Archive for the ‘The Call’

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    What to ask a seminary rep before you apply
    Today’s guest post is by Dr. Sam Simmons. Dr. Simmons is co-founder and vice president for learning design at Rockbridge Seminary. ©Copyright 2010. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Bob rubbed his tired eyes. For three hours he had been staring at seminary Web sites trying to decide where to apply. He was particularly interested in three seminaries but felt...
    by Sam Simmons at January 19th, 2010 at 11:01 am
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    Picking a Seminary
    I am a second year student at Campbell University Divinity School. Campbell is embedded deep within the Baptist denomination. It is affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, the Baptist World Alliance, and is also a partnering institution with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF). Too bad I’m not Baptist. “Why then are you going to...
    by Joel M. Usina at September 29th, 2009 at 09:09 pm
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    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
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    Realizing Seminary’s Not for You
    I think it’s time for me to start the site NotGoingToSeminary.com. It’s almost been five whole months since my last article was posted on this site. Much has happened. As I recently revealed in a recent post on my personal site, I’m not going back to Westminster Theological Seminary next year. I’m a young man. At the time of this writing I am...
    by Paul Burkhart at July 2nd, 2009 at 03:07 am
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    Ministry in a Rural Context
    There is a book at the RTS Orlando Bookstore called Rural Evangelism: Catching the Vision. I haven’t read it yet, though I want to. The author’s intention is basically to help rural congregations avoid stagnation and decline by engaging in evangelism methods tailored to the rural context they find themselves in. Christians in rural settings have some unique...
    by Jake Belder at June 26th, 2009 at 03:06 am
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    Is Seminary Relevant? A Professor’s Perspective
    We had a good discussion here in the last week as we talked about the relevancy of seminary education for today. Tyler Braun told us why he thinks it is still important, and Matt Cleaver offered some suggestions as to why it has lost its relevancy. Yesterday I was browsing through some blogs and came across this post from Professor John Stackhouse, the Sangwoo Youtong...
    by Jake Belder at May 19th, 2009 at 03:05 am
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    Is Seminary Relevant? A Professor’s Perspective
    We had a good discussion here in the last week as we talked about the relevancy of seminary education for today. Tyler Braun told us why he thinks it is still important, and Matt Cleaver offered some suggestions as to why it has lost its relevancy. Yesterday I was browsing through some blogs and came across this post from Professor John Stackhouse, the Sangwoo Youtong...
    by Jake Belder at May 19th, 2009 at 03:05 am
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    Is Seminary Relevant? The Contra Argument
    It was entirely coincidental that within about a week of each other, two seminarians would write blog posts on the relevancy of seminary education, one arguing in favor of it, the other against it. I contacted them soon after to see if they would be willing to submit their posts to the site so we could engage a wider audience on the issue, to which they agreed. Yesterday...
    by Jake Belder at May 11th, 2009 at 06:05 am
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    Is Seminary Relevant? The Pro Argument
    It was entirely coincidental that within about a week of each other, two seminarians would write blog posts on the relevancy of seminary education, one arguing in favor of it, the other against it. I contacted them soon after to see if they would be willing to submit their posts to the site so we could engage a wider audience on the issue, to which they agreed. First...
    by Jake Belder at May 7th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
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    Ministry in a Dying Church
    About a month ago, I was sitting in my Tuesday evening class, and of the ten students in the class, there was one I didn’t recognize. During a break I went over to introduce myself and found out that this guy is a pastor in a small church in northern Switzerland and is here on sabbatical for a few months.  I’ve gotten to know him quite well over the past...
    by Jake Belder at March 24th, 2009 at 06:03 am
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