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Matt Shrader In the previous essay I explained three areas in which nineteenth-century Baptist theologian Alvah Hovey provided some help in thinking through the nature… Read More »Theological Education and the Christian Life
Matt Shrader Debates over theological education are nothing new. Why do we have seminary theological education? What are seminaries meant to do? What about theological… Read More »Theological Education in a Complex World
Jeff Straub Monday night, June 17th, in the presence of his family, Dr. Rolland McCune entered into his eternal rest. He had recently turned 85.… Read More »Rolland D. McCune (1934–2019): Gathered to His People
Jeff Straub Last week I began a brief series here in parallel to Kevin Bauder’s “Growing Up Fundamentalist.” Kevin showed how his early interaction with… Read More »Not Growing Up Fundamentalist, Part 2
Jeff Straub In recent weeks, my colleague Kevin Bauder has written a series reflecting on the fundamentalism of his youth. He expressed gratitude for those… Read More »Not Growing Up Fundamentalist
Jeff Straub Life is full of ironies! These short essays came about in response to the recent cancellation of Sunday services at a Baptist megachurch.… Read More »No Church on Sunday? Part 3: Cancelling Scheduled Meetings on the Lord’s Day
Jeff Straub Last week I began a brief series on an influential pastor’s decision to cancel services at his nine-campus church on the final Sunday… Read More »No Church on Sunday? Part 2: What About House Churches?
Jeff Straub Recently, no less a public figure than J. D. Greear, the current president of the Southern Baptist Convention and pastor of The Summit… Read More »No Church on Sunday? Part 1
Jeff Straub During these past two weeks I have been writing about the deaths of Charles Wesco and John Chau, men who perished in violent… Read More »Missionary Martyrs: Are We Paying Too High a Price to Evangelize the World? Part Three
Jeff Straub Last week I wrote of the deaths of Charles Trumann Wesco and John Allen Chau, two men whose lives ended in recent days… Read More »Missionary Martyrs: Are We Paying Too High a Price to Evangelize the World? Part Two
Jeff Straub Two fresh missionary deaths have made the news in recent weeks. The first was the unexpected death of missionary Charles Trumann Wesco (1974–2018),… Read More »Missionary Martyrs: Are We Paying Too High a Price to Evangelize the World?
Once each year Central Seminary uses In the Nick of Time to make an appeal. The reason is unique to our situation in Minnesota: the… Read More »Give to the Max 2018
Jon Pratt In our most recent edition of Nick of Time, I provided a copy of the letter Chinese house church pastors first issued on… Read More »439 and Beyond: An Illustration of the Separation of Church and State
Don Odens The phone rang at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 13, 2008. The voice on the other end belonged to the male nurse who… Read More »Grappling With Grief
Don Odens My wife’s casket was before me as I stood at the pulpit to present a tribute and the funeral sermon for the love… Read More »A Long Goodbye: Part Two
Don Odens I stood at the pulpit to present a tribute and the funeral sermon for the love of my life, my wife of fifty-three… Read More »A Long Goodbye: Part One
Jon Pratt Elmer Jahn went home to be with the Lord on February 10, 2018. He had lived 88 years. I am privileged to have… Read More »In Praise of Ordinary Men, Part Three: Elmer Jahn
Jeff Straub As I sat and listened to the talk, I could well have been in the early years of the twentieth century listening to… Read More »Liberalism Is Alive and Well
Jeff Straub One of the real delights of working at the seminary is the opportunity to hear the visiting chapel speakers. Our students get the… Read More »Lessons from a Visiting Missionary
Jeff Straub Teaching overseas is a great opportunity, but it is not without challenges. These challenges abound in the wider world. Little things or big… Read More »Teaching Overseas: Life’s Small Challenges