Three Reasons Believers Should Attend This Annual Apologetics Event
I am sorry I missed the first one. For 27 years, Southern Evangelical Seminary has held an annual National Conference on Christian Apologetics (NCCA). I have attended all of them since 1994. Admittedly, for about half of them, my attendance was related to work. Nevertheless, even before that, I can remember eagerly awaiting the conference, […]
Upcoming Course: Christian Theology, Racism, and Social Justice
Writing on scraps of paper, without notes or references, from a Birmingham jail cell, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously penned these words, “I would agree with St. Augustine that ‘an unjust law is no law at all.’ … To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human […]
Racism: A Christian’s Response
In light of the recent societal and cultural upheavals related to racism and social justice, it is vitally important for Evangelicals to be explicit and forthright about how their spiritual convictions guide them on these issues. As an Evangelical institution called to equip students to proclaim the Gospel, engage the culture, and defend the truth (including […]
Indiana Jones and the Honorary Doctorate
“Here at SES we see him as our Indiana Jones.” Dr. Richard Land, President of Southern Evangelical Seminary, is speaking about John Freyler. “Freyler’s father, John Sr., and mother, Bobbie Freyler, came to SES to volunteer for ‘a few weeks’ in 2002, and that stretched into over 18 years of commitment to the mission of […]
Five Truths the Church Needs Today to Engage People’s Questions
An alarming study shows that “Nearly half of young adults with ties to Christianity say church can’t answer their questions” The study surveyed over 15,000 young adults in different countries, ages 18-35 who had ties to Christianity. Consider the results, of those surveyed: 47 percent of respondents with some connection to Christianity say they feel […]
Questions About Inerrancy: A Review of the Andy Stanley Controversy
By Jeff Lenhart, By now it’s no secret that Andy Stanley has preached some controversial sermons regarding the doctrine of inerrancy. In particular, his message titled The Bible Told Me So has raised the ire of a broad cross-section of Evangelicals. On the other hand, noted apologists Dr. Frank Turek and Dr. Richard Howe came […]