Archive for December 2022

Editor’s note: this article appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Southwestern News. Cowboys drove 14 million head of longhorn cattle from Texas to railroad towns between 1867-1887. The first major trail was the 1,000-mile Chisholm Trail through Fort Worth. Like cowboys herding cattle to market, Christian writers and speakers can move their ideas up the trail to people…

In keeping with Founder B.H. Carroll’s vision for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the institution saw God’s “favor” in 2022 in continuing its mission to assist the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention by preparing God-called men and women for ministry by graduating more than 600 students to serve as pastors, church leaders, missionaries, and ambassadors…

Editor’s note: this article appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Southwestern News. A few years ago, I was contacted by a church for its open worship pastor position. After a short phone conversation, we moved to the next step. Rather than auditioning my musical skills, they asked me to answer 10 questions. This questionnaire provided clear proof that…

Chapel services in spring 2023 at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College will “model congregational preaching” through the book of Philippians as demonstrated by professors of the institution, Interim President David S. Dockery announced today. “We are looking forward with anticipation and hopefulness to preaching through the Book of Philippians during chapels in…