We at Between the Times would like to make you aware of a conference being held on SEBTS’ campus on February 6-7. The Gospel Comes to Life: Why Everything You Do Matters to God is a conference intended primarily for college students, but also open to seminary students, lay people, and advanced high school students. If you are interested in registering for the conference, please click here.
The thrust of the conference is the belief that the … [Read More]
Conference Notice: The Gospel Comes to Life
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Pastoral Leadership, Part 2: Integrity
I have the joy of teaching in our Doctor of Ministry Program at Southeastern Seminary. It is an outstanding program of study with majors in Expository Preaching, Leadership, Biblical Counseling, Faith and Culture, and Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth. You can learn more about the program by going here or by phone at 919-761-2216.
Recently, I received a very fine paper from one of my students on “Leadership in the Local Church.” The author is a pastor … [Read More]
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Pastoral Leadership, Part 1: Godliness
I have the joy of teaching in our Doctor of Ministry Program at Southeastern Seminary. It is an outstanding program of study with majors in Expository Preaching, Leadership, Biblical Counseling, Faith and Culture, and Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth. You can learn more about the program by going here or by phone at 919-761-2216.
Recently, I received a very fine paper from one of my students on “Leadership in the Local Church.” The author is a … [Read More]
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Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and Southern Baptists
First, note our new look at Between the Times–pretty snazzy, huh?
One of the ongoing debates in Southern Baptist life over the last four years or so is the relationship between baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Emphasizing the apparent New Testament pattern and ecclesiological consistency (among other things), some Southern Baptists argue that baptism is biblically prerequisite to the Lord’s Supper. Emphasizing Christian unity and ecclesiological charity (among other things), other Southern Baptists argue that any professing Christian who … [Read More]
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Global Context (International): The World is Flat 3.0
This series of posts deals with the global context in its many dimensions-historical, social, cultural, political, economic, and religious. We will provide book notices, book reviews, and brief essays on these topics. We hope that you will find this series helpful as you live and bear witness in a complex and increasingly hyper-connected world.
Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century was written in the context of his taking over … [Read More]
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Global Context (Central Asia): The Great Game
This series of posts deals with the global context in its historical, social, cultural, political, economic, demographic, and religious dimensions in particular. We will provide book notices, book reviews, and brief essays on these topics. We hope that you will find this series helpful as you live and bear witness in a complex and increasingly hyper-connected world.
The Great Game, by Peter Hopkirk, is the single most valuable book one can read in order to gain an understanding … [Read More]
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Remembering Dr. Russ Bush: A Tribute to a Mentor, Friend and Man of God
Remembering Dr. Russ Bush: A Tribute to a Mentor, Friend and Man of God
By Daniel L. Akin
It was one year ago that my colleague and friend Russ Bush left this world and stepped into the presence of his Lord and King. The date was January 22. Though time has lessened the pain of his absence, he still is greatly missed by those who knew him, studied under him and worked beside him. Fortunately the … [Read More]
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Global Context (International): The Crisis of Islam
This series of posts deals with the global context in its historical, social, cultural, political, economic, demographic, and religious dimensions in particular. We will provide book notices, book reviews, and brief essays on these topics. We hope that you will find this series helpful as you live and bear witness in an increasingly complex and hyper-connected world.
Bernard Lewis is the doyen of Middle Eastern studies. In this slim little volume, he provides the reader with … [Read More]
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Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence, Part 22: A Great Commission Seminary
Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence is a series of articles by faculty of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary that seeks to offer some definitions of what constitutes a GCR, why we believe the SBC is in need of such a movement, and what such a movement might look like in SBC life. The series addresses biblical, theological, historical and practical issues related to a GCR with the hope that God will use our finite and … [Read More]
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