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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.
New Year’s Wishes for the People of God
2017 is a part of history. 2018 is now a reality. 2017 was a difficult year for the church in the United States, but rather than focusing on the past, I would like to use this space to turn our attention to the future. I love the church,...
Missions and Ethnodoxology: Do these words even belong together?
If someone had told me ten years ago I would be involved in Ethnodoxology, I would have probably said he/she was . . . well . . . imaginative, to say the least. But life is a journey, and our walk with God leads us through patches of...
Reflections on the Advent of Jesus: The Gospel of John
Throughout December, we have been reflecting upon the advent of Jesus. Today, we turn our attention to the Gospel of John. Like Mark’s Gospel, John does not contain a so-called “infancy narrative.” Instead, the Fourth Gospel opens with a...
Doctoral Students Investigated the Clarity of Scripture through Lectures Presented by Dr. Stephen Holmes
Rev. Dr. Stephen Holmes, a Baptist minister and Senior Lecturer in Historical and Systematic Theology at St. Andrew’s University in Scotland, UK, was the guest lecturer for the Frank and Pauline Patterson Fall Colloquy held on November...
Three Students from Russia are Accepted into Carroll Institute’s Ph.D. Program
For the past four years, Carroll Institute has been in a partnership with the St. Petersburg Evangelical Theological Academy in Russia, offering courses for a Master of Arts in Theology degree. Dr. Sergei Nikolaev, President of the...
Reflections on the Advent of Jesus: The Gospel of Luke
During the month of December, we are reflecting upon the coming of Jesus into the world. We are using the four Gospels to guide our reflections. This week, we turn our attention to the Gospel of Luke. Luke provides us with ample material...
Carroll Institute Offers Master’s Level Courses in Viet Nam
In 2008, Dr. Daniel Tran, President of Vietnamese Baptist Theological Seminary (VBTS) and Dr. Bruce Corley, Senior Fellow and at that time President of Carroll Institute, met with other Carroll leaders to begin discussions on how the two...
Carroll’s Flexible Model Benefits Both Domestic and Global Graduates
Whereas many institutions confer degrees only two or three times a year, Carroll Institute confers degrees five times each academic year when course requirements are completed for each term -- Alpha, Emmanuel, Paschal, Omega, and Summer....
Can You Spare a Little Change?
They did it again. I went into my neighborhood grocery store to buy shampoo and my brand wasn’t there. In fact, none of the shampoos were there. They moved the entire shampoo section to a completely different place in the store. I don’t...
Reflections on the Advent of Jesus: The Gospel of Matthew
Last week, we used the Gospel of Mark to help us reflect upon the significance of Jesus’ coming into the world. This week, we turn our attention to the Gospel of Matthew. It contains one of two so-called infancy narratives in the New...