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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.
Sin as an Enslaving Power: Combating the Enemy’s Strategy
Last week, we laid out the Enemy’s strategy (or, at least, one of his strategies) for keeping us enslaved to sin. I argued that the Enemy begins by allowing us to imagine how a given course of action might benefit us and then convinces...
New Items in the Carroll Store!
Spring PreSale on New Items in the Carroll Store Ends May 1st! Show your school spirit and help us spread the word about B.H. Carroll. Order these NEW ITEMS from the Carroll Store. Remember, store items make great gifts! *Please e-mail...
Foot-in-Mouth Inoculation
Unfortunately, meeting with church leaders, where a pastor left “poorly,” is all too common in my life. “Our last pastor didn’t feed me,” is a common complaint. It’s not a fair gripe, as we all know that preaching is subjective, and...
Sin as an Enslaving Power: Understanding the Enemy’s Strategy
Romans 6 describes sin as an enslaving power. It takes away our ability to choose another way of life. It works its way into every aspect of our thinking and feeling, and, in so doing, it impacts everything we do. And like the cruelest...
No Small Calling: Appropriate Response to Four Causes of Poverty
Small towns in the United States are in decline. Most of the population and economic growth in the country has been located near urban centers. If you are called to pastor in a small town, you are likely going to have to deal with...
Registration for Frank & Pauline Patterson Spring Colloquy 2018 Now Open
The featured speaker for Frank and Pauline Patterson Spring Colloquy to be held May 21-22 at the Carroll Center is Dr. Eric L. Johnson. Dr. Johnson is a leading Christian psychology professor. He served for 17 years as the Lawrence and...
Service, The Heart, and Leadership
I want to return to the topic I started with in this series of blogs on servant leadership, that to lead is to serve.1 I recently read an article describing Pope Francis’ annual Holy Week trip to wash the feet of prisoners. In his homily...
The Results of Discipleship
Last week, we tried to gain a better understanding of what discipleship is by describing the kinds of obstacles that we encounter when we try to do it well. We learned that real discipleship integrates intellectual, spiritual, and...
What have you got in your hand?
Let’s consider the staff of Moses. Here’s a useful tool to a shepherd, something no one would want to climb the mountains without. It’s dependable, reliable, and doesn’t really change — ever. That’s Moses’s experience. He’s had that...
Obstacles to Discipleship
With the glow of Easter still hanging in the air of our homes and our churches, most of us who have placed our faith in the risen Christ want to make more disciples for him. We ourselves want to be better followers of “the Jesus way” (to...