Don’t Just Do Something: Stand There
The 1993 Convocation Address delivered by R. Albert Mohler, Jr, President The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Topic
Preach Christ from the Gospels
In the gospels, the biblical storyline moves from the Old Testament promise of a messianic kingdom to the presence of the messianic King
Why “love your neighbor” requires more than preaching the gospel
Evangelicals tend to only follow the spiritual aspect of Jesus’s mission, but this falls short of obeying the Lord’s command.
Why the Gospels are the center of the Bible (and your life)
Consider anew the beauty, power and wonder that the four Gospels give to us.
Marriage, Celibacy, and the Hierarchy of Merit in the Jovinian Controversy
Though some maintained the importance of marriage, others taught the need to abstain from sex in order to pursue more spiritual or philosophical endeavors.
Baptist Marriage in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Talking, Thinking, and Truth
One of the most important gifts of the Reformation to the various traditions that stem from that era was the concept of Christian marriage as a vocation and the fact that there is no intrinsic value in a celibate life (2)
Volume 3, Issue 1: Marriage and Children
Raising Children, the Christian Way
Three texts in the Christian Scriptures are particularly significant for the topic of raising and rearing children: Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Proverbs, and Ephesians 6:1-4.
Proverbios 27:1-6
El Servicio de Capilla en el campus del Seminario Teológico Bautista del Sur en Louisville, Kentucky. El Servicio de Capilla se lleva a cabo dos veces por semana, cada martes y jueves a las 10 de la mañana. Available in English here.
Ministering the Love of Christ to Single Teen Mothers
Sue pleaded with great emotion in her voice, “Mary, I don’t know what to do! Yesterday I ran into Christine, a friend of mine from high school. She led me to the Lord when we were working together at that time. Since then she’s stopped walking with the Lord, had a baby out of wedlock, and the father has custody.
Volume 2, Issue 2: Motherhood
Volume 3, Issue 2: Intergenerational Faithfulness
Heath Lambert Reviews Mark Driscoll’s ‘Real Marriage’ in the Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
Heath Lambert provides a thorough review of Mark Driscoll’s recent book, Real Marriage: The Truth about Sex, Friendship, and Life Together.
Volume 2, Issue 1: Adoption
How Should We Define Family Ministry?
We in the family-equipping movement are specifically seeking practices of family ministry that are driven and defined by a Scripture-saturated plan for equipping parents to embrace primary responsibility for their children’s discipleship.
Remembering the Father in Fatherhood: Biblical Foundations and Practical Implications of the Doctrine of the Fatherhood of God
We have a great deal of instruction from the Lord concerning fatherhood, but, frankly, we need more than instruction.
The Family-Equipping Model for Family Ministry: Transforming Age-Organized Ministries to Co-Champion the Family and the Community of Faith
In many ways the family-equipping model represents a middle route between the family-integrated and family-based models.
The Family-Based Model for Church Ministry: Activities and Emphases to Empower Parents within Age-Segmented Structures
The family-based model seeks to merge a comprehensive-coordinative vision for parents with the segmented-programmatic perspective that remains prevalent in many contemporary churches.