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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.
Returning Theological Education Back to the Local Church—Worldwide
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown many schools off their game since the national shutdown in March of this year. The founding four Senior Fellows of B. H. Carroll Theo. Inst. envisioned and built a seminary that has more than weathered the...
I Pity the Fool
The exchange was rather disgusting, even nauseating. The emotion was heated, bordering on explosive. The words were repulsive, even contemptible. I wanted so much to tear myself away, but like watching a train wreck, I stayed until the...
First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Priorities
1 Corinthians 8-10 can be difficult for modern readers to interpret, much less apply to their lives. Paul begins the section by talking about food sacrificed to pagan deities—a practice which seems inconceivable in our religiously...
Get Ready!
I enjoy watching the Summer Olympics. I missed them this year but hope to see them rescheduled for next summer. I like the races, which show the strength, speed, and agility of the runners. I like watching the runners put their feet...
Can We Ever Be One?
I have continued to be in conversation with other leaders regarding the racial divide in our country. I had the privilege of being invited by a friend to preach at his predominately-black church and then asked to call into his radio show...
First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: The Disciplines of Marriage
In our last conversation, I argued marriage is a spiritual discipline—a means by which people can become better acquainted with Jesus and his “unforced rhythms of grace” (to use Adele Calhoun’s language). But is that really true? If we...
Welcome to Me (and You?)
When I started blogging for B. H. Carroll two-and-a-half years ago, I was strictly a volunteer, a comrade spirit. On the first of July, however, I became the new Director of the D.Min. program. Can I say this was “a LONG time coming”? My...
First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Marriage as a Spiritual Discipline
When we left off our discussion of First Corinthians and its implications for the twenty-first century church, we were talking about 1 Corinthians 7 and how it should shape our attitudes towards singleness. But this interesting chapter...
Pleading with God to pull away the dross
By Dr. Joseph R. Cathey Somewhere in J. I. Packer’s writings, there is a reference to Puritan theology as a theology of an “older, better, wiser, and more practical sort.” That surely applies to the Puritans, but it applies even more to...
B.H. Carroll offers first round of intensive courses
IRVING, Texas (August 21, 2020)—B.H. Carroll Theological Institute will begin offering intensive courses in selected subjects beginning in November. The compressed courses are an opportunity for master’s-level students to complete all...