Posts by Ashley Allen

Editor’s note: this article appears in the Spring 2022 issue of Southwestern News. On the Virginia side of the Potomac River, overlooking Washington, D.C., and the nation’s tributes to the fallen of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, Arlington National Cemetery serves as a silent reminder freedom comes with a cost.  Opened…

Editor’s note: this article appears in the Spring 2022 issue of Southwestern News. The sanctity of human life is a foundational principle in Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation. Humans are created in the image of God and have worth, regardless of utility or disability or vulnerability (Genesis 1:26; Psalm 139). The people of God are…

Editor’s note: this article appears in the Spring 2022 issue of Southwestern News. After high school graduation, about half of youth group members walk away from the church, about forty percent become adult pew sitters who make little difference for the kingdom, and about ten percent follow Christ as disciples who impact the kingdom. Age-group…

The state of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is “getting stronger every day,” President Adam W. Greenway told the gathering of the institution’s alumni and friends at the largest and final Southwestern Nights spring event on May 10. Held at Prestonwood Baptist Church, the Dallas-area event featured a panel discussion with Southern Baptist Convention leaders Jack…

Nota del editor: este artículo aparece en la edición de primavera de 2022 de Southwestern News. Cuando Fernando Mangieri, nativo de Argentina, se inscribió como estudiante en la Maestría en Estudios Teológicos (Master of Theological Studies, MET) en los Programas Hispanos del seminario Southwestern, lo hizo motivado por el “deseo de seguir creciendo y aprendiendo”…