Southwestern Seminary honors faithful supporters with Carroll, Scarborough awards

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary honored two distinguished ministry partners for their generosity and support during the annual B.H. Carroll and L.R. Scarborough Awards Luncheon, Sept. 14. Jon L. Parnell received the B.H. Carroll Award, and Harold “Preacher” O’Chester received the L.R. Scarborough Award. Luncheon attendees included the award recipients’ family and friends, former church members,…

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Litton addresses ‘serious’ issues facing Executive Committee, sermon plagiarism in conversation at Southwestern Seminary

In his first Southern Baptist seminary chapel appearance since his election as Southern Baptist Convention president, Ed Litton addressed Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College students, faculty, and staff during the Sept. 14 chapel, particularly noting the “serious” issues facing the Executive Committee (EC) of the SBC, as well as charges against him…

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KBC leader Todd Gray offers three actions for Great Commission obedience

In an exhortation to students, faculty, and staff during the Sept. 9 chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Todd Gray, executive director-treasurer of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, offered three actions through which believers can be used by God to fulfill the Great Commission. Before the message, Southwestern Seminary and Texas Baptist College President Adam…

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Denison encourages students to engage culture amid tsunami of moral change

In his September 7 chapel message at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, cultural apologist Jim Denison encouraged the school’s students, faculty, and staff to engage the culture by ultimately and always leading unbelievers to Jesus.  In his introduction of Denison, founder and chief vision officer of the Denison Forum on Truth and Culture, Southwestern Seminary and…

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