SBC Life Articles by Cory J. Hailey

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–One of the most prominent church historians in Southern Baptist life, whose work threw a spotlight on Baptist origins and church-state issues, has died. William R. Estep Jr., 80, distinguished professor of church history emeritus at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died Friday, July 14, at his Fort Worth, Texas, home. Funeral services […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–As 378 seminary graduates were commissioned for ministry, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Kenneth S. Hemphill urged them to keep a sense of balance in their ministry by pursuing righteousness and fleeing temptation. Jeff Laster, who was wounded during the shootings at Wedgwood Baptist Church Sept. 15, was one of the graduates, […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–The town is set in perhaps some of the most majestic country on earth, marked by fortresses of stone and high, reddish mesas that appear sculpted by the finger of God. But like the shadows cast by the area’s rocky arches and towering crags, a darkness is present amid the natural beauty […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–The sun-baked desert of New Mexico. The high crags of the Montana Rockies. The desolate sage-covered flats of Nevada. The fields of wheat across Iowa. The destinations may have been different, but the goal was the same: preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. And 83 Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students did so […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–In a world that regards religious truth as a smorgasbord of personal preferences, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary must maintain its conviction that Christ is the sole means of salvation and that God continues his work in history despite Satan’s schemes. John Newport, Southwestern’s distinguished professor of philosophy of religion emeritus, brought that […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Ministry in the 21st century might bear little resemblance in style to ministry in the first century, but ministers still have the same duty to faithfully preach the Word and to renounce “hidden things of shame,” the president of LifeWay Christian Resources told Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students during a Feb. 29 […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–When Dan Pinkston reads Psalm 33:3, “Sing to him a new song,” he takes it quite literally. Pinkston has been busy composing original pieces that not only reflect his Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary music education and diverse musical heritage but also are drawing international acclaim. Starting at Southwestern in communications, Pinkston early […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–It “takes a certain amount of courage to inherit the Jewish tradition” of monotheism, said F. Dale Bruner, professor of religion emeritus at Whitworth College, Spokane, Wash., in a series of lectures focused on Jesus’ claim to be the only way to God. “Religious pluralism is the reigning orthodoxy on most [college] […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–A window into the places and events of the Bible has been opened by a new atlas written by a seminary professor. The Holman Bible Atlas, by Thomas Brisco, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor of biblical backgrounds and archaeology, is more than a simple collection of maps — the 298-page hardbound book […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–People who try to minister without a belief in the inerrancy and “total truthfulness” of the Bible are “deceivers” who deceive themselves and deceive others, said Jim Richards, executive director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. “Without the trustworthiness of the Word of God, we have no ministry,” Richards said during […]