Stay focused, faithful, firm, Merritt exhorts seminarians
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Southern Baptist churches need men who remain focused, faithful and firm in their leadership, said former Southern Baptist Convention President James Merritt.
Unbelief always susceptible to Christian truth, Geisler says
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Christians need to have an understanding of basic Christian apologetics in order to successfully dialogue with a lost postmodern world and ready their minds to hear the Gospel, Norman Geisler said Feb. 12 in a chapel message at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C.
Churches ‘in sore need’ of sound doctrine & ethics
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Sound doctrine that produces sound ethics for the spread of the Gospel is the foundation on which churches must stand, David Dockery said Feb. 11 at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C.
Expository preaching urged & modeled at Southeastern
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--There is no substitute for a pastor's systematic exposition of the Word of God in his sermons, preaching professor David Allen said in a two-part lecture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Feb. 3-4.
Ezell to students: Share message of Christ crucified
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Embrace a passion for proclaiming the simple message of Christ crucified and a dependence upon His power in doing so, Kevin Ezell exhorted in a chapel message Jan. 28 at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Akin delivers first address as SEBTS president at convocation
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary will be guided by Scripture and devoted to the lordship of Jesus Christ, Daniel Akin declared in his first message as president of the seminary.
Prof’s book on debt examines Protestant Reformers’ views
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Is it permissible for Christians to lend money at interest or pay interest to others? This is the question Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary financial ethicist David Jones explores through the eyes of the 16th-century Protestant reformers in his new book, "Reforming the Morality of Usury: A Study of Differences that Separated the Protestant Reformers."
Akin becomes president of Southeastern in unanimous vote
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| The man for the job Daniel Akin, left, was elected the sixth president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Jan. 15. Timothy Lewis, chairman of Southeastern's board of trustees, looks on. Photo by Courtney Navey |
"This is a great day, a glorious day, a historic day," said Timothy Lewis, the board of trustees chairman who headed the presidential search committee that recommended Akin. "(Akin) is a man with a great passion for God. It's with great excitement that we're introducing him today. I thank the Lord for him and his family."
Former interim president Bart Neal also praised the choice.
Prof conveys theology via devotional readings
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| Approaching God |
His latest book, "Approaching God" (Kregel Publications), seeks to bridge the gap.
Enns, an adjunct professor of theology and director of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's extension site in Tampa, Fla., wrote Approaching God in the format of 365 daily devotional readings, each only one page in length, but containing all the rubrics of Christian systematic theology.
Missionary sees God at work one small victory at a time
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| Who might be next? Behind the baskets, tables and cages teeming with fruit, fish, vegetables, grains, animals and trinkets -- in markets across Cairo and elsewhere in North Africa -- are people who may turn a tender heart toward Jesus. Photo courtesy of IMB |
His tool, the Word of God, is effective and powerful, but the wall he is chiseling is the 1,400-year-old fixture of Islam. It does not budge easily.
George, along with his wife and two children, has served as a missionary in a North African country for two years through the International Mission Board and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's "two-plus-two" program, which sends students for two years to the mission field after completing two years of course work at the seminary's Wake Forest, N.C., campus.
