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Seminary Wives Institute

Registration is open for the fall semester of Seminary Wives Institute. Course descriptions and a child care request form are posted here. New students also register at that Web page, while returning students register on Moodle.

Seminary Wives Institute

Registration is open for the fall semester of Seminary Wives Institute. Course descriptions and a child care request form are posted here. New students also register at that Web page, while returning students register on Moodle.

The Attic

The Attic is now open Mon-Sat from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. All students and their families are welcome to make free selections from this collection of clothing, home goods and furniture located in Fuller Hall, rooms 10-11. Details are posted on the Attic Web page.

The Attic is now accepting food items between 2-5, Monday-Saturday. Donors should bring the items during these hours so that a volunteer may store them to keep for seminary families in need. Limited refrigerator and freezer space is now available on site so please consider donating luncheon meats, dairy items as well as frozen entrees. Please note that these items must not be left in the collection bins but must be given to a volunteer. Canned food is also accepted and may be left in the donation bins. Families in need who would benefit from these donations must contact The Attic at theattic@sbts.edu and arrange an appointment for picking up food items. Please see our webpage for further details about this ministry.

Financial aid opportunity

The Financial Aid Office will implement a new financial aid application for the 2011-2012 academic year. The new application, Financial Aid Profile, is now available for Southern Seminary and Boyce College students to complete. To be eligible, applicants must be a full-time (SBTS: 8+ credit hours, Boyce: 12+ credit hours) master’s level or undergraduate student at the Louisville campus and must be in good academic standing. Applicants will be required to pay a $25 fee in order to submit the Financial Aid Profile. Eligible students will receive a $25 credit on their tuition account to offset cost when payment opens for Fall term. The application deadline for continuing students is June 1. More information and instructions on how to apply are available at www.sbts.edu/finaid. Questions should be directed to the Financial Aid Office at financialaid@sbts.edu or (502)897-4206.

SBTS begins green-friendly food take-out program

Man shall not live by bread alone, but when life gets busy, one sometimes finds it difficult to make time for bread. Even at a seminary, many students, faculty members and staff can feel hard-pressed to allocate time for dine-in meals. With Pioneer College Caterers’ “Green on the Go” program coming to campus, the Southern Seminary community need no longer go short on food when short on time.

IMB contact

Jon Clauson, an M.Div. graduate and current PhD student at SBTS, is now working with the International Mission Board to assist people in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana who are considering service overseas. If interested in talking with him, contact Jon at jsclauson@gmail.com


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Secularism with the Gloves Off: Vanderbilt University’s Assault on Religious Organizations
by R. Albert MohlerApr 10

Like most of America’s historic private universities, Vanderbilt University was founded by Christian believers for the purpose of inculcating Christian beliefs in its students. Vanderbilt was founded in the 1870s by Methodists and later funded largely by New York’s Vanderbilt family. Within a remarkably short period of years, Vanderbilt had forfeited its conservative Methodist roots in order to identify with the emerging secular consensus in American higher education.

The Santorum Predicament: A Sign of the Times
by R. Albert MohlerFeb 29

“Rick Santorum is still a long shot for the Republican nomination, but his candidacy and its coverage in the mainstream media tell us a great deal about the fate of conservative candidates and conservative convictions in the public square,” writes Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr.

In his article, “The Santorum Predicament: A Sign of [...]

What makes evangelicalism evangelical? A new book joins the argument
by R. Albert Mohler Jr.Sep 6

The evangelical movement in America emerged in the twentieth century as conservative Protestants sought to perpetuate an intentional continuity with biblical Christianity. While the roots of the movement can be traced through centuries prior to its emergence in twentieth century America, its organizational shape appeared mainly in the years after World War II. And, as anyone who considers the movement with a careful eye understands, evangelical definition has been a central preoccupation of the movement from the moment of its inception.

Is God a Problem? Modern Theology Faces its Alternatives
by R. Albert Mohler Jr.Aug 24

The Christian Century, the venerable voice of liberal Protestantism, juxtaposed two significant obituaries in its August 23, 2011 edition — and both on the same page. The magazine published a respectful obituary of evangelical titan John R. W. Stott, identifying him as “a renowned and prolific author credited with shaping 20th-century evangelical Christianity.”


History Highlight

1899: E. Y. Mullins elected president of SBTS

On June 29, 1899, 36 members of the Southern Seminary board of trustees gathered in Atlanta, Ga., for the purpose of electing a new seminary president. William H. Whitsitt had resigned as president earlier that year amid controversy surrounding his published views regarding the history of baptism by immersion. The effects of that controversy and the decision by J. P. Greene of William Jewel College to decline the seminary presidency left the seminary in urgent need of a new president. That leader was chosen in Atlanta as the trustees unanimously voted to elect E. Y. Mullins to the presidency.

Mullins was serving as pastor of Newton Centre Church in Massachusetts as the seminary trustees gathered in Atlanta. According to his wife, Isla May Mullins, the first telegram that was received regarding his election as president provided for more confusion that clarity. That telegram from the editor of the Baptist Argus simply read “Congratulations. Send your photograph.”[1]

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Evolution and the empty nest syndrome

Michael Shermer publishes Skeptic magazine, teaches at Claremont Graduate University, and writes a regular column for Scientific American. He is an ardent defender of evolutionary theory and a well-known critic of all supernatural claims. In today’s edition of USA Today, Shermer writes about the “empty nest syndrome” — the difficulty many parents face when their offspring go off to college.

While this has always been a difficult time for parents, in recent years many parents seem to be having a more difficult time than usual. Some colleges report that parents have to be told to go home. One college reported about a mother who slept in her daughter’s dorm room for a couple of nights until the girl’s roommate complained to school authorities.

Shermer has now experienced the “empty nest syndrome” for himself, as his daughter began her college studies just over a month ago. He clearly misses his daughter. And yet, how does he explain this experience?

He writes: “Why does it hurt so bad? Science has an answer: We are social mammals who experience deep attachment to our fellow friends and family, an evolutionary throwback to our Paleolithic hunter-gatherer days of living in small bands.”

You read that right. Shermer reduces the love of a parent for a child to “an evolutionary throwback.” He adds to this a physiological theory:

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