A Summary of Act & Potency
By Daniel Roberts, Earlier this week, Southern Evangelical Seminary hosted its first Open House of the year! On-campus students received a t-shirt citing one of Thomas Aquinas’ famous distinctions, the distinction between act and potency. As promised to the students in attendance, this article aims to provide a summary of the meanings of these terms and […]
Romans 1 and Man’s Knowledge of God: A Response to Fred Butler
By Adam Tucker, A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of participating in a cordial dialog with Fred Butler, of Grace to You Ministries, on the merits of classical vs. presuppositional apologetics. The original discussion can be found here. I appreciated the respectful nature of the discussion, and I think a lot of important […]
The Isle of Wisdom: Why Study in a Formal Setting?
By Jeff Lenhart, After earning a degree in Biblical Studies at an evangelical Bible College, I wanted to continue my learning. I desired to attend a seminary and earn a degree to study even deeper. My undergraduate education made me aware of several areas of study that interested me greatly, were pertinent to my […]
TEAM Cross Training: Tactical Evangelism
This event was held at Southern Evangelical Seminary. Topics addressed how to do evangelism, what evangelism is, and how to engage people in a relevant and meaningful way. PDF decks can be found here.
Some Brief Thoughts on Application in Biblical Interpretation
By Dr. Thomas Howe, Every hermeneutics book concludes with a section on Application. Everyone makes some observation like the following from Grant Osborne: “The static study of the original meaning of a text dare never be an end in itself but must at all times have as its goal the dynamic application of the text […]
Is God Calling You to Go Deeper in 2016?
SES is opening the 2016 year with several ways you can #GoDeeper in 2016. Check out all the options!