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RADICAL – Give Me An Answer Collegiate Conference 2012

Southern Seminary
January 25th, 2012
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Important: General Session 2

Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

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911 Panel Discussion

R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Zane Pratt, Heath Lambert, Russell Moore

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Recognition of Dr. Duke K. McCall

Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Dr. Duke K. McCall

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Luke 11

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Seminary Wives Institute

Registration is open for the spring 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.

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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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.”

The Culture of Death Grows Desperate: War Declared on Crisis Pregnancy Centers
by R. Albert Mohler Jr.Aug 5

The U.S. Supreme Court’s declaration of war upon the unborn in its infamous 1973 decision, Roe v. Wade, caught most conservative Christians unprepared and unaware. This shock to the nation’s conscience required Christians and other pro-life activists to develop arguments, strategies, and organizations in order to confront the Culture of Death and the legalized killing of the unborn.

Reparative therapy, homosexuality and the gospel of Jesus Christ
Jul 19

Each U.S. presidential election cycle brings its own set of unexpected issues, and the 2012 race already offers one topic of controversy that truly sets it apart — a debate over forms of therapy that attempt to change an individual’s sexual orientation.

Known as reparative therapy or sexual orientation conversion therapy, these approaches seek to assist individuals to change their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. The cultural and political debate over reparative therapy emerged when a clinic run by Marcus Bachmann, husband of Republican candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, was accused of offering treatment and counseling intended to change sexual orientation.


History Highlight

The Survival of the Seminary

As a new academic year begins at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, we are wise to look back to the events of the summer of 1865, when the continued existence of this institution was in doubt. The seminary closed in 1862 amidst the turmoil of the Civil War. Following the end of the war, physical and economic conditions in the South were desperate and there was doubt as to whether the seminary could feasibly open again. The founding faculty members corresponded throughout the spring and summer of 1865 and then met in the late summer to make decisions regarding the future of Southern Seminary.

James P. Boyce, John A. Broadus and Basil Manly Jr. agreed on the vital importance of the seminary resuming classes with a majority of its faculty intact in order to inspire confidence and continued support for a common theological school for Baptists in the South. Manly wrote to Broadus in July the “it is desirable to return to the Seminary, if possible to reorganize it. That work is the most agreeable to my feelings. Its prompt re-establishment secures the institution for the churches of the country with all its boundless possibilities for good.”

Still, they were fully aware that it would be extremely difficult to raise the necessary funds to support themselves as faculty and the institution in the post-war South. The currency upon which the economy of the former Confederate states had been established was worthless; it was a struggle for families to meet their own needs, let alone honor pledged investments to institutions such as the seminary. There was also a concern that few students would be able to begin a course of seminary study amidst the period of Reconstruction in the South.

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Current Impact

Is It Wrong to Display a Picture of Robert E. Lee? My Response

As I write this, I can see on my wall the flag of my home state of Mississippi, and I’m deeply conflicted about it. The flag represents home for me. I love Christ, church, and family more than Mississippi, but that’s about it. Still, the flag makes me wince because emblazoned on it is the Confederate Battle Flag, which was used so often in my home state, and elsewhere, as an emblem of backlash in support of the ugly epoch of Jim Crow. I supported a referendum changing the flag in 2001, but the voters of the state kept the old flag design by a vote of 65 to 35 percent. The more I think of it, the more I believe my conflicted feelings about that flag aren’t all that unusual for a Christian.

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