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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.
The Praying Leader: Desperate Prayers
I hadn’t slept much in the previous 24 hours. Our first baby, a son, was born just after midnight. We had gotten settled in our room and Jon was in the nursery. I was just too excited to sleep. At about 6 a.m., I took a stroll down to the...
2020 Convocation and Graduation Ceremony
B. H. Carroll Theological Institute cordially invites its students, faculty and staff, and members of its supporting church network to its 2020 Convocation and Graduation Ceremony on Friday, May 22, at 7 p.m. This year’s convocation and...
Carroll Bullet Points, March 2020
B.H. Carroll Theological Institute introduces Carroll Bullet Points, a quarterly rundown of the advances, changes, and happenings at the Carroll Center and beyond. Cathey contributing to new Baker project, Biblical Illustrator Dr. Joseph...
Is the Church about Bricks, Bottoms, or Being?
We live in interesting times! Pandemics. National Emergencies. Bear Markets. Many might quickly surmise these interesting times are also evil times. Maybe that is so, but as far as the church is concerned, I fully believe God is taking...
Governors meet, new governor elected
The B. H. Carroll Theological Institute Board of Governors met in February at the Carroll Center in Irving. They met in their committees during the morning work session and carried on the governance of the school in the afternoon business...
Quarterly Roundup, March 2020
The first quarter of 2020 has been one of steadiness in the storm of unexpected change. We entered the year with courses offered online and in our Teaching Churches with a similar enrollment to the last term. Our end-of-year giving was...
First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Lack of Unity
If there is one complaint church leaders everywhere seem to share, it is the lack of unity they see in their congregations, their denominations, and across the landscape of 21st-century Christianity. Recent events in the United Methodist...
B.H. Carroll network expands
IRVING, Texas (March 12, 2020) – B.H. Carroll has entered into four new strategic partnerships that give greater breadth and depth to the Institute’s reach. Following the approval of the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia in...
B. H. Carroll makes adjustments to deal with COVID-19 pandemic
IRVING, Texas (March 17, 2020) – As the spread of COVID-19 continues, B. H. Carroll Theological Institute’s top priority is the health and safety of its students, faculty, staff and our church communities. Because of the rapidly...
Fear is not novel
The parking lot of our local Sam’s Club—cars darting in and out—looked like the inner workings of the ant colony my class had in the third grade. The inside of the store looked more like the ant colony after Billy knocked it off the book...