Publications

A New Testament Professor’s Rediscovery of the Doctrine of Vocation

Imagine the average layperson in your church—the owner of a bike shop, a truck driver, a doctor, a secretary, a lawyer, a school teacher.  If you were to ask him or her, “How does your pastor expect you to apply your Christian faith to your work,” What would they say? I can imagine the average…

“The Labors of our Occupation”: Can Augustine Offer Any Insight on Vocation?

“Some Kind of Life to Which We Are Called of God”: The Puritan Doctrine of Vocation

English Calvinistic Baptists and Vocation in the Long Eighteenth Century, with Particular Reference to Anne Dutton’s Calling as an Author

Milkmaids No More: Revisiting Luther’s Doctrine of Vocation from the Perspective of a “Gig” Economy

The Work and Faith of Theological Scholars: Converging Lessons from James 2 and Luther’s Doctrine of Vocation

Do Not Love the World: Breaking the Evil Enchantment of Worldliness (A Sermon on 1 John 2:15-17)

Book Reviews

More than a job

Southern Seminary alum Nate Bishop’s calling to pastor a 150-year-old church and serve as the first vice president of the KBC

‘Reading Rightly’

Wellum helps readers see Christ on every page of Scripture

Book Reviews: ‘Creation Care’; ‘How to Ruin Your Life’; ‘Resurrection Letters’; ’15 Things Seminary Couldn’t Teach Me’

Creation Care: A Biblical Theology of the Natural World by Douglas J. Moo and Jonathan A. Moo (Zondervan 2018, $22.34) Review by Gabriel Reyes-Ordeix The term “creation care” is a buzzword. It refers to human ethical responsibility toward the non-human world, but is often left vague and highly politicized. Creation Care, written by Douglas and…

The blessing of busyness

Pastor, professor, and father of five finds life outside himself.

Pitfalls of the novice minister

Your first church job is going to stretch you in ways you won’t anticipate.

William Whitsitt’s private grudges

HISTORY HIGHLIGHT

Christ from Beginning to End Trent Hunter and Stephen Wellum

Not everyone will study theology. But everyone should be able to study the Bible the right way. This is why Stephen J. Wellum, professor of Christian theology at Southern Seminary, and Trent Hunter wrote Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ. This book helps readers…

Heaven: God’s Presence and Purpose

Heaven can be difficult to picture.

Preaching: An exercise in longing

How to preach so your church wants heaven more than life

A call to teach and to reconcile: Boyce professor teaches the gospel and race reconciliation

Kevin Jones’s journey to Southern Seminary from west Louisville, and his passion for racial reconciliation.