Archive for March 2021
‘Southwestern tradition’ of theological education ‘worthy of imitation,’ Dockery says in Founder’s Day address
The “Southwestern tradition” of theological education begun by founder and first president B.H. Carroll is “worthy of imitation” by today’s Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary community, Interim Provost David S. Dockery said during the seminary’s Founder’s Day chapel, March 10. In his introduction to the chapel service on the Fort Worth campus, President Adam W. Greenway…
Read MoreNew SHP volume collects 40 sermons from founding president B.H. Carroll
Seminary Hill Press (SHP) released today The B. H. Carroll Pulpit, a collection of 40 sermons and addresses from the founding president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. SHP is the publishing arm of Southwestern Seminary. Adam W. Greenway, ninth president of Southwestern Seminary and editor of the Carroll Pulpit, writes in the book’s preface, “Benajah Harvey Carroll,…
Read More‘God, the Bible, and Being’ discussed at annual Day-Higginbotham lectures
Christians’ understanding of God, as revealed in Scripture, is inextricably tied to their understanding of being, argued Scott Swain, president of the Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida, during the annual Day-Higginbotham Lectures at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, March 4-5. “Theology is discourse concerning God because it’s evangelical discourse,” Swain said. “In proclaiming the identity…
Read More‘Burden lifted’ as high school graduate professes Christ at evangelism conference
Six years ago, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary hosted a concert for the Christian band For King & Country in MacGorman Chapel. During the concert, the band gave a Gospel presentation, directing those who desired to respond to designated prayer rooms where seminary students and faculty were stationed. At least three people did so, surrendering their…
Read MoreFIRST-PERSON: Counting our days and giving thanks
On March 6, 2017, I was not sure that I would ever see March 6, 2021. On that day, I suffered a life-threatening heart attack that led to a full week of staring at the ceiling in a bed in the cardiac intensive care unit at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago, one of the finest cardiology…
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