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A challenging new landscape for Christian graduate education forces major moves. Fuller Theological Seminary announced plans this week to sell its 70-year-old Pasadena, California, campus and move to a new location designed to facilitate its expanded online education offerings in the wake of shifting enrollment. The decision to leave its main campus for a siteContinue reading “Fuller Seminary to Leave Pasadena Campus”

Let’s ask the early church fathers. Sometimes we start our history in the wrong place. It can be tempting to trace our roots back to the origin of our denomination or even the origin of Christianity in our country. But taking a longer view by tracing our roots back to the early church fathers leadsContinue reading “Whatever Happened to Gifts of Language, Prophecy, and Healing?”

Decision follows Southern Baptist leader’s apology to women for past comments. He clarified. He defended. He apologized. And now, after weeks of controversy, Southern Baptist icon Paige Patterson is no longer president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS). School trustees announced early Wednesday morning that Patterson, one of the most powerful and influential figures inContinue reading “Paige Patterson Out After Southwestern Trustees Vote”

David Hesselgrave is considered the founding dean of modern evangelical missiology. Nearly a decade ago I had the privilege of co-editing a book alongside Dr. David Hesselgrave called MissionShift: Global Mission Issues in the Third Millennium. It was an honor to co-labor on a project with a man who had been so influential not onlyContinue reading “Celebrating David Hesselgrave (1924-2018), Missiologist and Professor”

The Evangelical Missiological Society founder changed how we think of contextualizing the gospel. David Hesselgrave, the driving force behind the evangelical study of missions in the 20th century, died this week at age 94. Hesselgrave built the missions program at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) and cofounded the Evangelical Missiological Society, teaching generations of scholarsContinue reading “Died: David Hesselgrave, Scholar Who Made Missions Cross-Cultural”

New offerings and global reach prompt more institutions to adopt “university” designation. Almost 900 students graduated this past weekend from Calvin College, taking home diplomas that in just a couple years will be relics from the school’s history. Two weeks ago, the Christian liberal arts college announced plans to change its name to Calvin UniversityContinue reading “Goodbye, Calvin College: Christian Schools Play the ‘Name Game’”

How to understand the “catastrophe” of 1948 and its impact on today’s Israel. On April 18, the fifth day of the Hebrew month of Iyar, Israelis celebrated the 70th anniversary of their country’s founding. On May 14, Palestinians commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (Arabic for “catastrophe”), the year they lost their homeland toContinue reading “Beyond the Nakba: 7 Ways Christians Can Affirm a Positive Future for Palestinians”

The key is not the total suspension of confidence or even certainty, but rather the judicious placement of confidence and trust. The commitment of American evangelicals towards gospel propagation is evident from their dominant presence in Protestant mission (vast majority of U.S. based Protestant missionaries are evangelicals) and in the identities of their greatest heroesContinue reading “Doubt Is Not Unbelief: Evangelicals and the Stigma of Doubt”

The end of school invites retrospection. But we have something better to look forward to. About a week before my eldest child went to college, my family and I took him out for Sunday lunch. During the meal, one of his grandmothers asked me if I wished I could turn back time. My eldest satContinue reading “Parents: Let Go of Graduation Nostalgia”

New historical research by Brian J. Wright shows that early Christians were surprisingly bookish. Brian J. Wright first experienced communal reading more than 15 years ago, which led him into the field of textual criticism and put him “three inches from the text.” He spent time photographing manuscripts and working with the fine details ofContinue reading “Reading Together, Early Church Style”