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The Serpent, the Seed, and the Savior: How Genesis 3:15 Shapes the Whole Bible

The road of messianic hope is long and winding, but the destination is certain, because God does not make promises he does not keep.

A God-Centered Vision for Discipleship

The foundation of discipleship is not new ideas or clever strategies. The foundation is God himself.

Reading as Discipleship: Why Biblical Interpretation Is Meant to Change You

If our reading of Scripture does not lead us to love God and love our neighbor, then we have not truly understood it.

Old Testament Interpretation

God put some things within the Old Testament as a mystery, waiting to be made clear in the fullness of revelation with the coming of Christ.

The Nations in the Storyline of the Bible: A Biblical Theology of God’s Global Mission

From creation’s mandate to fill the earth with His glory, to the covenant with Abraham, to the commissioning of the church, God’s purpose has been to gather a people from every tribe, tongue, and nation.

Biblical Theology and the Sexuality Crisis

Advocates of the new sexuality demand a complete rewriting of Scripture’s metanarrative, a complete reordering of theology, and a fundamental change to how we think about the church’s ministry.

The Tradition of SBTS Faculty Writings: An Enduring Vision to “Study with the Authors”

Since the seminary’s founding, students have benefitted from a faculty committed to writing what they teach and teaching what they write.

The Culture Is Coming for Your Kids—Are You Ready?

Christian parents today must face an unavoidable reality: if you are not actively discipling your children, the culture is doing it for you.

Click with Caution: How Technology is Discipling Kids

Technology is more than just a tool as it is radically yet subtly shaping everything about our lives and the world around us.

A Display of God’s Glory: The Christian Family and the Order of Love

We now live in the age of moral rebellion, sexual anarchy, endless experimentation, and birthrates that imply sterilization. We have turned the order of the family into pandemonium and, having sown the wind, we now reap the whirlwind.

From the Editor: Doctrine Shapes Life

Through these articles, we pray that you will be encouraged and equipped to examine your own life and doctrine more closely. As we seek to obey Paul’s exhortation, may we be found faithful, holding firmly to the truth, and growing in godliness.

Why are We Trinitarian, and Why Does it Matter?

Even when the commitment to other matters of sound doctrine is strong and clear, Christians get nervous and uncertain in their commitment to the doctrine of the Trinity as revealed in Scripture and confessed by the church for many centuries.

The Holy Spirit Fills Us with the Presence of the Triune God

How would you react, then, if I were to tell you that the greatest gift that God gives to us in our salvation is the Holy Spirit so that, as he fills us, we can experience the greatest blessing of salvation, which is the presence of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit?

The Final Judgment Is Good News

Talking about the final judgment may seem to be contrary to the love of God that is manifested in the ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We don’t want to be like the fire, hell, and brimstone preachers of the past who, in the eyes of many or at least in some instances, were…

The Faith Once for All Delivered to the Saints

The church has always faced the question of how to deal with all the rival theological claims that arise. How is the church to answer in the face of theological challenges? Is there—as some have suggested—more than one Christian faith? Are there simply different christianities?

President’s Message

The evangelical world was recently shaken by news of a moral scandal that took down a prominent preacher. This news hit like a bomb and came with great heartache and grief. How could this happen? How could this man do such a thing? Why did no one see it coming?

Evangelism as a Way of Life

If you live a committed Christian life but never share the gospel verbally, then how does your non-Christian neighbor know the source of your hope? And conversely, if you communicate the gospel verbally but are a complete jerk in the process, then those words of eternal life may well fall on deaf ears.

Workers Unashamed: Our Vision for the Billy Graham School

Our vision for the only graduate school allowed to bear the name of Billy Graham is to produce graduates who exemplify the humble courage of steady work.