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The increase in the number of married couples in the United States who are deciding not to have children is a disturbing trend that could have a long-term negative impact on society, R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Seminary, told CNN on Thursday.

Like Stephen, the first Christian martyr, ministers must be willing to proclaim the Gospel faithfully even under the threat of death, R. Albert Mohler Jr. told 132 graduates Friday during his fall commencement address at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In many sermons and Sunday school lessons, the Old Testament book of Nehemiah is presented as a series of moral lessons and tips on leadership.

Is reformation in the Southern Baptist Convention complete?

Though the denomination in the past 25 years has witnessed an Egypt to Canaan transformation with a full embrace of the inerrancy of Scripture, the author of a new book argues that the denomination must now build a doctrinal superstructure on the foundation of inerrancy.

Egalitarians are winning the gender debate because evangelical complementarian men have largely abdicated their biblically ordained roles as head of the home and have, in practice, embraced contemporary pagan feminism, Russell D. Moore said in a presentation at the 57th annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) on Nov. 17.

A recent decision by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowing public schools to provide information about sex to elementary school students without parental consent is “an outrage” and demonstrates “what an activist judiciary looks like,” R. Albert Mohler Jr. said on the Focus on the Family radio broadcast Nov. 16.

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary students are “willing to march into hell to get the Gospel to the ends of the earth,” Chuck Lawless said at the Southern Seminary luncheon during the Kentucky Baptist Convention Nov. 15.

Athletics run in Lee Sexton’s blood.

His father was a celebrated coach and athlete in Alabama, and his brother Billy has been an assistant to legendary Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden for the past 30 years. Following in the family mold, Sexton himself coached high school baseball and middle school football for four years.

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Robert Plummer was recently became the first professor ever to receive a Louisville-area educational award for three consecutive years.

On Aug. 29, Hurricane Katrina swept into New Orleans, forever altering the lives of those who lived there. Damage and destruction permeated the city and surrounding areas. Ever since, people have sought to recover and piece back together their broken and storm-scattered lives.

Adam Dorsey barely paid attention to the television newscasters on Aug. 26 as they analyzed the Category 2 hurricane that was churning across the southernmost tip of Florida.

Information about a collection of rare Baptist history materials housed in the Boyce Library at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is now accessible online.