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We asked Southern professors, “Excluding biblical characters (so, not Moses, Jesus, or Paul), who would be on your theological Mt. Rushmore?”

There are a lot of things that are important to the seminary student — ministry, work, family, and personal spiritual growth. But don’t lose sight of this fact: You are here to study. this series of articles hopes to make that responsibility more manageable.

Basil Manly, Jr., one of the four founders of Southern Seminary, is primarily remembered today as the author of three important compositions: the Abstract of Principles, the hymn “Soldiers in Christ, in Truth Arrayed,” and The Bible Doctrine of Inspiration Explained and Vindicated. All three have played important roles in the history of Southern Seminary,…

“The God Who Goes Before You: Pastoral Leadership as Christ-Centered Followership”; “In His Image”; “The Gospel Comes with a House Key”; “Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness”; “Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption through Scripture”

We should always sit at the feet of older, more seasoned pastors, and learn from their mistakes. Often, the implications of a wedding don’t show up for years, sometimes even decades.

If a leader has all of the following seven traits, it is likely that leader will lead the congregation to greater health.

Don’t respond to opposition with that toxic blend of fear and anger. Respond with grace and truth.

We will probably never see another Billy Graham. We may never even see another ministry like his was.

When ethical and moral imperatives are proclaimed as sufficient, even abstracted from Jesus, the result is a crossless Christianity in which the central message becomes an exhortation to live according to God’s rules.

We must be willing to suffer, to give our all for Christ, to persevere until the end in order to obtain the final reward.

Every serious pastor labors under a heavy weight. This is not belly-aching or an embellishment, but rather this is the reality of being a pastor.

There’s never a “good” time to plant. You’ll always find valid, even logical reasons for putting it off.

We need to be vigilant for the truth and to defend the faith. At the same time, we need to be careful about drawing lines too tightly.

If you can’t make time to meet God through the Bible and prayer now, it’s very unlikely you will when (if) life does slow down.