as i sat down to read in the small commons area on campus last winter, i struggled to find a place to sit my coffee and newspaper on the table in front of me.
why? because the person across from me had his feet propped up on the table meant to be shared by the four [...]
Dockery, David S. and Roger D. Duke. John A. Broadus: A Living Legacy Studies in Baptist Life and Thought, ed. Michael A.G. Haykin. Nashville: Broadman and Holman Academic, 2008. 260 pp. $19.99.
Introduction to John A. Broadus - A Living Legacy
This book is first in a series of books that looks back at the history [...]
With everyone getting back into the pace of Seminary life, I thought it would be a good time to talk about study skills. So, use the comments below to share your best advice for academic success in Seminary.
Why are you at seminary?
If you are like most, you will say that you are at seminary in order to receive training for ministry. You are learning. You are working. You are thinking hard. You are doing what is necessary to get out of seminary and into a place of service [...]
Q: How does paying $860 for one online theology class make you feel?
A: Only a little less cheated than dropping the class and failing to graduate.
It’s always puzzled me that so few Seminary professors qualify what they are asking you to do with your assigned books. I know Mortimer Adler describes several types of reading. A few well placed block quotes from How To Read A Book could really clarify a professors expectations.
But normally, lack of definition leaves the student [...]
This is a post by Chuck Anderson, an incoming SBTS student from Florida. I’ve asked him to write for Said at Southern. Among other topics, he’ll be giving a first year student perspective to the blog. ~Tony K.
On August 7th, I moved to Louisville, Kentucky to begin studying at Southern Seminary, and it has been [...]