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FILTER RESULTS ►'Y'all Are a Temple of God,' According to New Texas Bible Plugin
A Dallas Theological Seminary Web director who likes to "tinker with the Bible," has developed a plugin that allows readers to draw out the plural "you" in Scripture by rendering the pronoun as "y'all," "youse guys" or "you lot."
The Seminary Gender Gap
Why we should be concerned that women remain outnumbered in theological education.
In the last several years, news outlets have drawn attention to a major cultural shift on college campuses: For the first time in our nation's history, the majority of university students are female.
This gender revolution gained attention after the 2010 U.S. Show More Summary
Should Seminaries Be Doing More to Empower Latino Christians for Ministry? (Pt. 3)
Serving as director of the Center for the Study of Hispanic Church and Community and associate professor of Hispanic studies and pastoral leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary, Dr. Juan Martinez knows first-hand how vital it is for seminaries to come alongside Latino Christians who are oftentimes already active in ministry without ever having ever stepped inside a seminary.
Dorothy Patterson to Mothers and Daughters: Be Women of Vision, Creativity, and Courage
Dorothy Patterson, professor of theology and women's studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and wife of SWBTS President Paige Patterson, spoke on the importance of embracing biblical womanhood and challenged ladies to cultivate vision, creativity, and courage in every stage of life as Mother's Day approaches.
Higher Ed at a Crossroad
Why the local church should care, and what it can do.
I recall the moment it became clear to me that American Christian higher education was in trouble. It was May 2008, and I was visiting the South African Theological Seminary in Rivonia, near Johannesburg. Show More Summary
The End of the World
The Atomic Bomb and the Word of God Smith 1945 This piece of cold war ephemera was published within months of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan. Smith, a faculty member of Moody Bible Institute and Fuller Theological Seminary, was a prolific writer on scripture and biblical prophesy. This pamphlet is an attempt [...]
New Fuller Theological Seminary President Named
Pastor and theologian Mark Labberton was named as Fuller Theological Seminary's new president on Tuesday, chosen unanimously by the school's Board of Trustees. Labberton will begin his term on July 1 while replacing current president Richard J. Mouw, who announced his retirement last May.
Interview: The New President of Fuller Seminary's Vision for Shaping 100 Denominations and 70 Countries
An exclusive interview with Mark Labberton on being a Berkeley pastor, learning from Global South leaders, and the prospects of an online M.Div.
Fuller Theological Seminary announced today that its board of trustees has elected Mark Labberton as the school's next president (complete details here). Show More Summary
Westminster Theological Seminary Joins Texas Universities' Suit Against HHS
A seminary in Pennsylvania has filed a motion to intervene on behalf of two Texas universities suing the Department of Health and Human Services over their "Preventive Services" mandate.
Westminster Theological Seminary Sues Obama Admin Over HHS Mandate
On Friday, Westminster Theological Seminary joined the throng of challengers to the unconstitutional HHS mandate that forces employers to violate their consciences or pay large fines. Westminster, which is represented by prominent Houston...Show More Summary
Theologian Trading Cards by Norman Jeune III
Zondervan’s Theologian Trading Cards offer an incredibly novel way to learn theology and church history. Creator Norman Jeune III came up with the idea to imitate baseball cards at seminary while listening to students discuss theologians as if they were baseball players. The result is 288 trading cards featuring important figures in church history including heretics [...]
Experimental Philosophers clean up in grant competition
The Fuller Theological Seminary recently ran a grant competition to which both experimental philosophers and psychologists applied. The topic of research was "Intellectual Humility," an understudied intellectual virtue. Last I checked, there were about 30 finalists, of whom 16 or...
Howard Hendricks (1924-2013): Christian Leaders Remember 'Prof' as Mentor, Friend
Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) professor Howard Hendricks, who was considered a mentor and friend of many of today's prominent Christian leaders, died early Wednesday morning after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 88.
New Testament Scholar: Chasing Biblical Manuscripts Is Nothing Like 'Indiana Jones'
New Testament scholar and Dallas Theological Seminary professor Daniel B. Wallace has a very busy life, and likes it that way. In addition to teaching, churning out books and serving as a consultant on various Bible translations, the textual critic spends much of his time leading efforts to digitize the world's remaining biblical manuscripts.
JPANet: Act to end gun violence!
This week I'm at Chicago Theological Seminary where not far away Hadiya Pendleton was killed on Tuesday as we sat in a doctor of ministry course. One of my CTS classmates, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, lost his son to gun violence in 1999. How many more kids? Now is the time to act.
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with 'Silent No More' Author Michael Milton
This morning, I had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Milton, chancellor and James M. Baird Jr. Chair of Pastoral Theology at the Reformed Theological Seminary, and author of the new book Silent No More, praised by figures ranging...Show More Summary
DSS miscellany
STEPHEN GORANSON sends in links to some current stories on the Dead Sea Scrolls: First, at the Scrolls exhibition at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. a lecture by Weston Fields:Tuesday, December 04 - Dr. Weston...Show More Summary
My Faith: Reclaiming Halloween's religious roots
Editor's note: Christine Hoff Kraemer is managing editor of the Patheos.com Pagan Channel and an instructor in Theology and Religious History at Cherry Hill Seminary. By Christine Hoff Kraemer, Special to CNN (CNN) – As Halloween approaches, Americans rush to malls and shopping centers, credit cards in hand. Children are outfitted as ghosts, Disney characters, [...]
Photos: Inside Of Chelsea's Secret Castle
Standing like an ivy-covered castle in the neo-gothic campus of West Chelsea's General Theological Seminary, the West Building has been around since 1836, making it the oldest surviving GTS building and the second-oldest building in all of Chelsea. Show More Summary
Chris Fici: Can A Hare Krishna Yogi Have A Social Gospel?
As far as I know, I am the only practicing Hindu at Union Theological Seminary right now, and this leaves me in a tough spot. This is because I am not sure how I, as a Hindu, as a "Hare Krishna," fit into the fabric of social justice that defines Union.
