I did not grow up going to church every week. My parents did not have family worship every evening, or ever that I recall. No adult that I was around on a regular basis read their Bible conspicuously, but even as a kid I knew that my grandmother (“Mamaw” to us) did.

One of my early...

I’m an insignificant pastor in a small church in a forgettable town. Many of my friends have gone on to plant or pastor successful churches with exponential growth, vibrant community, and lush gospel fruit. That hasn’t been my experience. My guess is, there are a lot of you out there in...

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Pastor Well S1E6 Show Notes:

• Call to and early years of ministry
• Personal philosophy of preaching
• Sermon preparation
• The role of prayer in preaching
• The impact of wives on their husbands’ preaching
• Preaching “bad” sermons
• The role of...

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In evangelical debates over women in ministry, two biblical texts have always stood as an obvious obstacle to the egalitarian view:

But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. (1 Timothy 2:12)

The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are...

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Pastor Well S1E5 Show Notes:

• Introduction
• Courtship and the first few years of marriage
• Tanya’s salvation & baptism
• Teaching at Seminary Wives Institute (SWI)
• Being a pastor’s wife
• Joys and trials of a Christ-centered marriage
• A lifetime...

The news cycle often becomes discouraging, a daily catalog of a world so broken by sin. Having a strong biblical worldview has made all the difference for Charissa Crotts. She graduated from Boyce College in 2018 and shortly thereafter began interning at WORLD Magazine under editor-in-chief Marvin...

Helping plant a church in Atlanta, Georgia, was a homecoming for Blake Rogers, and that church has grown more than he could have ever anticipated.

Rogers, a graduate of both Boyce College (2011) and Southern Seminary (2016), returned to his home state to help plant a church, Christ Covenant, in the...

For Niko Kampouris, a career in business almost seemed a foregone conclusion.

Kampouris’ father came to America from Greece in the early 1980s, settling in the Boston area and beginning various businesses from selling fruit on the roadside to selling backsplashes and countertops for kitchens...

How long have you been in the Boyce College classroom?

I’ve been teaching at Boyce College since 2008.

What’s your favorite course to teach? Why?

I can hardly believe that I get to do what I do and that I get to do it at Boyce College. Sometimes I have to pinch myself. To make a living at...

Dominick Hernández, assistant professor of Old Testament and director of the Online Hispanic Program, is one of the newest faculty members at Southern Seminary. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, he has an extensive education background in the Old Testament and the languages of...

The youth group from Michael Memorial Baptist Church was on their way to a summer camp in Wilmore, Kentucky. Casey Boss was in between 10th and 11th grade then. When they passed by Louisville, one of her youth pastors asked if she’d considered attending Boyce College.

She hadn’t. Really,...

If you ask any Boyce student about Dave DeKlavon, they won’t talk about him like he’s just a professor. Of course, he certainly is one — he has a Ph.D. in New Testament and served as the school’s associate dean for academic administration since Boyce became a four-year...

The roots of Boyce College date back to 1974, when Southern Seminary launched the Boyce Bible School as a non-degree granting undergraduate program in ministerial training for pastors (primarily professional adults) without college prerequisites such as high school. The school’s first dean...

Why did you decide the Seminary Track was right for you?

Choosing the Seminary Track was one of the easiest decisions of my life. I originally was discouraged because I felt called to go to seminary but had no earthly idea what to do for my undergrad. Along with that, I did not want to be in school...

A few days ago, I had the immense privilege of speaking to a group of expatriate believers whose home churches were experiencing state-initiated persecution. The experience of their friends and fellow believers in their homeland is the latest attack on the Church in a long history that stretches...

My family had recently moved to a new city and we were visiting a new church. The service started well, but moments after the preacher entered the pulpit, my heart stopped. This was going to be the worst sermon I had ever heard.

Quickly, the preacher checked off my pet peeves for poor preaching....

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Pastor Well S1E4 Show Notes:

• Introduction and background
• Joys and challenges of church planting in Atlanta
• Preaching style, preparation, and philosophy
• John’s wife, Shawndra, and the blessings of having a supportive wife while preaching and...

If we were to compile a catalog of practices that are essential to the Christian faith, what would be included? Among other essentials, baptism would certainly need to be high on the list. Baptism is one of the means by which Jesus commissions his followers to make disciples (Matt. 28:18–20)....

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Pastor Well S1E3 Show Notes:

• Jen’s introduction to theology and call to ministry
• Complementarianism and women in ministry
• Jen’s writing, and her desire to teach people how to read the Bible
• Personal teaching/writing style and philosophy
• Rol...

The other day, as I was driving to church, I passed several mosques, a couple of Hindu temples, a Bahai temple, an Ethiopian Orthodox church and food markets from around the world.  As globalization continues to thrive in America, more immigrants and refugees are finding a new home in the...

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Pastor Well S1E2 Show Notes:

• The current state of the IMB
• Dealing with spiritual warfare in the midst of challenging new ministry opportunities
• How theological training has shaped his past and present ministry
• Personal philosophy of preaching
• Serving...

The church possesses two books to aid in worship: the Word of God and the hymnal. The Scriptures stand as the perfect and unwavering revelation of God throughout the ages. It is our rule, and the only infallible word on all matters of our faith and practice. The hymnal exists in submission to the...

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