Archives for Southeastern Seminary
John Elam is a Director of Missions in western Oklahoma. John has become a friend who is leading his association to do great things for the Gospel! He is getting ready to host a conference that I wanted to share with you about. If you are in the area, I would really encourage you to carve some time out to ...more»
For some time we have been hearing about the need for a Great Commission Resurgence and yet this concept has remained significantly abstract. There is little doubt that our Convention is in need of significant repair, but the question we have been asking is in regards to what form that repair will take. Dr. Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Seminary, ...more»
This coming Sunday I am continuing a series looking at the parables of Jesus by looking at Mark 2 as Jesus called Levi to follow Him and then was criticized by the Pharisees for spending too much time with "tax collectors and sinners". As I've studied I've really grappled with the approach of Jesus versus the approach of the "religious" ...more»
For those who follow life within the Southern Baptist Convention and understand anything of the nuances that we in SBC life have experienced over the past 30 years, Dr. Steven McKinion has hit a home run with his recent article discussing the young generation of up and coming Southern Baptists. I see myself in much of what Dr. McKinion has ...more»
In light of the most unfortunate article that was offered by Baptist Press yesterday concerning Mark Driscoll, an article which (in my mind) was unfortunate in its content and uncharitable in its tone, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary has offered a response which I would commend to you. If you are interested in Driscoll, SEBTS or the surrounding controversy, the article ...more»
I am very excited to announce that our church has agreed to partner with the Missouri Baptist Convention to host the 121 Conference which will occur on August 28th & 29th. The conference is an effort to help understand how to take 1st century mission and theology and apply it in a 21st century context. We hope to tackle issues ...more»
Southeastern Seminary today announced that Dr. Bruce Ashford will be the new Dean at The College at Southeastern effective January 1st. This is a great move, in my opinion. Dr. Ashford is obviously a talented, conservative academician, and he is also a man committed to the proclamation and propagation of the Gospel message. Beyond his academic pursuits, Dr. Ashford ...more»
Drs Danny Akin and Al Mohler have worked together to provide for us a wonderful resource that deals biblically with the topic of infant salvation. If you haven't studied the topic before I would recommend that you do so now. When one loses an infant to death you will be ill equipped in that moment of extreme emotionalism to adequately ...more»


