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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.
Race, Unity, and the Small-Town Church
Messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution last week in St. Louis to call for Christians to no longer display the Confederate battle flag. Here is the actual text of the resolution: RESOLVED, That we call our...
Seeking the Kingdom in Abundance and in Need (Part 2)
Last week, we discussed the need to focus our lives on building God’s kingdom and pursuing God’s righteousness. We noted that both abundance and need can distract us from this focus, and I shared some of my own struggles to maintain focus...
Feed Me
This week my blog takes a turn to a near rant. However, the rant comes out of a heart of healing from the damaging statement ‘We aren’t being fed’. You never hear this from a new follower of Christ but you may often hear it from those...
The Where-and-When Principle of Bible Interpretation
Principle #2: The Where-and-When Principle of Bible Interpretation Imagine walking along your favorite beach. You find a bottle half-buried in the sand. Sure enough, there is something inside. You work out the rolled up paper and discover...
Seeking the Kingdom in Abundance and in Need (Part 1)
But seek God’s Kingdom first, along with His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you. Matthew 6:33, my translation Those of us who grew up in the church have heard this snippet of Jesus’ preaching all of our lives. We...
A Call To The Sending Church
I once pastored a church that was over 150 years old, and now I serve a new church plant that is not quite 2 years old. What a difference! One of the many differences is dealing with how to be missional. For instance, the 150+ year old...
Small Town (Small Budget) VBS
Some time around the last Sunday of my second grade year, I went to church, excited about the start of summer, when I read a poster propped up in the foyer of our church announcing "Vacation Bible School." I was too young to know the...
Seeking Excellence: The Frank and Pauline Patterson 2016 Spring Colloquy
PhD and DMin students gathered on May 23-25 for an “in-house” colloquy at the Carroll Center. Thanks to the generous gifts from the Frank & Pauline Patterson Endowed Colloquy Fund, students had the opportunity to participate in worship,...
God is Still Our Vision at Carroll
You most likely know the words and tune to the eighth-century Irish hymn, Be Thou My Vision. Recently, during some tough days, these words from the fourth verse sang true: High King of Heaven, my victory won, May I reach heaven’s joys, O...
I AM
I heard Nicole Nordeman’s beautiful ballad “I Am” the other day. It wasn’t the first time I had heard it; her tender reflections upon the many and varied phases of life have always struck a chord deep in my soul. But this time was...