Teaching Overseas: On Arrival
Jeff Straub So, you made it overseas. You cleared customs and now you are on your way to you host’s home. Hopefully you have arrived… Read More »Teaching Overseas: On Arrival
Jeff Straub
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Teaching Overseas: Preparing to Go
Jeff Straub Last week I began a series on overseas teaching. This week I want to consider the preparation necessary for such a venture. For… Read More »Teaching Overseas: Preparing to Go
Teaching Overseas
Jeff Straub We live in days of tremendous technological advances. We carry phones that take pictures, tell time, serve as alarm clocks and stop watches,… Read More »Teaching Overseas
A Theology of Rejoicing
Everybody likes a party, and for those so inclined Luke 15 might rank as their favorite chapter of the Bible. Here we learn of the… Read More »A Theology of Rejoicing
Celebrating a New Decade: Retrospect and Prospect
Roy Beacham Central Baptist Theological Seminary was founded in 1956. Upon the closing of Northwestern Theological Seminary in Minneapolis, students, faculty, and other sponsors urged… Read More »Celebrating a New Decade: Retrospect and Prospect
The Future of Seminary Education, Part II
Brett Williams In my last article, I discussed the future of seminary education in relationship to consumer-driven academia and consumer-craving ecclesiology. It seems as though… Read More »The Future of Seminary Education, Part II
Why a Baptist Can Be Thankful for the Protestant Reformation
Jeff Straub This year marks the 500th anniversary of Luther’s 95 theses. Last week I reflected on a recent trip I made to Germany and… Read More »Why a Baptist Can Be Thankful for the Protestant Reformation
Lessons from a Visit to Luther Land
Jeff Straub Recently I returned from two weeks in Europe, leading a group of seminary and church friends through Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. It was… Read More »Lessons from a Visit to Luther Land
Providence and Evil
Jon Pratt Following last week’s Nick of Time essay entitled, “Fate and Providence,” I received the following email from a pastor: Dear Brother, I always… Read More »Providence and Evil
Fate or Providence?
Jon Pratt One of our local sportswriters described Sergio Garcia’s recent victory at the Masters golf tournament as a triumph of fate. Similar attributions to… Read More »Fate or Providence?
Caring for the Caregiver
Don Odens We stood before family members and friends on the evening of July 24, 1965. My father asked, “Do you take this woman to… Read More »Caring for the Caregiver
Facing Our Mortality
Don Odens My father found it necessary to address end of life issues from time to time but could not bring himself to discuss his… Read More »Facing Our Mortality
A Philosophy of Police Chaplaincy
Roy Beacham Having described in the previous essay how God directed me into police chaplaincy, I would like to follow with a personal philosophy of… Read More »A Philosophy of Police Chaplaincy
Police Chaplaincy: A Testimony of Ministry Opportunity
Roy Beacham One of the doors of ministry that opened for me, in God’s providence, was that of police chaplaincy. Somewhere around the year 2000… Read More »Police Chaplaincy: A Testimony of Ministry Opportunity
Treasures of the Trial
Jon Pratt God brings trials of various kinds into all our lives, and we are not to be surprised by this (1 Pet 4:12). But I admit… Read More »Treasures of the Trial
Race and the Church
Jon Pratt Central Seminary has hosted the MacDonald Lecture Series annually since 1991. The lectures are named in honor of Dr. Charles MacDonald, who served… Read More »Race and the Church
Why I Spend Time with “Old Men” in Ministry
Jeff Straub Throughout my 35+ years of ministry, I have been privileged to meet a few grand old men—Calebs, if you will—whose strength remained undiminished… Read More »Why I Spend Time with “Old Men” in Ministry
Help your children learn the content of Scripture
Several years ago when my oldest was beginning his homeschooling in earnest and my wife and I were choosing our curricula for different school subjects,… Read More »Help your children learn the content of Scripture
A Visit to Winners Chapel
Jeff Straub I recently read an essay in which the author described the scene at a San Salvador Pentecostal church: “Within two minutes it is… Read More »A Visit to Winners Chapel
Perry Noble’s Missed Opportunity
Jeff Straub The fall of mega-church pastor Perry Noble has stunned the evangelical world. Noble founded and pastored NewSpring Church of Anderson, SC, for 18… Read More »Perry Noble’s Missed Opportunity