Blog
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.
The Road Les Traveled
Travel is not always about some exotic geographical location. My wife and I have recently taken the journey down the road of surgery. A few years ago, I observed that she had had five surgeries. I had had five surgeries. Mine were 100%...
Marriage and Self-Denial
For if someone wants to save his or her life/soul/self, he/she will lose it. But whoever loses his or her life/soul/self for me will find it. - Matthew 16:25 It was more than a decade ago. My wife and I were not yet married. We were both...
One can do much. Many can do more. North Texas Giving Day 2021.
Each year B. H. Carroll Theological Institute participates in North Texas Giving Day, an annual ingathering of charitable gifts to help fund the many thousands of nonprofits in North Texas—of which we are one. This year’s special day is...
Stinky Feet
Entitlement has overtaken the Christian world. Regardless of which aisle we find ourselves, conservative or liberal, we cling to our rights. “Don’t call me a prude. I’m just being sensible.” “What do you mean I’m too liberal. Look at who...
From the President
I recently made a trip to the Texas-Mexico border with the missions pastor of my church. We learned of a Carroll graduate who had adapted his church and pastor-training school facilities into space to care for asylum seekers waiting for...
Marriage and the Radical Message of Jesus
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple....
Audacious Doubt
“Mommy? I believe Jesus is real but sometimes my body doesn’t believe.” In my 8-year old’s language, my daughter was telling me she had doubts. She continued, “How can God hear me when I pray…then someone else prays? How does God know who...
Marriage and Christian Discipleship: Series Introduction
“What God has joined together” Series Introduction The institution of marriage has been the subject of titanic cultural conflicts over the past forty years. But before marriage is an institution, it is a relationship. Indeed, it is the...
From the President June 2021
As summer heats up here in Texas, the mission of B. H. Carroll has never cooled off. We continue to deliver accredited, accessible, achievable, and affordable theological education for the men and women God sends our way through a network...
Travels with Karl: Part 2—Au Revoir Pepe le Pew
Our guide was saying goodbye in the lobby of Le Meridien hotel in Nice, France. As she accepted tips, Marie said something rather off-hand. “If you look down the Promenade des Anglais pedestrianized walkway, to the barricade at the start...