What use is a seminary at all? Why can’t I just use Google? Or to run the other direction, if ministry is inevitably personal and relational, how can seminary education even be done remotely?
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Poetic Biblical Meditations | Christopher Ellis Osterbrock
When leading a college-level course on Spiritual Formation, I’ve heard the response a few times: “Why write...
Thoughts on Reading Widely and Wisely | Brian Borgman
Reading wisely helps us avoid the infection of error. Reading widely deepens our perspective. Reading wisely deepens our convictions.
When a Beloved Text Does Not Say What We think it Says | Brian Borgman
One of the wonderful benefits of preaching consecutive, expository sermons through a book of the Bible is that you get to beloved texts in their context and are forced to exegete them accordingly.
Gill’s Spiritual Hunger | Christopher Ellis Osterbrock
Spiritual hunger is described as an appetite for virtues: fortitude, zeal, mercy, joy, wisdom, humility, etc. Gill believes we should seek to discern these if we desire to see to our own sanctification and to experience the love and provision of Christ here now.
Gill’s Preached Spirituality, Part II | Christopher Ellis Osterbrock
Spirituality expressed in obedience John Gill sought to show his people a piety connected to and yet born out...
Gill’s Preached Spirituality | Christopher Ellis Osterbrock
John Gill lays out a rich experiential approach to spirituality that ought to be recognized. Not only does he examine more than twenty spiritual characteristics in A Body of Practical Divinity, but Gill preached on these characteristics to his congregation in his biblical, applicable manner.
For the Love of His Church | Ryan Parsons
Will we be pastors, my brothers, or pulpiteers? For whom will we labor and spend all our years? Is it love of His flock that compels us to preach? Is it shepherd-like care for His blood-bought sheep?
God Knows How to Deliver from Troubles by Troubles | Jon English Lee
While reading an old sermon that Thomas Brooks preached to the House of Commons in 1648, I was struck by this passage below describing how God uses afflictions/troubles/trials in order to save us from greater afflictions/troubles/trials.
How To Do Seminary Online While Working Full Time | Rex Semrad
Distance education is an incredible blessing that we have that no generation before us has had. You can actually stay in the church where God placed you, be mentored by your own pastor, and still receive a thorough theological education!