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Weighing in on faith and life.
B.H. Carroll faculty members, students, and those who support its mission desire to create dialog and stoke critical thinking about important topics which relate to faith and life in this world. Below are posts from diverse authors, whose views contribute to the ongoing discussion of these areas. The positions of the authors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of B.H. Carroll Theological Seminary, its faculty, and its governors.
Learning in the Crucible of Tragedy
On March 17, 2022, fire erupted in downtown Ranger, Texas. Fueled by dry conditions and high winds, the fire spread quickly. Before it could be extinguished, at least five buildings had been destroyed or seriously damaged. One of those...
Typecasting in Ministry
Here’s something you probably never thought about. There are two types of Christians. What are the two types? Catholic v. Protestant? No. That’s not what I mean. Pre- v. Amillennialists? No. Pro- v. Anti-Trump? No. Conservative v....
Truth-Telling, Sexual Harassment, and the Challenge of Building an Institutional Culture that Honors God
When I turned in my last blog post (“Telling the Truth about Ourselves”) to our Carroll blog editors, I had no idea how its content and importance were about to be accentuated by current events. As best I can recall, I turned in the...
What is Love? Working Our Way Through the Challenges of Loving the Church
“I give you a new commandment—to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples—if you have love for one another.” - John 13:34–35 What is Love? “Dear...
Telling the Truth About Ourselves
As I write these words, it is a frosty, gloomy Friday afternoon, and my mood resembles the weather outside. I just finished reading a Christianity Today article about another prominent pastor who has resigned from his church in disgrace....
B.H. Carroll adds Spanish language component to website
IRVING, Texas (March 28, 2022)—A grant from the Lilly Endowment has allowed the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute to add a Spanish language component to its website as part of its growing Hispanic Theological Education Program (HTEP). ...
B.H. Carroll to offer CEU’s through Counselor Supervision Refresher
IRVING, Texas (March 28, 2022)—B.H. Carroll Theological Institute will offer a special six-hour continuing education course for supervisors of licensed professional counselors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 22. Lunch will be provided for...
2021 Book of the Year Review: Leadership, God’s Agency, & Disruptions
You are, perhaps, familiar with “Pascal’s Wager.” It argues you are better off believing in God than not believing, even if God doesn’t actually exist. What about “Modernity’s Wager?” Have you heard of it? Alan Roxburgh and Mark Branson,...
NCMAF and the Marsh Center Joins Forces
IRVING, Texas (March 16, 2022)— The Marsh Center for Chaplain Studies, a chaplaincy-focused center of B. H. Carroll Theological Institute, has entered into a collaborative effort with the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed...
“Give Us a king”
Russell Moore has been doing a lot of writing lately about the dangers posed to the church by an excessive desire to obtain, exercise, and protect power. He has argued, in ways both subtle and overt, that too many evangelical Protestants...