Archive for January 2023
Texas Baptist College announces scholarship essay competition
Prospective Texas Baptist College (TBC) students who are high school seniors are encouraged to apply for the Texas Baptist College scholarship essay competition to win a presidential scholarship that includes full tuition, books, room, and board for the first year and is renewable for three additional years of the program. To be eligible for the…
Read MoreBiblical counseling training brings hope to ‘frontline’ ministers in Japan
According to the Joshua Project, the Japanese population of 120 million people constitute the second largest unreached people group in the world, with only 0.3 percent identifying as evangelical Christians. Furthermore, Statista revealed that, in 2021, roughly 21,000 individuals in Japan committed suicide. These facts compelled Jon Okinaga, assistant professor of biblical counseling at Southwestern…
Read MoreCrider equips students to allow Scripture to guide worship
When Trent Broussard, a Doctor of Philosophy student in the School of Church Music and Worship (SCMW) at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, approached Joseph Crider with his dissertation research topic, the dean of the SCMW encouraged him to pursue his topic of interest. Broussard, who served as a worship pastor for 20 years before beginning…
Read MoreFROM THE HILL: Yuille co-edits new book, Darling addresses social activism, and Wainscott writes a poem of lament for Ukraine
“From the Hill” is a regular series highlighting the work of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College’s faculty. Check back here regularly to find articles, blogs, podcasts, interviews, and more. “Faith Working through Love: The Theology of William Perkins” (published by Reformation Heritage Books), co-edited by J. Stephen Yuille, professor of pastoral theology…
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