Archive for July 2023
My first year at Texas Baptist College
“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.” – Plato As I finish my freshman year at Texas Baptist College, I find myself reflecting on Plato’s statement, assessing the direction in which my first year at TBC has “started” me. I can honestly attest that these two semesters have renewed…
Read MoreFrom My Bookshelf: Biblical Counseling
Lilly Park, associate professor of biblical counseling in the Jack D. Terry School of Educational Ministries, gives her top five book recommendations in the discipline of biblical counseling. Before she began serving at Southwestern Seminary in 2020, Park served at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands by Paul…
Read MoreBellevue Baptist Church gifts Southwestern Seminary $100,000
Under the leadership of Pastor Steve Gaines, Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee, has gifted $100,000 to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, President David S. Dockery announced today. “The Southwestern community joins me in expressing our deepest gratitude for the friendship, encouragement, and generous support that Pastor Steve Gaines and the congregation at Bellevue Baptist Church…
Read MoreDockery announces Grace as provost, other academic leadership appointments
New academic leadership of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary was named today by President David S. Dockery beginning with the fall semester, including naming W. Madison Grace II to the roles of provost and vice president for academic administration and dean of the School of Theology. Dockery also named Dean Sieberhagen, associate professor of Islamic Studies,…
Read MorePetroleum engineer pursues doctoral degree to train, reach Hispanic community
“Seminary.” It was the first word that popped into the mind of Cristina Aguilera, a Doctor of Education student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the morning after she was laid off from her engineering job in 2016. Aguilera, a native of Barranquilla, Colombia, a populated tropical city on the northern coast of the South American…
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