Archive for December 2020
An Open Letter to the Southwestern Seminary and Scarborough College Family
Dear Fellow Southwesterners: “Have Southern Baptists forgotten the Ninth Commandment?” That jarring question was posed to me in a recent letter written by a recipient of our seminary’s Southwestern News magazine. Sadly, it seems the correspondent was not making a mere rhetorical inquiry. His probe about the Decalogue’s penultimate commandment, “Thou shalt not bear false witness against…
Read MoreIn 2020, Southwestern Seminary remained committed to rigorous academics, practical focus despite COVID-19 limitations
Established in 1908 and making its home in Fort Worth, Texas, since 1910, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has never abandoned its task of equipping men and women to live their calling in fulfillment of the Great Commission. Even in 2020, a year marked by civil unrest and a global pandemic, Southwestern remained true to its…
Read MoreDavid Dockery named interim provost of Southwestern Seminary
President Adam W. Greenway has appointed David S. Dockery, a “statesman of Christian higher education,” interim provost of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he announced today. Dockery’s appointment is effective immediately. The seminary is also commencing a national search for the institution’s next chief academic officer. “Dr. David Dockery’s return to Seminary Hill last year has…
Read MoreSchool of Church Music and Worship releases new Christmas music
Performances of four classic Christmas hymns by the School of Church Music and Worship of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary have been released as “musical Christmas cards” with the goal of “ministry impact” during a holiday season overshadowed by pandemic, says Dean Joseph R. Crider. Released on YouTube and other social media platforms over the span of…
Read MoreFirst SWJT Book of the Year Awards announced
Carl R. Trueman’s The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution (Crossway) has been named the “Book of the Year” in the first annual Book of the Year Awards, sponsored by the Southwestern Journal of Theology (SWJT) and selected by the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary faculty.…
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