SBC Life Articles by Cory J. Hailey

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–The man with AIDS sat alone on the stage. The Bosnian refugee and battered wife had been ministered to and exited. First, a long, uncomfortable pause, then the lights began to dim. Suddenly, a woman who had come to watch the drama presentation, ran to the stage and with tears in her […]

A seminary professor's new volume on the composition and the origins of New Testament documents challenges liberal theologians' theories of who wrote the books and when. Arguing for a "corporate authorship," the use of common traditions and the presence of a common "opposition mission," E. Earle Ellis, author of The Making of the New Testament […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–A national, interdenominational group dedicated to prayer and evangelism could be an important channel through which God creates the conditions for revival in America, said a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor who has been named a senior adviser to the organization. Dan Crawford, professor of evangelism and spiritual formation at the Fort […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–A seminary professor’s new volume on the composition and the origins of New Testament documents challenges liberal theologians’ theories of who wrote the books and when. Arguing for a “corporate authorship,” the use of common traditions and the presence of a common “opposition mission,” E. Earle Ellis, author of “The Making of […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Baptists, who have a heritage of defending religious freedom, must choose between the religion of the cross and the religion of the sword and raised fist, said Denton Lotz, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. “Missiologists say the last decade before every century in a sense […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–The destructive earthquake that hit Taiwan has created an opportunity for Christians to share their faith in Jesus in an area of the world steeped in false religion, according to Taiwanese students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. The Sept. 21 earthquake, which has killed more than 2,000 people […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–One of the best-known promises that Christians reach for in the wake of tragedies such as the Wedgwood Baptist Church shootings can also be one of the most misused and misunderstood, said Jack MacGorman. Jack MacGorman, distinguished professor emeritus of New Testament at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, told students at a Sept. […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–The church is in the midst of an “identity crisis” that can be resolved by returning focus to exalting and honoring God, said John MacArthur at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary during a Sept. 15 chapel service. People today are “not sure what the church is supposed to look like,” said MacArthur, a […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–The United States is the third-largest unreached nation in the world, and a renewed emphasis on church planting is the key to reaching the nation for Christ, said Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s new professor of church planting and director of the Nehemiah Project. “We’re not harvesting, because we’re not planting,” said David […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–By bringing its undergraduate programs under one roof, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary hopes to enhance and expand theological education and ministerial training for ministers and laypeople. As part of a reorganization, Bill Vinson, director of lay theological studies (LTS) and a seminary extension teacher since 1984, has been named director of undergraduate […]