Posts by Alex Sibley
Greenway provides COVID-19 update
In a May 10 letter to the Southwestern Seminary and Scarborough College community, President Adam W. Greenway provided a coronavirus update, noting an “overall easing of many COVID protocols.” While encouraging “each of you to take whatever steps you feel necessary to keep yourself healthy and safe,” Greenway outlined several changes on the campus with…
Read More‘Make the most of the time,’ Greenway exhorts graduates
On what President Adam W. Greenway called a “high, holy” day, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Scarborough College celebrated 294 certificate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral students during its spring commencement ceremony, May 7, of whom 210 were present. “We come together because we celebrate not just the degrees that have been earned and the diplomas…
Read MoreMan comes to Southwestern to install drywall, finds Jesus as Lord
When people come to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, even if it’s just to put up drywall, they’re likely to hear the Gospel. One such drywall installer learned this lesson the week of spring graduation, May 6, as in the course of doing his work, Travis Trawick, vice president for Institutional Advancement, felt led by the…
Read MoreFIRST-PERSON: A few reflections on 40 years ago
It seems impossible. I remember the evening like it was yesterday. I still remember the white dress Lanese wore that night. How could it have been 40 years already? The graduation speaker for Southwestern Seminary in 1981 was a man whose name I had not previously heard prior to the commencement service. This quiet-spoken gentleman…
Read MoreFROM THE PROFS: Dangerous encounter teaches importance of relying on Holy Spirit
Editor’s note: “From the Profs” is an occasional feature highlighting past experiences of Southwestern Seminary and Scarborough College faculty in sharing the Gospel. Carl Bradford didn’t realize the man had a gun under his shirt. In New Orleans several years ago, Bradford was evangelizing with his church, and he noticed several men sitting in the…
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