SBC Life Articles by Norman Miller

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–“Practice what you preach” and “preach what you practice” are habits Christians should develop, said Forrest E. Lowry, pastor of the near-5,000-member Spring (Texas) Baptist Church, said Feb. 25 at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In introductory remarks to a sermon on “The True Prophets of Doom,” Lowry reflected on the meeting of the […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Making his third appearance on CNN’s internationally televised program “Larry King Live,” Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. joined a panel of other talk-show hosts Feb. 18 to discuss a wide range of issues. Mohler — himself the host of the “Bible and Life” program on the FamilyNet TV cable […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–A cold winter weekend Feb. 12-13 had no chilling effect on the 43rd annual student missions conference at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. Ky. Students from 16 colleges in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky joined students from the seminary and its James P. Boyce College of the Bible at the conference, titled, “Missions: […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–They listened intently while standing outside of seminary windows. Professors used their own offices or vacant rooms to teach them one-on-one or in small groups. They did all they could to get a seminary education — except sit in the same classrooms with their white counterparts. “Imagine that you are not able to […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–A burden and call to honor and recover the glory of God was voiced by R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, at the Louisville, Ky., seminary’s spring convocation Feb. 2. “Whatever happened to the glory of God?” is a question Mohler said “has prompted one of the most interesting […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–By a 7-5 vote, a so-called “Fairness Ordinance” outlawing job discrimination against homosexuals was passed by the board of aldermen in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 27. The ordinance in various other forms had failed three times since 1992. The measure apparently won its slim majority when two provisions were deleted against discrimination in housing […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and its Carl F.H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement, along with Crossway Books, debuted the re-publication and release Jan. 22 of internationally known theologian and author Carl F.H. Henry’s magnum opus, “God, Revelation and Authority.” About 100 people crowded into the Louisville, Ky., seminary’s bookstore for a book signing […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Florida sunshine beat down on the ramshackle shed, rendering it a sauna of confusion. A crusty, but loving grandfather barking orders didn’t help. Neither did frantic beads of sweat swimming down the young boy’s forehead. He thought the tractor was in first gear, but the 13-year-old had no idea he’d create a new […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Scott Blue didn’t walk across the platform to receive his degree during Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s 182nd commencement service Dec. 11 in Louisville, Ky. Instead, Blue stood head and shoulders above his peers as he rolled his wheelchair down the aisle of the seminary’s Alumni Chapel to receive his master of divinity degree […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–“With all that’s been happening in the White House (and) in our country, I want to tell you there’s a rebuking word that needs to be spoken without shame, without sham, without shrinking,” said Stephen Olford at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s second annual Pastor Appreciation Day Oct 15., in Louisville, Ky. “We need […]