Mirabile Dictu. The long-awaited Blackwell Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization finally has been published. The Encyclopedia is a new four-volume hardback reference work on the history and impact of Christianity. Edited by George Thomas Kurian (President of the Encyclopedia Society), The Encyclopedia includes over 1,400 entries on Christianity and its historical, social, and cultural effect on the world. Entries are divided into seven classes: core articles are wide-ranging articles that define a field and include commentary, … [Read More]
Sending Santa to Amazon: Top Sixteen Books to Buy as Christmas Gifts
There are three types of people in our country. There are, first of all, those who are able to read but do not read books. An AP-Ipsos poll recently revealed that 25% of Americans do not read books, while other polls have put the number higher, at around 50%. It is not that these Americans cannot read or that they do not accumulate knowledge. (No country’s citizens—and I mean none—bring more gravitas and enthusiasm to … [Read More]
An Invitation to Study Theology at Southeastern
“Knowing and loving God. This is the greatest thing bar none…. It is the work of theologians—and of all believers as they do theology—to serve God by discerning what is true about the most crucial issues of life. The task is to learn of God. The privilege is to love God passionately with the mind.” –David Clark
“Theology is the science which derives the knowledge of God from His revelation, which studies and thinks into it … [Read More]
An Invitation to Study Evangelism and Missions at Southeastern
The Christian Scriptures make clear that God is a missionary God. In the immediate aftermath of Adam and Eve’s rebellion, God responded by promising a Seed who would defeat sin and Satan and death. Throughout the pages of the Scriptures, we see the triumphant march of God to bring forth the Messiah who would redeem God’s image-bearers and restore God’s good creation. In the New Testament, we learn that the Messiah is Jesus of Nazareth, … [Read More]
Why We Believe the GCRTF Report is Good for the Future of the SBC (1): Getting the Mission Right
By: Danny Akin & Bruce Riley Ashford
[Editor’s Note: Southern Baptists will vote on the GCRTF report on June 15, 2010 at the annual Convention in Orlando, Florida. This promises to be a critically important and historically significant moment in our Convention. This series of posts attempts to (1) expound the merits of the Task Force report; (2) address the legitimate concerns raised by our brothers and sisters; and ... [Read More]
BRUCE IS LOOSE
One of my earliest memories of my first semester at SEBTS involved a trip to a university in our state with a brand new seminary student named J. D. Greear. J.D. and I hit it off immediately once he enrolled in my first evangelism class. He took me that September to his college alma mater where I spoke to a large group of students meeting weekly in a Bible study he started.
That night I met … [Read More]
Global Context: Europe, Islam, and Christianity
God’s Continent: Christianity, Islam and Europe’s Religious Crisis
Reviewed By: Bruce Riley Ashford
Entire forests have been chopped down in order to promulgate the literature that has been written on the religious crisis in Europe, including especially the secularization of Europeans and influx of Islamic immigrants. Bat Y’eor, in Eurabia (2005), argued that Europe is being subverted by Islamic hostility toward the very virtues, values, and vision of Europe herself. Bruce Bawer, in While Europe Slept (2007) … [Read More]
Global Context: A New Christendom with New Faces
Global Context Series: A New Christendom with New Faces
By: Bruce Riley Ashford
Philip Jenkins believes that we are living in the midst of a monumental moment in religious history, and he has written two books to make his case. The first, The Next Christendom, contains the meat of his argument while the second, The New Faces of Christianity, follows up on certain strands of the argument. The following is a brief review of both books.
Jenkins was … [Read More]
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Global Context (Russia): Stalin’s Children
Global Context (Russia): Stalin’s Children
By: Bruce Riley Ashford
It was my privilege to live in Russia from 1998-2000 and that is one reason that this book held me captive from the very first page. But that is not the only reason. Stalin’s Children is a masterful work of historical autobiography, telling the tale of three generations of love, war, and survival. It is told from the perspective of Owen Matthews, whose grandfather and father are the … [Read More]
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Bruce Ashford to be Dean of the College at Southeastern
Southeastern announces new undergraduate dean
By Jason Hall
WAKE FOREST, N.C. – Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary President Daniel Akin announced Dec. 12 that Bruce R. Ashford will be the new dean of The College at Southeastern, the school’s undergraduate program.
Ashford will assume his new role on January 1, 2009.
“Bruce Ashford is a gifted theologian and apologist with the heart of a missionary and evangelist,” Akin said. “He will bring passion and excitement to his assignment as the … [Read More]
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