The primary reason I’m a professor is because I want to help equip a generation of collegians and seminarians to be pastor-theologians, particularly in a Southern Baptist context. In fact, my SEBTS students have sometimes accused me of using my church history and Baptist history classes as a platform for teaching pastoral ministry and theology. Guilty as charged. But don’t let them fool you; most of our students, including those who don’t feel a calling to … [Read More]
The Politics of Jesus
Last Thursday and Friday, David Nelson and I were among the six speakers at a conference titled The Politics of Jesus: Timeless Answers for Today’s Questions. The conference was hosted by the Council on Public Affairs of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Owen Strachan of the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School live-blogged the event. He has compiled his posts, including my manuscript and Nelson’s notes, here. You may … [Read More]
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