Be The Fruit

Back to School Time! For me!

Tomorrow I fire up what will be my third year of seminary.  Didn’t I just start?  Time does fly when you are having fun.  Yes, that’s right.  Seminary can be fun, but most of all it is incredibly rewarding.  I feel especially blessed to be able to take the bulk of my classes at Southern [...]

Can your parenting reflect Christian Eschatology?

Dr. Russell Moore shows how proper parenting shows our children, and others, a picture of God’s future judgement and kingdom.  Read his post here.
Here is an excerpt where he explains how proper punishment of our children reflects God’s punishment for sin:
A parent disciplining a child, for instance, communicates to the child the discipline and judgment of God [...]

The Old Heresies look like the New Ones

Al Mohler has some very interesting reflections after visiting the site where Ralph Waldo Emerson gave a speech to aspiring ministers at Harvard University in 1838 calling them to reject teaching the Bible, but to rather focus on teaching their own intuition and religious sentiments.  Read the article here.
Mohler rightly points out that these ideas [...]

Is the Bible on your Reading List?

One thing I learned very quickly about seminary is that there is lots and lots of required reading.  It is interesting because before I began seminary I was not much of a reader, but now I find myself going over and above the required reading because I come across books and topics that I want [...]

Expository Counseling

Yesterday I got started on my J-term.  I am taking Typical Problems in Biblical Counseling taught by Dr. Stuart Scott.  This is my second class with Dr. Scott, and I am looking forward to learning a ton of stuff this week.
Dr. Scott threw out an idea in class yesterday regarding something he would like to [...]

Evangelism in the workplace.

I am currently taking a Personal Evangelism class, and one of the objectives of the class is to teach us how to equip others to do evangelism.  I have been really trying to get my mind wrapped around what evangelism should look like for the non-professionals in the church.  To figure that out, I have [...]

Scripture Memorization

I am working on memorizing 40 verses for my Personal Evangelism class midterm test.  So, forgive me if you see me this weekend and I quote scripture to you.
 I think the toughest part will be getting some conjunctions and tenses mixed up.  Some verses start with and, some start with but, and some start with [...]

Keys for Soul-Winning

From The Soul-Winner by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
Spurgeon lists eight key qualifications that a preacher must have in order to reach men and be the instrument to save their souls.

Not an ignoramus – Don’t be ignorant about the content of which you are preaching. “being to a great extent ignorant of the things of God himself, I [...]

You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em!

If you happen to hear any rumors that Kenny Rogers has been evangelizing on the streets of Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday nights, don’t believe them.  It seems as though there is a Kenny Rogers imposter that drives in from in from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on Sunday evenings that has taken to the downtown [...]

Biblical Counseling

I just finished up the lecture time for my Gender, marriage, and sex class a little while ago.  8 am to 8 pm on Tuesday, 8 am to 5:30 pm on Wed, and 8 am to 8 pm tonight with lunch and supper breaks as well.  Long days, but I never got bored. 
This was my [...]