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« Previous EntriesA Curious Omission
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Baptist Press (BP) recently posted a story about the April meeting of the trustees at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS). The story, dated April 15, was taken from a news release written by SWBTS writer Keith Collier and posted to their website on April 11 (click here to read the release). The byline of the […]
Guest Author: Rev. John Mann
Thursday, February 21st, 2008John Mann has been the pastor of LaJunta Baptist Church in Springtown, Texas since November 2000. He is currently completing his MDIV with a concentration in Theology at SWBTS. He has been active in the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, which he served on the Resolutions Committee in 2007. He has a great passion for […]
Sermon by Dr. David Allen
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008SBC Today would like to introduce to you Dr. David Allen. Dr. Allen serves Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary as Dean of the School of Theology, Professor of Preaching, Director of the Center for Expository Preaching, and George W. Truett Chair of Ministry. His positions are many and his focus is simple–preach the Word. […]
Dr. David Allen [52:28m]: Interview with Dr. Paige Patterson
Monday, February 4th, 2008While most of us are laboring away in colder climes, Tim Rogers is enjoying himself in the Sunshine State. He’s attending the annual Pastor’s Conference at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, and on Saturday he was able to sit down with Southwestern Seminary president Dr. Paige Patterson.
Dr. Patterson talks about the New Baptist Covenant Celebration, […]
Guest Author: Cowboy Hats or Roman Birettas? Reforming Academic Habits
Thursday, January 17th, 2008It seems that some people are concerned about our new habit of wearing cowboy hats during academic ceremonies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The complaint is that wearing a cowboy hat is somehow undignified and inappropriate.
Please realize that the mortarboard that most modern academics wear as a hat actually derives from the medieval Roman Catholic […]
Dr. Patterson on Calvinism
Monday, December 3rd, 2007I am hopeful that last week’s Building Bridges conference on Calvinism in the Southern Baptist Convention will be the beginning of an important and helpful conversation about how we can work together as Baptists, Calvinist and non-Calvinist, without any negative effects resulting from our differing viewpoints. There is so much on which we agree that […]
Interview with Dr. Malcolm Yarnell
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007After spending some time together with Dr. Malcolm Yarnell I was able to sit down with him and conduct an interview. Something interesting about this interview is that it came at the end of a day where Dr. Yarnell was specifically mentioned by another presenter at the “Building Bridges” conference as being wrong in […]
Do Not Apologize for Truth
Monday, October 29th, 2007In Dr. Thomas White’s chapel message at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on October 18, 2007, he spoke multitudes of truth. He addressed more truth about the issues concerning Southern Baptists in 48 minutes than many have heard in the past 2 years. Dr. White is a very articulate speaker and has the gift of saying […]
The Trustee System - Working as Designed
Thursday, October 18th, 2007It seems that each time one turns around there is another leader under fire. For many that do not believe the trustee system works, these two articles should put that fear to rest. Our trustee system is doing what it was designed to do. They are holding the leaders accountable and they are assuring Southern […]
The Renewal of Baptist Theology
Thursday, October 4th, 2007In preparation for an upcoming essay on the background of his Fifth Century Initiative, to be posted here at SBC Today, Dr. Bart Barber, pastor of the First Baptist Church at Farmersville, Texas, and adjunct Professor of Church History at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has submitted the following introductory material to that forthcoming essay:
My […]