More and more I hear voices in the evangelical world suggesting that wanting to leave your church...
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Discipline Yourself for Godliness
Few issues are as important or as controversial as the role of discipline in the Christian life....
Getting the Most out of Seminary Classes When You’re Already Crazy Busy
It’s a great understatement to say that seminary is a very crazy time of life. The old cliché of...
Ministry Resumes and Search Committees
Ministry resumes are tricky. How do you put it together? What do you include? What do you leave out? How much detail is too much? Do you include a cover letter? If so, what should it say? Do you need recommendations? Can you send resumes to strangers? These are...
What Does It Mean To Be Called?
Dear Seminarian, We have all heard the saying "If I only knew then what I know now." That saying is trustworthy and true and applies to all aspects of life. There are many things in life that we cannot know without the wisdom of hindsight. This also applies to the...
God’s Handiwork in Providing Ordinary Jobs While in Seminary
As I am looking for a job here in Kansas City, I can’t help but reflect back on a job that God put in my life to sustain my wife and me until moving to the seminary. About a month ago I worked at a factory where I operated a machine that packages panty hose. I didn’t...
How the Church Works
As you head off to a new location to attend school, or as you settle into a rigorous schedule of classes in your hometown, it is helpful to remember the importance of the local church. All the Bible classes in the world cannot take the place of what the Church is...
Seminary is Not for Slackers
1 Timothy 3:4-5, "He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?" If I neglect the menial tasks of caring for my household, how...
Cramming Seminary Well
Certainly only through the Lord’s strength and grace to me, during one whole school year on-campus at Southern Seminary, I took a whopping 61 credit hours of class! How is this possible? Still, now, I have no idea how all that happened. God’s mercy pulled me through....
Love the Church, Serve the Church
I was excited when Dave Jenkins, the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries informed the contributor team that he wanted to shift the focus of Servants of Grace toward the seminarian for a season in order to produce articles that were full of God-centered...
11 Ways to Reignite Your Passion for the Bible
Editor’s Note: The purpose of this series is to help students whether they are preparing for, attending, or have graduated from seminary to grow in the God’s grace. To read the rest of the articles in this series click here. ***************** I graduated from seminary...
Three Traps to Avoid in Seminary
Editor’s Note: The purpose of this series is to help students whether they are preparing for, attending, or have graduated from seminary to grow in the God’s grace. To read the rest of the articles in this series click here. ***************** When God called me into...
Embrace Suffering
Editor’s Note: The purpose of this series is to help students whether they are preparing for, attending, or have graduated from seminary to grow in the God’s grace. To read the rest of the articles in this series click here. ***************** 2 Timothy 2:3, “Share in...
Pursue Purity
Editor’s Note: The purpose of this series is to help students whether they are preparing for, attending, or have graduated from seminary to grow in the God’s grace. To read the rest of the articles in this series click here. ***************** God opened my eyes to the...
Grow in Passion of God’s Word
Editor’s Note: The purpose of this series is to help students whether they are preparing for, attending, or have graduated from seminary to grow in the God’s grace. To read the rest of the articles in this series click here. ***************** Seminary is an incredible...