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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.
A Different Perspective on Sin, Part 1
I am convinced that this way of understanding sin has wide-ranging consequences for those of us who want to proclaim the message of Scripture accurately and live its message faithfully. We will tease out some of those implications next week. For now, I want us to think about what this way of understanding sin means for the gospel.
Making Transitions Successfully in Christ
This “race” has two distinctive features. First, we do not get to design its course. That has already been done for us. We simply have to volunteer to run the race as it is. Second, it is not a sprint. It is a marathon, and this means that it will obviously require endurance.
Dr. William Tolar
Remembering Dr. William Tolar: A distinguished Bible scholar and professor at Baylor, SWBTS, and B.H. Carroll. Please join us in prayer for his family.
Advent Reflections: Love
God sent His one and only Son into a broken, reckless, and evil world to experience all that such a world can dish up, and because God graciously offers His Spirit to anyone who will place their ultimate trust, loyalty, and love in Jesus.
Advent Reflections: Joy
We take it for granted that God loves us. We take it for granted that God forgives us. We take it for granted that God wants to be with us and in us. And so, we no longer experience the joy that is so near to us and that we so desperately need.
The first graduation of Carroll students in Vietnam
First Graduation in Vietnam: B.H. Carroll celebrates its inaugural graduating class in Vietnam, equipping 20 missional leaders through a unique partnership.
Tenebrae at Christmas
Somehow, Christmas joy and celebration can make grief even more difficult for many people. Christmas can remind them of who’s missing. It makes them feel out-of-step with everyone else.
Advent Reflections: Peace
None of this sounds like peace. None of it looks like peace. None of it feels like peace. And that is because it isn’t peace. But it is precisely in this context that Jesus promises peace to those who put their trust in him.
Advent Reflections: Hope
God sent His Son into the world to gain for us a forgiveness that we do not deserve. God sent His Son into the world to take off our slave-chains and to heal the wounds that they have caused. God sent His Son into the world to solve the problems of sin and death once and for all. And God will send His Son into the world again—this time, to bring to completion all that he began when he walked the dusty roads of Galilee, walked to his own execution, and walked out of a cold and lonely tomb.
Are There Lessons That Modern Americans Can Learn From Ancient Israel? (Part 3)
We would also do well to observe how God responded to Israel’s problems, particularly in the prophetic tradition. Over and over again, God told Israel to put away its idols and to practice justice. We would do well to do the same.