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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.
Four Added Letters
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First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Questions about Love
What is Love? Examining key questions about its nature: Is love one or many? Conditional or unconditional? Universal or particular?
First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Love Defined, Part 3
What Love Isn’t: Exploring the crucial distinctions between love and desire, and love and acceptance, to understand the true nature of Christian love.
Rest and Rest
Receiving vs. Pursuing Christ: Reflecting on the “exchanged life” and the biblical call to both passively receive God’s gifts and actively pursue spiritual growth and transformation.
The Hope of Christ in a Chrismon Tree
Finding True Meaning in Christmas: Escape commercialism with the beautiful tradition of Chrismon Trees, filled with ancient symbols that tell the story of Christ’s birth and redemption.
A Weary World Rejoices
Read personal reflections on weariness and find a message of hope in the Advent season. Discover the joy of Christ’s birth and support missional leaders
A Christmas Story
Relive a nostalgic Christmas mall trip from 1964 and its unexpected gift. Discover how personal stories connect to the greatest Christmas story in the Bible.
First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Love Defined, Part 2
Love and Its Opposites: Exploring the nuanced relationship between love and hate, and the clear incompatibility between love and selfishness according to Paul.
Faces of Carroll: Drs. Margie and Hurley Clayton
Faces of Carroll: Meet Drs. Margie and Hurley Clayton, B.H. Carroll alumni with 16 years of combined doctoral study. Learn about Margie’s Ph.D. research.
Faces of Carroll: Cory Bennett
Faces of Carroll: Alumnus Cory Bennett shares his initial doubts about B.H. Carroll’s cost and quality, and the top-tier faculty that won him over.