Southern Seminary Magazine | Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Southern Seminary
Seven questions about economics and the economy with Barry Asmus
When studying in seminary or serving in a church, students and pastors often find little time for topics such as economics. And yet economics, as a reality, is all around. Towers editor Aaron Cline Hanbury asks Barry Asmus, speaker, writer and consultant on political and business issues and a senior economist with the National Center for…
Towers | April 2014
Expository ministry: A comprehensive vision
When God speaks, creation obeys. When he spoke the universe into existence, it happened (Gen 1:3-26). When he speaks into the cold, dead hearts of sinners, a new creation appears (2 Cor 5:17). When preachers exposit the Word of God and announce that Jesus is the Christ, the church is built (Matt 16:16-18). Whenever…
Finishing strong: persevering through your mid-degree crisis
Higher-ed institutions across the country are filled with exhausted, irritable and weary students searching for light at the end of the academic tunnel. Southern’s master of divinity degree is a behemoth 88-credit hour program, no small feat for anyone. Academic exhaustion and burnt-out enthusiasm aren’t reflective of a lazy spirit, but if not properly…
Table of Contents (Fall 2013)
Editorial: The Glory of Christ in Colossians
Proclaiming Christ as Lord: Colossians 1:15–20
“If You Continue in the Faith” (Colossians 1:21-23): An Exegetical- Theological Exercise in Syntax, Discourse, and Performative Speech
Introduction A generation ago, when blacksmith shops were still common in villages, Robert Shank aptly observed that Colossians 1:21-23 is one of several Scripture passages over which one could affix the sign: “All kinds of fancy twistings and turnings done here.” ((Robert Shank, Life in the Son (2nd ed., 16th printing; Springfield, MO: Westcott, 1976),…
The Cross in Colossians: Cosmic Reconciliation through Penal Substitution and Christus Victor
Raising the Worship Standard: The Translation and Meaning of Colossians 3:16 and Implications for Our Corporate Worship
Meditation: Christ—The Mystery of God Revealed
Sermon: A Portrait of the Glorious Community of Faith (Colossians 3:12-17)
Book Reviews (Fall 2013)
The long and winding road: collected wisdom on maturing in seminary
A couple weeks ago, four pastors from the Louisville, Ky., area held a public conversation about seminary students and church membership. Sitting on the panel were Timothy J. Beougher, senior pastor of West Broadway Baptist Church and Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth; Ryan Fullerton, the lead pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church;…