Vintage 21, a thriving missional congregation that meets in Raleigh, will host a church planting “boot camp” February 4-5, 2009. The boot camp is sponsored by the Acts 29 Network. The speakers include Mark Driscoll, Wayne Grudem, Daniel Montgomery, and Southeastern’s own Danny Akin and Andreas Kostenberger. For more information about the boot camp, check out this website.
Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence, Part 21: The Role of Prayer
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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David Nelson (and others) on Thinking Christianly about Marriage in American Culture
The lastest InSight podcast of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina features a panel discussion on the topic of how Christians should engage cultural issues related to marriage, family, and sexuality. Particular emphasis is given to the ongoing debate over homosexual marriage. Among the experts included in the panel is Between the Times contributor and SEBTS theologian and administrator David Nelson. You can click here to download the podcast.
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Global Context (International): The Clash of Civilizations
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.
Here’s a tip: If you care anything at all about global issues, and you haven’t read Samuel Huntington’s The … [Read More]
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On Going Home at the End of the Day: A Theology of Leaving
There are times when teachers teach lessons that they have not themselves fully learned. Most who know me will read this essay and probably retort, “physician heal thyself” due to the schedule I keep. To them I’ll offer no rebuttal, but I will try harder to take my own advice, which I hope is good medicine for us all.
Human labor is a task inherently unfinished. Some work, like farming, building, and sundry domestic tasks, ebb … [Read More]
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The 2008 Edition of The Journal of Baptist Studies
The 2008 edition of The Journal of Baptist Studies has now been published. JBS is an autonomous, peer-reviewed scholarly journal in Baptist history and historical theology that was launched in 2007. JBS is an online journal that is published once a year, normally in early December. JBS is part of a broader website titled Baptist Studies Online, which also includes Baptist primary sources, links to Baptist study centers and archival repositories, and announcements related to the field. Southeastern … [Read More]
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Global Context Series (South Asia): Freedom at Midnight
Editor’s Note: This series of posts deals with the global context in its historical, social, cultural, political, economic, demographic, and religious dimensions. 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.
Book: Freedom at Midnight
Region: South Asia
Countries: India & Pakistan
Length: 572 pages
Difficulty: Intermediate
At the stroke of midnight on August 15, … [Read More]
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Canonical Bible Reading Plan
“The New Testament is in the Old Testament concealed, the Old Testament is in the New Testament revealed.”
–St. Augustine of Hippo
Many Christians, especially evangelicals, try to read through the entire Bible over thecourse of a year. Many of us who hold to a high view of the authority and sufficiency of Scripture see this as a very beneficial spiritual discipline. There are a number of plans to help you read through the Bible in a year, … [Read More]
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