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SBC can learn from Lottie Moon’s example, Mohler says at Lottie Moon forum at SBTS

October 22, 2009 News

Lottie Moon was one of the first missionaries to realize and understand that respecting the people she served meant spending time observing them and learning from them, R. Albert Mohler Jr., told students and faculty Wednesday at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Mohler, president of Southern Seminary, gave his presentation on the life and work of [...]

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Billy Graham School Dean Lawless Launches New Blog

October 20, 2009 News

On Monday, Oct. 19, Chuck Lawless, dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, launched ChuckLawless.com, a blog centered on issues and resources relating to missions, evangelism and church growth. Writings from Lawless address issues, offer suggestions and point to resources related to the Great Commission.
ChuckLawless.com will [...]

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SBTS chapel live blog: Al Gilbert – Acts 20:27-28

October 20, 2009 News

Preacher: Al Gilbert
Text/title: Acts 20:27-28 - “The Shepherd, the Local Church, and the Great Commission.”
I want to focus on the pastor today, and the role of the pastor in sharing his life with the lives of the people in his congregation. I want to challenge you, pastor, as to what is your responsibility as a [...]

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Forum on life and legacy of Lottie Moon

October 20, 2009 News

A Forum on the Life & Legacy of Lottie Moon will be held from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21 in Heritage Hall, as a part of Missions Emphasis Week. R. Albert Mohler Jr. and Chuck Lawless will speak, followed by a Chick-Fil-A lunch and a question and answer panel discussion.
Panel members include [...]

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SBTS grad, Boston Red Sox chapel leader, out of critical condition

October 18, 2009 News

Bland Mason is out of critical condition and should be able to leave the hospital by Wednesday, according to an update on his Facebook page at 6:02 p.m., Saturday.
Mason, a two-time graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, had a heart attack Thursday that left him in critical condition. By noon the next day, Mason [...]

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SBTS profs’ first pastorate: Hershael York

October 16, 2009 Interviews

This is the seventh part of a seven-part series, featuring Southern Seminary professors addressing the topic: your first pastorate. Hershael York serves as associate dean of ministry and proclamation and Victor and Louise Lester Professor of Christian Preaching at Southern Seminary.
Hershael York, associate dean of ministry and proclamation; senior pastor, Buck Run Baptist Church in [...]

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To Ph.D. or not to Ph.D.: that is the question

October 15, 2009 News

When Brian Vickers first stepped onto Southern Seminary’s campus he had a mission.
He needed to find room 267.
When he got to the door he knocked and stood there, waiting, all the while examining the plaque on the door, which read: “Tom Schreiner, Professor of New Testament.”
The two men had never met.
The door swung open and [...]

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SBTS chapel live blog: Russell D. Moore – Genesis 25:19-34; Hebrews 12:15-17

October 15, 2009 Live Blogs

Preacher: Russell D. Moore
Text/title: Genesis 25:19-34; Hebrews 12:15-17 -Blood Soup: Why the Culture of Craving is Wrecking your Life, your Church, and our Mission - and How Jesus can turn it Around.”
Moore began by presenting the “life cycle” of someone in a Southern Baptist church in his generation: birth; Vacation Bible School, where you raise [...]

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Additional Q&A on discerning God’s will with Kevin DeYoung

October 14, 2009 Interviews

We didn’t have room for all of Kevin DeYoung’s comments in our story on him, so here are his thoughts as it relates to discerning God’s will on: (1) circumstances and counsel from others, (2) if following impressions is a matter of obedience and (3) waiting on the Lord.
DeYoung just finished his fifth year [...]

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SBTS chapel live blog: James Merritt

October 14, 2009 Live Blogs

Preacher: James Merritt
Text/title: Genesis 37, 39-41; Getting What I Don’t Deserve
There are a lot of average Joe’s in the world. I want to preach this morning about the first average Joe: Joseph, the son of Jacob.
Fourteen chapters in Genesis are devoted to this man named Joe. Joe’s family was the first truly dysfunctional family. Joe’s [...]

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Southern Baptists should pass on robust evangelical and Baptist faith, historian tells conference attendees

October 13, 2009 News

JACKSON, Tenn.-Southern Baptists desperately need to pass on their evangelical faith to future generations through catechism and teaching the overarching redemptive storyline of Scripture, Nathan Finn told attendees of the Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism conference Friday at Union University.
There has been much intra-denominational controversy over the years over whether or not [...]

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So you want to do God’s will? Just do something

October 13, 2009 News

Author and pastor Kevin DeYoung on discerning God’s will
This blog is the cover story from the Oct. 12 Towers. DeYoung serves as senior pastor of University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Mich.
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We have all heard it before: “Man, I don’t know. I think she might be ‘THE ONE,’ but I’m not sure. Pray for me.” [...]

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SBTS chapel live blog: R. Albert Mohler Jr. – Rev. 3:14-22

October 13, 2009 Live Blogs

Preacher: R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Text/title: Revelation 3:14-22; The Deadly Predicament of the Lukewarm Church - The Letter to the Church at Laodicea.
The letter to the church at Laodicea is a devastating letter. It is a call to repentance. The Lord Jesus Christ writes of the deadly predicament of [...]

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