Archive for May 2018

Pastoral ministry that occurred 54 years ago, repeated as an illustration in sermons on more than one occasion, as well as another sermon illustration used to try to explain a Hebrew word (Heb. banah “build or construct,” Gen. 2:22) have obviously been hurtful to women in several possible ways. I wish to apologize to every woman who has…

Next to the railroad tracks by the Southwestern Seminary campus, professor Matthew McKellar and master’s student Marko Juricek shared the Gospel with a man on his front porch. The man had not been to church since he was a child, but he listened to the Southwesterners with increasing interest. When they concluded their Gospel presentation,…

ROSHARON, Texas (SWBTS) – “Break every chain, break every chain, break every chain.” These words, sung by 35 men wearing black graduation robes over prison whites, opened the fourth commencement ceremony of Southwestern Seminary’s Darrington extension. Four years ago, these same men constituted the incoming freshman class of the bachelor’s degree in biblical studies taught…

The Patterson Center for Global Theological Innovation (GTI) at Southwestern Seminary aims to strengthen theological education around the world by forming strategic partnerships with seminaries and Baptist conventions oversees. Since its beginning in 2012, Southwestern has formed 137 partnerships in 58 nations over five continents.  With encouragement and direction from Southwestern President Paige Patterson and…

Dealing with head trauma and the results of a fall earlier that week, master’s student Mike Rodriguez reluctantly stayed home from church. When he eventually got up that morning, a young man whom Rodriguez had never met knocked on his door and “practically begged” him to mow his lawn. Unable to do the task himself,…