Monthly Archives: June 2007

I’ve seen something floating around in the world of blogs, and I want to address it. It’s this: when someone advocates a certain moral or social principle that is not explicitly commanded in Scripture, that person is acting legalistically, and … Continue reading →

I try to incorporate responses to my posts into my blogs and to use thoughtful comments or questions to direct my own writing, when appropriate. But it’s good to take a more relaxed day to quickly respond to interesting points … Continue reading →

One of the challenging aspects of seminary is this: the need most of us have to work. Unlike other graduate students, we are not usually given funding for our program of study. This makes for an interesting and often difficult … Continue reading →

Professors cast a large shadow over the seminary community. They are often the reason that seminarians come to a certain seminary over others. Professors have the opportunity to hugely shape the thoughts and actions of future pastors. The relationship between … Continue reading →

One of the primary problems seminarians have to fight is that of competition. It may surprise you that this is so, but I have observed many examples of competitiveness among the future pastors of God’s flock. It makes sense that … Continue reading →

I’m still not used to the graduate school calendar, or, for that matter, the post-primary education school calendar. Eight years after graduating from Machias Memorial High School in Machias, Me, it still feels odd to be out of school in … Continue reading →

I want to encourage you to check out the website of New England Theological Seminary, a church-planting operation based in Vermont’s Christ Memorial Church. Located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, the program is led by Pastor Wes Pastor, a Westminster … Continue reading →

I wasn’t intending to revisit my series from last week, but I’ve received some feedback that I want to address. 1) I am not saying that all women who play contact sports become brutish or unmanly. I don’t think you’ll … Continue reading →

A few quick hits today:1) I hope the teaching-as-ministry blogs were encouraging to some of you out there. My own mother is a teacher in a public school, and it warms my heart to think of all the quiet ministry … Continue reading →

I want in this blog to encourage students who are not called to the pastorate but who want to do ministry to consider teaching in a public school. The work will be hard, costly, and spiritually challenging, but it will … Continue reading →