Some of you may have seen this important article over at The Gospel Coalition about the decline and relocation of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) by Collin Hansen, who is a graduate of the school. Reformed Theological Seminary has been friends with TEDS for many years. Over the years, a number of our faculty have done their studies there before coming to RTS, and a number of our graduates have gone on to do doctoral work there. We wish TEDS all the best in this new stage of their institutional life. The last twenty years have been…RTS and the Current State of Theological Education
Some of you may have seen this important article over at The Gospel Coalition about the decline and relocation of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) by Collin Hansen, who is a graduate of the school. Reformed Theological Seminary has been friends with TEDS for many years. Over the years, a number of our faculty have done their studies there before coming to RTS, and a number of our graduates have gone on to do doctoral work there. We wish TEDS all the best in this new stage of their institutional life. The last twenty years have been…
The new Reformed Theological Seminary Ministry & Leadership magazine is out (in print and digital). Mine got to the mailbox yesterday evening. RTS friends: be on the lookout for yours. One of my favorite articles is this one: Shades of Faithfulness. Dave Veldkamp tells about the official RTS colors being named for Bob Bailey (“RTS Bailey Burgundy’), and Polly McReynolds Stone (“RTS McReynolds Stone Grey”). I got to know Amanda Bailey soon after coming to Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson in 1990. Amanda was a…
It’s a good week to rehearse the events of the last week of Jesus’ earthly ministry, leading up to the crucifixion and resurrection. Justin Taylor reminds us that: “About one-quarter to one-third of the Four Gospels are devoted to the final week of Jesus’s earthly life.” Justin, and NT scholar Andreas Köstenberger put together a book that gives you the complete text of Scripture in chronological harmony, along with commentary, charts, and maps, so you can have a day-by-day guide to the momentous events that…
Congratulations to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) and United Reformed Churches (URCNA) and Great Commission Publications on the new Trinity Psalter Hymnal (2018). I have only had my copy for a couple of weeks or so, but I want to offer a few…
The great B.B. Warfield once said that “Calvinism” (which he described as as “that sight of the majesty of God that pervades all of life and all of experience” and by which he simply meant that system of theology that joyfully…
A pastor friend of mine contacted me this week and asked if I had written an article on my “top twenty” hymns. The reason he asked me for this is that he pastors a church that has not been using much in the way of traditional hymnody for a number…
“Where should I go to seminary?” “And why?” As you may imagine, as Chancellor of RTS I get asked that question a lot. Usually, the person who is asking me that question is from a confessionally reformed denomination or…
My friend and colleague Dr. Don Sweeting, former President of Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando and now President of Colorado Christian University, recently wrote an important and timely article called The Pastoral Debt Crisis. It is a topic…
Christians tend to be encouraged about their justification (if they understand it), but sometimes discouraged about their sanctification (or seeming lack thereof). Consequently, they miss out of something that is intended to be a blessing from God…