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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.
Support B.H. Carroll on North Texas Giving Day 2020
To give to B.H. Carroll Theological Institute on North Texas Giving Day, click here. What is North Texas Giving Day? In the midst of uncertainty, we can rely on the strength of one another. Doing our part individually helps our...
Into the Darkness: A Journey of Doubt and Faith, of Self-Loathing and Divine Love
This week, we are taking a break from our year-long discussion of 1 Corinthians and the 21st-century church. I want to take you on a journey. It is not a leisurely trek through scenic terrain, and its end is not pleasant to the heart, the...
B.H. Carroll creates Ministry Certificate program for students without undergraduate degree
IRVING, Texas (August 20, 2020) – The B.H. Carroll Theological Institute has created a new Ministry Certificate program for students who have not yet completed an undergraduate degree. The program is designed to prepare the student for...
The Value of Reading the Prayers of Others
I am a visual learner. If I can just see what I need to learn, I can usually learn it. I recently repaired a piece of lawn equipment. I just looked it up on YouTube, watched a couple of examples of the repair, and I jumped into it. Since...
Sent Stewards
I had the privilege recently to film a course on servant leadership for Seminary Now (you can check out the trailer for the course here). In one of the ten sessions, I seek to provide a model for biblical servant leadership as exemplified...
B.H. Carroll Theological Institute will offer course, Christianity and Politics, open to the public
IRVING, Texas (August 12, 2020)—B.H. Carroll Theological Institute is offering a special course, Christianity and Politics, this October. The course will meet on four consecutive Tuesday evenings—beginning October 6—from 7-8:30 p.m. via...
First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Singleness
As we move from 1 Corinthians 5-6 to 1 Corinthians 7, our focus quite naturally shifts from sexual ethics to singleness. Roman Catholics have a long history of celebrating those who have embraced a life of singleness for the sake of the...
Read ‘em the Riot Act
The phone rang. It was my boss. Sandy was the Director of Nursing and I was the hospital chaplain. “Karl, we have a couple in the emergency room, and she’s about to give birth,” Sandy said. “They really want to get married before the...
Happy Birthday Military Chaplain Corps!
The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. Happy Birthday Chaplain Corps! On July 29, 1775, Congress granted George Washington’s request for one chaplain for...
Suffering does, in fact, have a purpose
Among the most humbling and formative events in my life was standing before an interfaith gathering of seminary students in 2000 to deliver a Christian perspective on theodicy—a word which, in theological circles, references the problem...