Archive for July 2019

History has forgotten the primary and pivotal role John Franklyn Norris (1877-1952) played in the establishing of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in its home on a hill in south Fort Worth in 1910. Norris, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Fort Worth (1909-1952), was a legendary leader in his day, and his church…

In 1915, L.R. Scarborough was elected Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s second president, tasked with leading it to greatness in all areas of curriculum. At the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Houston that spring, Scarborough met a gifted singer, I.E. Reynolds. Scarborough invited Reynolds to visit the Southwestern Seminary campus in Fort Worth…

“Have a blessed day.” Though seemingly inconsequential, these words, spoken by a homeless man to a student from The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, initiated an encounter between the homeless man and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In Birmingham, Alabama, for the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual Crossover evangelism effort, June 3-7, master’s student Ricardo Devine was…

“I was extremely excited about sharing the Gospel and very much wanted to do it, but when it came time to be face-to-face with a stranger, I would be lost for words.” This ambivalent state of eagerness and fear characterized Rebekah Palmer as she stepped foot in Birmingham, Ala., to participate in this year’s Crossover,…