Two high school students accept ā€˜free gift of Godā€™

With so many homeowners consistently away in the afternoons when Southwesternā€™s Everyday Evangelism teams canvass, Teaching Fellow Charles Stewartā€™s teams have consistently tried to engage people who are simply out walking in the neighborhoods, seeing these as divine appointments. On Thursday, Jan. 25, he and his team found such an appointment with two high school…

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Havard students exhorted to live by the Word, resist worldly temptations

During the convocation service for Southwesternā€™s J. Dalton Havard School for Theological Studies in Houston, Jan. 22, Southwestern President Paige Patterson extended a challenge to those students who have been called to ā€œpreach the Word.ā€ Preaching from Romans 13:11-14, Patterson urged students to live their lives according to Godā€™s Word, resisting all worldly temptations. Referencing…

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New keyboards classroom unveiled in Cowden Hall

In the words of Leo Day, dean of the School of Church Music at Southwestern Seminary, he and his faculty strive to ā€œtrain all skillfully to perform masterfully so that we worship passionately.ā€ This goal is now even more attainable thanks to the Oneta and Curtis Tally Collaborative Keyboards Classroom, which was unveiled during a…

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New semester is a time of new commitment, Patterson tells students

Students beginning a new semester of study should ā€œput aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light,ā€ President Paige Patterson told Southwestern Seminary faculty and students during the spring 2018 convocation, Jan. 18, in MacGorman Chapel. Leo Day, dean of the School of Church Music, lent his voice to a rousing welcome, followed…

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Students glean wisdom from professors through new discipleship opportunity

Throughout the fall 2017 semester, students in Southwestern Seminaryā€™s undergraduate, masterā€™s and doctoral programs had the unique opportunity to learn from the experience and wisdom of their professors outside the traditional academic context. In the new program called the Legacy Leadership Track, students met with a group once a month to discuss life, ministry and…

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