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Why you can’t understand the Bible without understanding the covenants

If we don’t understand the covenants, we will not and cannot understand the Bible because we won’t understand how the story fits together.

Preaching: An exercise in longing

How to preach so your church wants heaven more than life

A.T. Robertson’s Heavenly Sermon

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Feature Book Review: 50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith

50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith: A Guide to Understanding and Teaching Theology by Gregg R. Allison If you have ever taught Bible or theology to kids or teenagers as a recently enrolled seminary student, you know that it can be difficult to distill all of the complex and nuanced information from your seminary…

Book Reviews: ‘A Reader’s Guide to the Major Writings of Jonathan Edwards’; ‘Becoming a Welcoming Church’; ‘Evergreen’; ‘The Hermeneutics of the Biblical Writers’

A Reader’s Guide to the Major Writings of Jonathan Edwards by Nathan Finn and Jeremy M. Kimble (Crossway, 2017 $21.99) No American wields more theological influence on evangelical than Jonathan Edwards. Yet if you ask around, you’ll find few Christians — even those of us who claim his theological lineage — actually read much of…

Mark Coppenger can’t stop talking about the gospel

It’s likely you’ll find him riding the bus to Southern Seminary’s campus in Louisville from his home in Nashville, Tennessee, choosing public transit over his car if possible, favoring the stories in the seats on the Megabus over the company of his car radio.

10 ways to foster personal evangelism in the local church

A how-to for pastors and church leaders

Even in his death, Billy Graham Preached the gospel

A personal reflection from the Billy Graham School dean

Boston: The most strategic city on earth?

Southern Seminary alumnus Bland Mason and the quiet, strategic movement to reach America’s most iconic city.

5 reasons pastors get depressed (and why they don’t talk about it)

5 reasons why depression is a pervasive issue among pastors.

How to preach difficult doctrines without splitting your church

Faithful doctrinal teaching always starts with the text, not a system.

8 reasons the resurrection matters more than you think

Do we, in our drive to make everything gospel-centered and cross-saturated unintentionally underemphasize the final miracle in the doctrines of grace?