woman on road to salvation
An old joke notes that going to church does not make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. But for Bruce Gale, some creative use of automobile terminology helped him steer a Phoenix woman to a profession of faith in Christ. Gale was one of 75 Southwestern students…
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