Archive for November 2022
The power of the Word of God in a lifetime of ministry: Charles Stanley’s obedience to the Lord yields fruit around the world
Editor’s note: this article appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Southwestern News. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Hendersonville, North Carolina, amid apple orchards, farms, streams, and trees whose orange, red, and yellow leaves merge to look like velvet rippling over the mountains in the fall, sits Fruitland Baptist Church. Pastoring the small church…
Read MorePreaching students relish Osborne’s ‘pastoral heart,’ experience, wisdom
Chris Osborne’s office is filled with taxidermy of animals that he has hunted on a variety of expeditions. Some were captured in various parts of Texas, while some were caught in New Zealand. Osborne, who has served as professor of preaching and pastoral ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2020, hasn’t always loved hunting…
Read MoreSouthwestern PhD student first to research in new Billy Graham archives
When the Archive and Research Center at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina, opened to researchers on Nov. 8, Anatoliy Orgunov, a Doctor of Philosophy student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, was the first person to have access to the historical artifacts and papers of the late, world-renowned evangelist.…
Read MoreRebuilding Southwestern
Editor’s note: this article appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Southwestern News. It is a distinct honor to be given the opportunity to help lead Southwestern Seminary during this time of transition with David S. Dockery, our interim president. There is not a finer statesman in Christian higher education than Dr. Dockery. He is leading well at this strategic time…
Read MoreOur Help and Hope
Editor’s note: this article appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Southwestern News. More than 300 years ago, Isaac Watts penned the words to one of his greatest hymns, “O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come.” We genuinely want to express once again, as has been the case on numerous…
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