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Scripture alone. Grace alone. Faith alone. Christ alone. To the glory of God alone.
More than five centuries later, these truths still mark faithful gospel ministry. The Reformers called the church back to the Word, and the Word of God remains the foundation of faithful ministry today.
Happy Reformation Day!
Scripture alone. Grace alone. Faith alone. Christ alone. To the glory of God alone.
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther called the church back to the Word of God. What the Reformers recovered, they confessed in five convictions:
Sola Scriptura: Scripture is the final authority over the church, its traditions, and its leaders. (2 Timothy 3:16–17)
Sola Gratia: Salvation is God’s undeserved gift, never a wage we earn. (Ephesians 2:8–9)
Sola Fide: Sinners are declared righteous through faith in Christ, apart from works of the law. (Romans 1:17)
Solus Christus: Christ is the only Mediator between God and man, and his finished work is enough. (1 Timothy 2:5)
Soli Deo Gloria: All of salvation, and all of life, exists for the glory of God. (Romans 11:36)
More than five centuries later, these truths still mark faithful gospel ministry. The Reformers called the church back to the Word, and the Word of God remains the foundation of faithful ministry today.
Happy Reformation Day!
For Prof. Trevor Coleman, worship leadership is about more than planning a service. The songs a church sings shape its affections, its understanding of God, and its identity in Christ.
In the classroom, Prof. Coleman teaches worship leaders to think carefully about how God’s Word informs the songs they choose and the services they lead. But one priority rises above the rest: learning to love the people they serve. That love should shape how worship leaders care for their congregations, especially through seasons of change.
Get to know Prof. Coleman, whose teaching points worship leaders back to the people standing in front of them and the Christ they have gathered to worship.
"One of my particular priorities is to help worship leaders love people – to love people even more than the services they plan.
I'm passionate about helping worship leaders prepare to lead wisely through seasons of change in the local church worship gathering. The wise worship leader cultivates a spirit of love and trust with their congregation as they navigate new opportunities and expressions of worship in the church."
Worship leaders must learn to love what their people love, and the church needs to see that their worship leader loves them. Only after that love has been established can the worship leader guide their congregation into new expressions of worship, as they seek to honor Christ as the worshiping people of God."
Professor Trevor Coleman is Assistant Professor of Church Music and Worship, and Director of Doxology Vocal Ensemble.
He teaches various classes on Church Music and Worship including: Doxology Vocal Ensemble, Technology for Music and Worship, Worship Ministry in the Church, and more.
"What's your place in the Great Commission that springs forth from the greatest commission?"
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In today's chapel, Dr. Keith McKinley, Professor of Christian Mission at Southern Seminary, preached from Isaiah 49:1–6 on the Servant's commission to be a light to the nations, so that God's salvation reaches the end of the earth.
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Christ is the Servant who fulfilled that commission, and His mission is the ground of ours. Even when our labor feels in vain, our reward is with the Lord, so we take up His commission and witness to the ends of the earth.
Pastors need to know where they stand on homosexuality and why.
Dr. York argues that a pastor’s convictions on homosexuality shouldn’t shift based on personal relationships or circumstances.The goal isn’t simply to take a position, but to faithfully teach what Scripture says and lovingly walk with people who are struggling with sin.
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Why did Jesus speak in parables?
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Dr. Stevens explains how Jesus' parables serve a double purpose, drawing His followers deeper into the secrets of the kingdom while exposing the hardened hearts of those who reject Him. Turning to Matthew 13 and the prodigal son in Luke 15, he shows that even the parables that divide still invite those on the outside to come in.
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"What's the kudzu in your life?"
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In today's chapel, Dr. Jonathan Pennington, Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Southern Seminary, preached from Luke 8:4–21 on the parable of the sower and Jesus' call to take care how we hear.
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Possessions, status, and security can quietly choke out the Word of God in our lives. Jesus' warnings are a means of grace, calling us back to listen and bear fruit, and that is true freedom.
“You should not have to choose between the highest level of theological study and the people God has entrusted to you.” — Provost Paul Akin
Southern Seminary’s PhD is built around your ministry. Complete two seminars in a single week on campus and be home to preach on Sunday.
Whether God has called you to the pulpit, the classroom, or the mission field, you can pursue the highest level of theological training without setting your ministry aside.
Every concentration is available in a modular format beginning fall 2027.
Read more here: sbts.edu/news/southern-semin…
Southern Seminary mourns the passing of Dr. James Parker III, who died Oct. 23 at age 77.
Dr. Parker joined our faculty in 1999 as professor of worldview and culture and spent decades teaching students to defend the Christian faith with competence and conviction. For many years he lived on campus in Foster Hall, where students knew him as a neighbor, a storyteller, and a friend.
“Jim Parker loved ideas, and he taught a generation of students to love ideas,” said President R. Albert Mohler Jr. “He was greatly loved by students.”
Read his full story in the comments.
Last week, we welcomed friends and supporters of Southern Seminary and Boyce College to campus for Heritage Week. It was a joy to share fellowship, hear updates from Dr. Mohler on all the Lord is doing, and give thanks together for His faithfulness to this institution.
To all who made the trip, thank you. Your faithful partnership helps prepare the next generation of ministers who know the Truth and serve Christ’s church faithfully.
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I am saddened to learn that my former @SBTS professor, Dr. James Parker, passed away last night. Dr. Parker had an extraordinary academic pedigree. He studied at Baylor, Trinity, Princeton, Basel, and Johns Hopkins, and he delighted in pointing out that he could trace his academic lineage through generations of teachers all the way back to John Calvin.
What made this even more endearing was how lightly he wore all of it. While many of his colleagues built substantial publishing careers, Dr. Parker often joked that one of his great contributions to scholarship was a 2001 Baptist Press article about Santa Claus. He could trace his academic lineage to Calvin, but he was far more likely to tell you a funny story than to remind you of his credentials.
During my years as a student at Southern Seminary, Dr. Parker became a regular part of my life. I joined his shepherding group as an M.Div. student—admittedly, in part because I had heard he took his students to a very nice Brazilian steakhouse at the end of the semester. Later, during my doctoral studies, I worked in the School of Theology, and it was almost guaranteed that Dr. Parker would stop by for an hour or more to talk and tell stories. He seemed to know nearly every significant evangelical figure of the twentieth century, and his stories about them were endlessly entertaining.
Dr. Parker also somehow convinced the dean to let professors eat in the seminary dining hall for half price, which meant that over my five years as an on-campus student, I shared literally hundreds of meals with him. He taught one of my doctoral colloquium, but some of the most important things I learned from him came outside the classroom. Dr. Parker taught me, among other things, not to take myself too seriously.
For several years I lived at the Duck and Goose, a house long associated with men preparing for ministry at Southern. Dr. Parker told me that years earlier the men there had hosted professors for dinner, and he encouraged my roommates and me to revive the tradition—with the understanding, of course, that he would be the first professor invited. We gladly obliged and hosted him several times.
I am grateful for the classes, the meals, the long conversations, the stories, and the friendship. Southern Seminary has lost one of its great characters, and I will miss him.
“The churches that sing best are the churches where the senior pastor deeply cares.”
Last week, hymn writer Keith Getty joined Jeremy Pierre and Trevor Coleman at The Bookstore at Southern to talk about singing in the life of the church.
His charge to future pastors was simple: take responsibility for what your people sing. Give them songs that span the whole counsel of God, sing with them, and care about it. As Getty put it, a great song “you will have with you the rest of your life.”
Headed to your state convention? Southern Seminary is hosting alumni and friends gatherings in Texas, Alabama, and Tennessee, plus a Kentucky luncheon with Dr. Mohler on Nov. 9.
Reserve your seat: inside.sbts.edu/alumni
