Posts by Ashley Allen
Let the Lord fight your battles, Greenway encourages students at convocation
Doing the Lord’s work may bring attacks, but the battle belongs to the Lord, President Adam W. Greenway encouraged students during his August 23 convocation message at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College, drawing upon the solace of David’s words in Psalm 18 and warnings in the nearly century-old words of L.R. Scarborough,…
Read More‘God’s perfect will’ for Jim and Jeannine Carter
When W.A. Criswell, longtime pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, officiated the wedding ceremony of Jim and Jeannine Carter, the couple prayed they “would always be in the perfect will of God.” The couple, who grew up together in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, graduated from W.H. Adamson High School and were…
Read MoreMinistry in paradise
Sitting on a surfboard in the Pacific Ocean having a Gospel conversation with a new friend, talking theology with a fellow pastor, or praying while waiting for the next wave were common experiences for Chris Martin (‘20) while he pastored on the Hawaiian island of Maui. “I can’t tell you how many times sitting out…
Read MoreIn a class of her own: God’s good work in the life of Norma Hedin 
In 2000, when Adam Davis (’02, ’11), took the course Principles of Teaching as an elective in his Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Master of Divinity degree plan, “a light bulb went off.” Davis, who serves as the associate pastor at Belle Aire Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, says the class and the professor, Norma Hedin…
Read MoreRunning on empty
With less than three miles left to complete an ultra-marathon run from one rim of the Grand Canyon to another and then back to the rim where he started, Michael Criner (’07, ’16) was certain he would not be able to finish. Having already traveled more than 40 miles, including more than 10,000 feet of…
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