Archive for December 2018

Editor’s Note: The following is part of an ongoing series examining the evangelism experiences of significant figures from Southwestern Seminary’s history. This story is taken from chapter 30 of With Christ After the Lost, written by Southwestern’s second president and namesake for both Scarborough College and the seminary’s Chair of Evangelism, L.R. Scarborough.[1] A young woman…

In his seminal work With Christ After the Lost, L.R. Scarborough provides practical, theological instruction on winning lost souls.[1] Within the book, he also cites several examples of his own soul-winning efforts in order to “give inspiration, compassion, and power to all whose hearts turn to a search for lost souls and the power of God in…

Alluding to the 1984 film “Ghostbusters,” during Southwestern Seminary’s fall commencement service, Dec. 14, Interim President D. Jeffrey Bingham challenged the graduating bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students to be “coast-busters.” Preaching on the Great Commission from Matthew 28:18-20, Bingham explained that he wants the graduates to “break the coast of North America.”  “And from North…

Dec. 14, 2018, will be the 235th commencement ceremony for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since the school began in 1908. Approximately 300 graduates from 31 states and 15 countries will graduate with bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. Yes, graduates have completed degrees, but it is a commencement rather than a cessation ceremony that is celebrated.…

During this year’s “Carols at Christmas Celebration,” Dec. 6, concertgoers were treated to the sounds of their favorite Christmas songs from the moment they arrived at the MacGorman Chapel and Performing Arts Center. Positioned in the chapel foyer, an all-brass orchestra serenaded attendees, providing a taste of the skillful musicianship they would experience later that…