Luther Rice’s Unrequited Proposal
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Publications
Feature review: Teaching the World
Teaching the World: Foundations for Online Theological Education by John Cartwright, Gabriel Etzel, Christopher Jackson, and Timothy Paul Jones (Baker Academic 2017, $19.99) Review by RuthAnne Irvin Humans interact with more technology today than ever before. Most traditional forms of education, media, and communication shifted with technological advances, that brought both advantages and prospective challenges.…
Book and Music Reviews: ‘Jesus the Messiah’; ‘Uncomfortable’; ‘Prayers of the Saints’
Jesus the Messiah: A Survey of the Life of Christ by Robert H. Stein (IVP Academic, 2017, $27) Review by Andrew J.W. Smith From a former Southern Seminary New Testament and hermeneutics professor comes this new paperback version of his 1996 survey of the life of Jesus Christ, Jesus the Messiah. Robert H. Stein, currently…
3 Questions with Travis Cottrell
Travis Cottrell Contemporary Christian music artist and worship leader What hymn has most influenced you both personally and in ministry? This is too hard of a question! Different hymns have come to mean different things to me in various seasons of life. Looking back, one that constantly pops back up as being important to me…
10 things you probably didn’t have time for during your first semester — and still need to do
With your class schedule in place, resolve to try something different this semester. This list will give you a place to start.
Get to know the new communications VP
Kody Gibson’s path to academic administration.
SBTS Missions Heritage Stretches to its Earliest Days
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The Body: Why your soul is not enough
You always hear about ‘new year, new you.’ But have you stopped to think about the theological reason health and fitness matters?
Hold the Chicken, Hit the Gym
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How to make good on that New Year’s resolution
This time of year, it seems like Everyone wants to be fitter, stronger, or faster.
Sing We Now of Christmas
Southern Seminary and Boyce faculty share their favorite Christmas melodies.
The contextualized church: The benefits of a multichurch model
Allison discusses his new book on multisite and multichurch models.
Feature review: MultiChurch
MultiChurch: Exploring the Future of Multisite by Gregg R. Allison and Brad House (Zondervan 2017, $17.99) Multisite churches — often like the ones you see on Sunday morning television —include multiple locations with individual worship teams, leadership, and frameworks for ministry, including somewhat of a “brand” for their church. While this model of church growth…
Book and Music Reviews: ‘Come Let Us Adore Him’; ‘The Greek New Testament’; ‘Immanuel’; ‘How to Think’
Come Let Us Adore Him: A Daily Advent Devotional by Paul David Tripp (Crossway 2017, $17.99) Review by Caleb T. Shaw I have been singing along to Andy Williams’ “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” for about a month now, and I submitted Christmas lists to both sides of my family long before Thanksgiving. It’s…
3 Questions with Mike Cosper
Mike Cosper Executive Director of Harbor Media How can the church create a more conducive environment for serious artists, musicians, and writers? The church should take its own aesthetics more seriously. Invest budget dollars into your music ministry and the aesthetics of the church. Celebrate those who serve. And guard the platform. By that I…
Editorial: Learning with Peter to “Stand Firm in God’s Grace”
Simon Peter is perhaps one of the most attractive of all the people and writers of the NT. He is a predominate individual in the Gospels and the early part of Acts, as an apostle of our Lord Jesus Christ. Like his brother Andrew, Simon was a fisherman before he was called to follow Christ.…
Immigrants in Our Own Land, Citizens of God
The letter known as 1 Peter is no longer a New Testament “stepchild,” as John Elliott famously called it,1 but is rather the subject of numerous studies and is rich in theological nuance and implications. This is hardly the place to attempt to fully explore the wealth of this letter,2 but it is the appropriate…
Sojourners and Exiles Living in a Foreign and Hostile Land: An Overview Sermon of 1 Peter
As long as we have breath, let us encourage one another to rest in the salvation God has accomplished for us in Jesus.