How do you shepherd a dying and divided church?
A pastor should first come in, love them where they are, earn their trust, then break the news to them of their current state.
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Ready for Every Good Work
Forever, O Lord, Thy Word is Settled in Heaven: The Unchanging Word in an Age of Mega-Change
Your church is not your platform
The church is not a platform to serve a pastor’s visionary ideals, social stature, or emotional well-being. The church is the blood-bought property of God. For a pastor to treat the people as his platform is an act of treasonous theft, stealing for himself that which Christ our great high priest has purchased at the cost of his own blood.
How preaching makes disciples
Christ’s disciples always need the Word of God and they need faithful teachers to help them understand what it means and how it applies.
Editorial: Reflections on the Significance of Biblical Theology
In recent years, “biblical theology” as a discipline has grown in evangelical theology which has resulted in positive results. However, there are still differences in regard to its definition and why it is important. Since this issue of SBJT is devoted to the larger topic of biblical theology and various themes within it, it may…
The Significance of Covenants in Biblical Theology
The Meaning of Circumcision in Israel: A Proposal for a Transfer of Rite from Egypt to Israel
Glory Veiled in the Tabernacle of Flesh: Exodus 33-34 in the Gospel of John
The Nature of the New Covenant: A Case Study in Ephesians 2:11-22
Paedocommunion, Paedobaptism, and Covenant Theology: A Baptist Assessment and Critique
The Sabbath and Its Relation to Christ and the Church in the New Covenant
Introduction In this article I will examine the subject of the Sabbath or Sabbath day and its relation to Christ and the Church in the new covenant. There has been much debate about Sabbatarianism in the history of the Church. Is the Sabbath still relevant for today? Should the Sabbath be observed by Christians? Which…
“The Glory of God” – The Character of God’s Being and Way in the World: Some Reflections on a Key Biblical Theology Theme
Book Reviews
Hall to lead a ‘new song’ of racial reconciliation as Boyce College dean
Matthew Hall, newly appointed dean of Boyce College, knows what it feels like to be different. He knows what it feels like to be an outsider, to wake up every morning knowing he’s not like everybody else. Hall was one of three children, and his family spent six years of his childhood as missionaries in…
Sampey’s Summers in Rio: ‘A passion for winning the unsaved to faith’
Having joined the Southern Seminary faculty in 1887 as assistant professor of Hebrew, Greek, and homiletics, John R. Sampey served the institution until his death in 1946, a few weeks shy of his 83rd birthday. His long tenure at SBTS also entailed nearly 13 years as the seminary’s fifth president, during which time…
Faithfulness in persecution: Juan Sanchez discusses book on 1 Peter
EDITOR’S NOTE: In what follows, Juan Sanchez, SBTS assistant professor of Christian theology and senior pastor of High Pointe Baptist Church in Austin, Texas, talks with Towers writer Andrew J.W. Smith about his book 1 Peter For You. AJWS: What does the church today need to hear from the book of 1 Peter? JS: Well, particularly in…
Feature review: ‘1 Peter For You’
1 Peter For You (The Good Book Company 2016, $22.99), Juan R. Sanchez As any regular listener to “The Briefing” or anyone paying attention to the current political climate can attest, Christians live in a world growing more hostile by the day to their distinctive message. Keystones of Christian theology like the sanctity of marriage…