7 tips for beginning seminary later in life
Those of us in the West with the resources and time to attend seminary should be grateful and be willing to use this privilege, not to serve ourselves, but to serve others.
Seminary
Spring News and Events
Said at Southern, 500 years after Reformation, Gheens Lecture 2017 and more.
The Centrality of the Bible in Preaching
In a chaotic culture, pastors must rely on the power of God’s Word alone to break through the noise.
The Textbook and the Towel
The Pulpit and the Lectern
Hamilton’s love for the biblical storyline infuses his preaching and teaching
The Long Run
Once a student, now a shepherd: Life after seminary
What does ministry after school look like? Truth is, now that you’ve been a student, you are now, most likely, on the path to something that requires an even deeper level of commitment and dependence on the Spirit of God. You are called to be a shepherd of souls.
Heroes of the ‘Hardshells’: The other 1980s comic about turtles
Created by then-M.Div. student Tom Williams, two years before the comic book debut of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a band of anthropomorphic terrapins graced the pages of Towers.
Confessing the faith: Mohler on the importance of Southern’s Abstract of Principles
EDITOR’S NOTE: In what follows, Southern Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. discusses the new SBTS Press title, Confessing the Faith: The Living Legacy of Southern Seminary’s Abstract of Principles, with Towers editor S. Craig Sanders. CS: The title of your introduction is “Confessional Integrity: The Abstract of Principles Then and Now.” What has changed…
Feature review: ‘Confessing the Faith: The Living Legacy of Southern Seminary’s Abstract of Principles’
R. Albert Mohler Jr., editor Confessing the Faith: The Living Legacy of Southern Seminary’s Abstract of Principles (SBTS Press 2016, $16.99) Three decades ago, when R. Albert Mohler Jr. enrolled as a student at Southern Seminary, some of his professors openly disagreed with the institution’s confession of faith. Written by Basil Manly Jr. in 1858 as the…
‘Sacred Mission’
I have a sacred mission to keep pastors and Christians reading the Greek New Testament for life. … it’s going to make them people who will proclaim clearly what the Scripture says and ultimately that’s the proclamation of the gospel. — Robert L. Plummer
Confessing the Faith
At times we need to make certain we’re holding up our own confession of faith and making clear that this is not just what we believe, it’s who we are. … this book is a way of making clear for now and for future generations these are the truths we hold and hold boldly. — R. Albert Mohler Jr.
Alumni Updates
‘Unexpected Providence’
Matthew Hall’s journey from seminary student to Boyce dean
Fall News and Events
A Gift Centuries in the Making
The story of Ken and Barbara Larson’s Torah scroll donation to Southern Seminary
Faculty News
Academic and faculty updates from the campus.
2016 Election: A guide for Christian citizens on issues that matter
With two unsavory options on the 2016 presidential ballot for Nov. 8, many evangelicals do not feel represented in the issues they care about and feel increasingly ostracized from political discourse. In a recent interview with Towers, SBTS President R. Albert Mohler Jr. encouraged the seminary community to discuss the various aspects of this complex…