Alumni Spotlight: Michael Stewart M.A.

“I can’t believe you’re doing this in church.” That’s the most common—and satisfying— response to our In Question series at GraceLife Church of Pineville. The series was designed as a forum for engaging the hearts and minds of both believers and skeptics, addressing questions facing Christianity that challenge its truth and relevancy. We’ve shied away […]

A Second American Revolution

This article originally appeared in the Christian Post.  Tens of millions of Americans were shocked to their core by the unforeseen, unprecedented, and turbulent presidential election of 2016. Pollsters and pundits found their forecast models, based on previous, more traditional election cycles, were inadequate to forecast or even understand the social and political upheaval Americans […]

Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Rodney Cripps

The effect of the training and education received at Southern Evangelical Seminary has greatly impacted our 114-year-old church in Pineville, North Carolina, known as GraceLife Church of Pineville. The core values, biblical training, and apologetic emphasis at SES goes hand-in-hand with our own mission of making disciples who make disciples. One of the positive impacts […]

Logical Fallacies 101: “Straw Man”

Strawmen, scarecrows, and mannequins all have one thing in common: they are, by nature, flimsy objects that are easy to knock down. In the context of logical fallacies, a “straw man” argument is an argument that is framed in such a way that it is easy to “knock down” or dismantle. How many times have […]

Southern Evangelical Seminary Offers Culturally Relevant Classes on ‘Ethics’ and ‘Problem of Evil’

SES Also Planning March 4 ‘Tactical Evangelism Seminar,’ Exploring Topics Such as ‘Basic Beliefs of Islam’ and ‘Why Are You a Christian?’ CHARLOTTE, N.C.—“Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse,” “Tree Climbing” and “Magic, Witchcraft and Religion from Stonehenge to Harry Potter.” These are actual classes at American’s colleges—classes that students (and their parents) are paying for, according […]