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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.
Counseling program approved by State of Arkansas
IRVING, Texas (November 25, 2020)—The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling has made it possible for graduates of the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute’s Master of Arts in Counseling-Licensure Track program to receive licensure in...
Cathey’s work featured in new illustrated study Bible
IRVING, Texas (November 24, 2020) — Dr. Joseph R. Cathey, Carroll Fellow and Associate Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature at the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute, is in the Bible—sort of. Several articles about the ancient...
First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Love Defined, Part 1
The Difficulty of Defining Love If we are going to understand what Paul is talking about in 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13, then we need to get some clarity and precision when it comes to the language we are using. With love, however, it turns...
A Day of Nothings?
When the weather is warm and I have no early appointments, I enjoy my coffee on the front porch where I read my Bible, pray, and meditate. I clearly remember such a Saturday just last month. It was Saturday, October 10, 2020. As is my...
At Fall Colloquy, Gordon T. Smith encourages Christian scholars to inculturate the gospel through vocation
IRVING, Texas (Nov. 16, 2020)—The secular age presents the modern church with both problems and opportunities, Gordon T. Smith said during the Frank and Pauline Patterson Fall Colloquy at the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute Nov. 9-10. ...
Sustaining the Scholarly Vocation
The title of this blog is taken from Dr. Gordon Smith’s second lecture that was part of the B. H. Carroll Theological Institute’s Frank and Pauline Patterson Endowed Lecture Series. Dr. Smith, president of Ambrose University and Seminary,...
Sinners in the Hands of a Lousy Preacher
Your ordinary routine in preaching was interrupted by Covid-19, which forced you to adjust to preaching to a camera. Now, perhaps, you’re doing both—virtual and in-person. These are strange times. So, this could be an important time for...
First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: What Is Christianity Really About?
The Lay of the Land 1 Corinthians 12-14 contains some of the most studied material in all of Paul’s letters. In these chapters, Paul uses the issue of spiritual gifts to bring out some points he wants to make about the nature of the...
2020 Virtual Convocation and Graduation Ceremony
B. H. Carroll Theological Institute cordially invites its students, faculty and staff, and members of its supporting church network to view its 2020 Convocation and Graduation Ceremony online on Friday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. The...
The Mind of Christ
1 Corinthians is a letter written in disappointment. It is written to a people Paul thought should have by then (around A.D. 53-54) begun to show some spiritual maturity. Instead, the Corinthians were preoccupied with dissensions and...