Category: Guest Posts

The Christian Imagination: Depression, Hope, and a Better Reality (by Jeremy Pierre)

April 29, 2016

Occasionally I share resources I’ve found helpful. These are my personal notes from a session with Dr. Jeremy Pierre at Southern Seminary’s recent Counsel the Word conference. These are not the speaker’s notes, nor are they a manuscript or transcript of the lecture, although I recorded the main points verbatim. Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Pierre | Dean of … More The Christian Imagination: Depression, Hope, and a Better Reality (by Jeremy Pierre)

Lessons on Teaching from Dr. Rob Plummer: A Brief Interview

December 19, 2012

I recently took Theological French with Dr. Rob Plummer, Associate Professor of NT Interpretation at Southern Seminary and author of the popular 40 Questions about Interpreting the Bible. One-semester courses in research languages are not the main reason why anyone pursues theological education, yet even in this course I found Dr. Plummer engaging, clear, caring, … More Lessons on Teaching from Dr. Rob Plummer: A Brief Interview

New Year’s Resolutions from Southern Seminary Staff

December 14, 2011

Towers is the campus news publication of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The Dec-Jan issue contains three resolutions from eight of Southern’s professors and staff members. Several of them, for different reasons, are worth sharing here: “Read through the entire Bible two times.”   “Say ‘no’ to my grandkids at least once during the year.” … More New Year’s Resolutions from Southern Seminary Staff

Church-Planting among the Unreached: Gritty Wisdom from Brad Buser (Part 4)

December 2, 2011

This is the final installment of a four-part series about church planting teams working among unreached tribes. Former 20-year tribal missionary Brad Buser (Papua New Guinea) shared these twenty practical tips with his Cross-Cultural Church Planting class at The Master’s College in 2004. Here are Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. 16. You’re not asked, … More Church-Planting among the Unreached: Gritty Wisdom from Brad Buser (Part 4)

Church-Planting among the Unreached: Gritty Wisdom from Brad Buser (Part 1)

November 29, 2011

Listen to people with scars. That’s become a motto of mine. Brad Buser has scars. In processing some old files recently, I came across one of his handouts from a class on Cross-Cultural Church Planting at The Master’s College around 2004. I never took the course, but Brad and his teaching were so well received by the students … More Church-Planting among the Unreached: Gritty Wisdom from Brad Buser (Part 1)

Interview with Missionary Bob Trout

November 20, 2009

Bob and Lynne Trout have been married for forty-seven years and have been missionaries for forty-three of those years (!).  Bob currently serves as ABWE’s Executive Administrator for Spanish Speaking South America.  He studied at Geneva College, Los Angeles Baptist Seminary, and Bob Jones University (D. Min. 1998).  He met Lynne at Geneva College and they joined ABWE in … More Interview with Missionary Bob Trout

Interview with Todd Bolen, Part 2: Teaching and the Bible

August 19, 2009

This is the second part of my three-part interview with Todd Bolen, focusing on teaching and the Bible.  My introduction and Part 1 are here.  Again, my questions are in bold. What advice would you give to those considering teaching as a profession? Teach.  First, you may not like teaching, or it may not like … More Interview with Todd Bolen, Part 2: Teaching and the Bible

Interview with Todd Bolen, Part 1: Teaching and the Bible

August 17, 2009

For those of you who don’t know him, I’m very excited to introduce a good friend to you.  For those of you who do know him, I’m very excited that you get to hear his heart and his insights and be blessed once again.  This week I’ll be posting a three-part interview with Todd Bolen. … More Interview with Todd Bolen, Part 1: Teaching and the Bible

A Tough Means of Grace: Profiting from the Rebukes of Others, Part 2 (Guest-Blog by Derek Brown)

August 14, 2009

Guest Post by Derek Brown As we saw in the last post (Part 1), the path to wisdom is paved with the hard yet precious stones of reproof.  Yet our ability to profitably accept rebuke and correction is not something we stir up by sheer will power, nor is it something that “just happens.”  There … More A Tough Means of Grace: Profiting from the Rebukes of Others, Part 2 (Guest-Blog by Derek Brown)

A Tough Means of Grace: Profiting from the Rebukes of Others, Part 1 (Guest-Blog by Derek Brown)

August 12, 2009

Guest Post by Derek Brown Our ability to consistently and graciously receive correction, admonishment and rebuke from others is a quality essential to our making enduring progress in our spiritual lives.  There are no two ways around this truth: either we will readily receive correction and enjoy the fruits of godly wisdom, or we will … More A Tough Means of Grace: Profiting from the Rebukes of Others, Part 1 (Guest-Blog by Derek Brown)

Blogging and Accountability in the Local Church (Guest-Blog by Derek Brown)

August 10, 2009

This week my good friend Derek Brown will be guest-blogging for me.  We got to know each other during a summer missions trip to New Zealand in 2000 and have remained good friends ever since.  Derek is married to Amy and currently attends Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville after serving as a middle school pastor for several … More Blogging and Accountability in the Local Church (Guest-Blog by Derek Brown)