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We Argue that Jesus Is the Only Way, But Are We Living It Out?

If we live like Jesus is the only way, we will be courageous. We will testify to the truth in Christ. We will not trim our convictions to please others, but in our teaching, preaching, and writing we will be faithful to our Lord.

reaching history’s most secular generation: apologetics and gen-z

In the West, the demand for the church to do the work of an apologist compares only with the task of reaching the pagan culture which the church faced in the second and third century AD. Report after report testify to the fact that Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012 according to Pew…

Playing Offense: How Christian Natural Law Arguments Work in Public Apologetics

For many Christians in our culture, it’s easier to stay silent when one is in the minority opinion about a controversial topic rather than risk disturbing the status quo. Of course, there are wisdom issues about knowing when to speak up, and not everyone is called to join the battle in all the same ways.…

Pillars and Bridges: How to Proclaim and Uphold the Gospel through Apologetic Method and Strategy

Although some people distinguish apologetics from evangelism in this way, in truth, this is an artificial and unhelpful distinction. In fact, it is especially unhelpful if one embraces a presuppositional view of apologetics.

Apologetics and the Glory of God

Though I’ve been teaching, preaching, and writing about church history, theology, pastoral ministry, the Christian life, and much else for the past 25 years, all those things really boil down to one thing: a defense and proclamation of the glorious, saving gospel of Jesus Christ.

Adam and Eve: Did They Literally Exist in the Beginning and Does It Matter?

The historical existence of Adam and Eve as the first human beings and the biological progenitors of the entire human race is a matter of great theological consequence for Christians, and some interpretive strategies are better suited to defend belief in a historical Adam and Eve than others.

The Changing Face of Apologetics in a Secular Age

We live in a society marked by secularization. And when I use that term, I’m talking about the sort of secularism that we’ve only experienced in the wake of the Enlightenment and the advent of modernity; we live in a society where theism has lost its binding authority. I’ve lived long enough to watch it happen, and it still surprises me.

The Published Works of Seminary Faculty and Alumni in 2020–21

Cultivating Dependence and Calming Fears

An interview with Gregg Allison

Help! I’ve Lost My Greek and Hebrew

Howell and Plummer discuss strategies and motivation for retaining Hebrew

The Glory of God at the Heart of Pauline Theology

An interview with Thomas R. Schreiner

Deep Personal Convictions about Corporate Worship

An interview with Matthew Westerholm

Faculty Profile: Paul Akin

Faculty Profile: Tyler Flatt

Feeds for Your Soul

Four podcasts extend the seminary’s ministry to thousands

Seminary Adds Three Professors to Faculty

Mohler Elected President of the Evangelical Theological Society

Southern Seminary’s president was elected to the role in November during the society’s 72nd annual meeting.

Boyce College Remembers Nick Challies as a Young Man “Living and Breathing for God”

Friends, family, and faculty members gathered to honor the life of the 20-year-old student who died suddenly three days earlier.