Main Course: Tips for Surviving Seminary
For many, the academic rigor of master’s-level seminary work is daunting. S. Craig Sanders, former editor of Towers and an SBTS M.Div. graduate, offers a few tips and words of advice.
Publications
Theology Forum: What is “open” or “closed” communion — and why does it matter?
When a church observes communion, who is eligible to sit at the Lord’s table?
Feature Review: Growing In Gratitude
Growing In Gratitude Gratitude is more complex than a smile on one’s face or a polite, “thank you.” In Growing in Gratitude, Mary Mohler provides a rich theology revealing the deeper roots of gratitude. Many Christians experience a lull in their joy for the things of God years after conversion, and Mohler encourages them to…
Book Reviews: ‘When Your Twenties Are Darker Than You Expected ‘; ‘All Things Hold Together in Christ’; ‘To Change the Church’; ‘An Introduction to Christian Worldview’
When Your Twenties Are Darker Than You Expected by Paul Maxwell (Amazon Kindle 2018, $2.99) Review by Sarah Haywood Twentysomethings experience a decade that is often dark and difficult to navigate, where the expectations of childhood disappear and responsibility arises. The “darkness” of the this stage is real, and in learning to engage it, according…
Gratitude is a ‘deeply theological issue’
EDITOR’S NOTE: In her debut book, Mary Mohler, the first lady of Southern Seminary, encourages readers to pursue gratitude and offers strategies for how to grow in it. Towers contributor Annie Corser sat down with Mohler in her home to talk about the book, Growing in Gratitude. AC: How important is it to know Scripture…
The long road to media engagement in the SBC
HISTORY HIGHLIGHT
From Google to Grudem
Jake Tuazon’s path to SBTS
How to watch Netflix
Redeeming Media Consumption
Editorial: Thinking Theologically About Vocation and Work
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