SBC Life Articles by Lauren Crane

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–Jerry Rankin said believers must share the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with those who have not heard it so that the Good News does not become bad news to those who die without hearing the saving message. Rankin, president of the International Mission Board, spoke during an IMB commissioning […]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–The campus of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary sprang to life Feb. 6-7 as 1,400 college students and young adults swarmed the grounds to hear well-known speakers address the power of the Gospel to radically transform their lives and the culture in which they live. The conference, which sold out days in advance, […]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–At Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and its undergraduate school, The College at Southeastern, 127 graduates received master’s or doctoral degrees and 26 received associate or bachelor’s degrees during the fall commencement in Binkley Chapel Dec. 12. James Merritt, pastor of Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Ga., and a former president of the […]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Although it has been many years since Francis Schaeffer taught and shared his life with believers and seekers alike, his legacy of connecting the culture to Christ continues among a new generation.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–The hindrance to revival in the United States does not reflect God’s unwillingness to bless the country, but the unwillingness of God’s people to repent, pray and seek the Lord, Richard Land said on the seventh anniversary of Sept. 11. Land, in a Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary chapel message, said Christians must […]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–Losing the fear of the Lord is hindering the multiplication of believers and churches, O.S. Hawkins, president of Guidestone Financial Resources, said in a chapel message at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Hawkins, calling Christians to reclaim an accurate view of the holiness of God, drew from the example of the early church […]

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a relatively young school with a singular goal of seeking to glorify Christ by equipping men and women to serve the church and fulfill the Great Commission. The Wake Forest, North Carolina, seminary has been a strong force in the development of Great Commission-minded ministers since its founding in 1950. […]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary ethics professor Daniel Heimbach has withdrawn his membership from the Society of Christian Ethics after the group took a stand in what he calls "honoring sin over Scripture" regarding homosexuality. [QUOTE@left@160="The new standards are so detached from treating the Bible as a revelation of transcendent moral authority there is no longer any objective basis for giving fixed moral meaning to terms like 'the dignity of persons,' or 'just relations,' or 'responsibility,' or even to what 'Christian' means in the title of the society."
-- Daniel Heimbach]      Heimbach said new guidelines soon to be adopted by the society will make it impossible for any member to remain in good standing who does not affirm homosexuality. After 24 years of membership in the Society of Christian Ethics, Heimbach said the group has now gone so far in its view and defense of homosexuality as to disqualify members who defend and apply biblical morality.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--All humanity is represented by one of the two thieves who were crucified alongside Jesus.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–No human experience can help us understand how Christ felt as He prepared to bear humanity’s sin on the cross, C.J. Mahaney told participants at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s 20/20 Collegiate Conference Feb. 1. The conference, an annual event geared toward college students and young adults, was held under the theme of […]