Author Archive

  • Logos Bible Software Launches Logos 4
    Big news in Bible software today: Logos Bible Software has announced the release of the newest version of Logos Bible Software, Logos 4. I’ve had my hands on the Beta version for several months and, let me just say, it is amazing. With far too many upgrades, features, and resources to cover in a single post, you can visit www.logos.com/4 to see what Logos 4 can...
    by W. Ryan Burns at November 2nd, 2009 at 06:11 am
  • Review: The New International Commentary for Logos
    NIC on the Old and New Testament My first real introduction to the New International Commentary on the Old and New Testament (NIC)  was in Dr. Kistamaker’s class on the Epistle to the Hebrews. The assigned reading for the class was, compared to my others, quite light. We were to read Hebrews, FF Bruce’s Epistle to the Hebrews from the NIC, and one other commentary....
    by W. Ryan Burns at October 8th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
  • Ed Stetzer Interview
    I’ve been looking forward to this interview for quite a while now. Below is my interview with Ed Stetzer: Well, I feel it is only appropriate to start with Twitter. You are obviously a fan (Follow him here). Whenever you’re teaching a seminary class, does it bother you that on one of those laptops in the room, someone is likely tweeting or on Facebook? What?...
    by W. Ryan Burns at September 18th, 2009 at 08:09 pm
  • Going to Seminary
    I love this website. I started it a couple years ago as I began my transition into seminary. Finding helpful information about the seminary life on the internet was hit or miss. My goal was to create a site that would provide current and future seminarians a place to get the inside scoop on the seminary life. As the site grew, more and more people got involved and it...
    by W. Ryan Burns at September 7th, 2009 at 11:09 am
  • Obstacles are Just Opportunities in Disguise
    This is a guest post written by Rev. Michael Shanlian. In my fifty six years I have never met an accomplished person who did not overcome adversity. Dr. Martin Luther King said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” I am sure my struggle to obtain...
    by W. Ryan Burns at September 2nd, 2009 at 04:09 am
  • Why go to seminary?
    This guest post is by Daryl Eldridge, President of Rockbridge Seminary. Seth Godin wrote an interesting piece about education at the crossroads today. And he raised an interesting point: School was the big thing for a long time. School is tests and credits and notetaking and meeting standards. Learning, on the other hand, is ‘getting it’. It’s the...
    by W. Ryan Burns at August 19th, 2009 at 12:08 am
  • Seminary at Sea – Five Lessons Learned While on Active Duty
    This guest post was written by S. Daniel Smith. He blogs at http://differentfrequencies.blogspot.com and is a US Navy sailor. A few months ago, Going to Seminary covered the four schools that offer an entire online degree program at the master’s level. I know how this works first hand because I am going to one of those schools as a distance learner myself. Because...
    by W. Ryan Burns at August 13th, 2009 at 04:08 am
  • Adopted for Life – Book Giveaway
    It has been a while since we’ve had a book review on Going to Seminary, so I got in touch with the good people at Crossway and requested that they send me Adopted for Life by Russel Moore. I requested the book because adoption is not only something that my wife and I are considering, but it is a subject that we can’t get very far into the scriptures without...
    by W. Ryan Burns at August 11th, 2009 at 05:08 am
  • Moms Going to Seminary
    The other day I received an email from a mom who was planning on starting seminary. She mentioned that she had trouble finding any sites or resources online that helped her with her unique situation. So, I did some investigating and was able to find some women who had some advice to give from their seminary experience. Today is the first of those interviews. Name: Susan...
    by W. Ryan Burns at August 5th, 2009 at 05:08 am
  • The Seminary Classroom and Doxology
    This guest post was written by Daniel F. Wells. Daniel is a twenty-something year old with a B.A. in Bible & Religion and Philosophy from Erskine College and is currently a student at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte. He blogs at Cosmic Christianity. Seminaries are well-known for giving their typical speeches to incoming students. Whether it is about balancing...
    by W. Ryan Burns at July 23rd, 2009 at 06:07 am