http://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/Recent Quick Take headlines from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TXen-us5/17/2012 12:04:56 AMSWBTS Feed Generator60http://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=75E5C394-9C90-00DF-6CA3497DC4CE5120FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Artist in Residence, Kurt Sprenger, will travel to Japan May 17 to perform recitals in Tokyo and to teach masters violin classes at Tokyo Baptist Church. Sprenger said the recitals are a continuation of tsunami relief efforts he participated in, in the states.Fri 11 May 12 22:01:47 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=8E0DBD2B-ED8D-9C6F-5C3814D7A94AE9DDFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) –Little girls don’t have to be taught to dress up in their mother’s pearls and high heels. No one has to show them how to set a Fisher-Price table with a Toys-R-Us tea set and plastic scones, and no one has to teach them to speak daintily and cordially to the stuffed animals and dolls attending the tea. Yet, somewhere between age 3 and 33, a modern and largely egalitarian society has a way of roughing up those soft edges and coaxing women to brush off those graceful tendencies. Wed 02 May 12 10:40:06 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=5599D27D-0714-5112-6104E510D96497FAFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – According to apologist Peter Williams, Christ hung on the cross on Friday, April 3, A.D. 33—the day of a lunar eclipse in Jerusalem’s skies that turned the moon blood-red.Thu 26 Apr 12 09:02:55 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=55830D04-FE08-7D70-D93B6C71A2959BFDFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Master of Theology student Preston Atwood urged students and faculty to boast only in the Lord during a chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, April 19. Selected to speak during the seminary’s Student Preaching Day, Atwood is the first student to proclaim God’s Word from the pulpit of the seminary’s new MacGorman Chapel and Performing Arts Center.Thu 26 Apr 12 09:00:26 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=5576B4EE-B1A0-55FD-0107AAFAB5B6073CFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – The Southwestern Chamber Chorale presented the Gospel in song at the Music for Missions concert, April 12, telling the story of salvation from the beginning of the Word in John 1:1 to His redemptive work on the cross in John 3:16. The 10 students in the chorale will leave May 13 to share the same message in South Korea and Malaysia during a 24-day mission trip.Thu 26 Apr 12 08:59:05 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=002C1C83-CCBF-E0D9-F12DF91F1C6F6233FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern granted 11 women the Certificate in Education and Ministry and one woman the Leadership Certificate in Women’s Ministry during chapel, April 19. One student at the seminary’s Houston campus also earned a Leadership Certificate in Women’s Ministry, which she received April 24.Tue 24 Apr 12 17:14:03 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=930A183E-A31D-2743-63CF286A741462B1The spring issue of Southwestern News magazine presents a sneak peak into the upcoming Dead Sea Scrolls & the Bible exhibition as well as articles explaining the historical background of the Dead Sea Scrolls discovery, their significance to biblical studies, and the seminary’s research on its own scroll fragments. The Dead Sea Scrolls & the Bible exhibition, which will be housed in MacGorman Chapel, opens July 2, 2012 and will run through January 2013.Thu 12 Apr 12 15:47:32 CSTKeith CollierQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=921C72C2-A4D6-407A-A0454799AFE08577Seventy women received the blessings of Southwestern’s Dressed for Service ministry this spring in Fort Worth and Houston, each shopping with a Women’s Auxiliary (WA) mentor, who helped her select an outfit suitable for serving in ministry. Thu 12 Apr 12 15:21:35 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=91F38844-DE78-0D30-742C82C6BE4E4030Beginning fall 2012, students will have yet another option in the Master of Arts in Christian Education degree as Southwestern’s Women’s Programs introduces a new concentration in homemaking. Previously, only the College at Southwestern offered such a concentration, but with faculty additions and the administration’s approval, master’s students will now have a comparable option to consider in the graduate program. Thu 12 Apr 12 15:17:07 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=912728D0-0652-CA60-135246195D105C08FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Pecan Manor became a picture of spring during Eggstravaganza March 24, as more than 100 children hunted, spotted and found thousands of Easter eggs peppering the lawn. Assistant Professor of Evangelism Matt Queen kicked off the event by gathering all of the children near him next to the prayer garden and telling the story of God's creation, man's sin and God's redemption through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.Wed 28 Mar 12 17:00:02 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=90E54650-06E0-9340-8BD857C2CBDD8E17FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern has adjusted requirements for full-time status for all students and language requirements for Master of Divinity students, both of which will soon affect class registration. Students received an email from the registrar’s office March 24 explaining the changes to the 2012-13 academic catalog.Wed 28 Mar 12 16:52:50 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=515C5454-A82D-AB9A-C95153A6FB67FF91Nigerian student Paul Oluleye desires to spread the joyous news of Christ “to every nook and cranny of the world.” Paul remembers vividly his own baptism, when he identified with the death and resurrection of Christ and joined the church after being saved at age 11. The congregation sang, “Oh happy day, Oh happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away!”—expressing the message of Paul’s name in the Yoruba language: Olukayode, “God brings joy.” Thu 22 Mar 12 11:57:37 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=5146898B-E065-F504-A94425DB9AAE18D2New Testament scholar Robert Yarbrough challenged students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to stand firm in believing the Bible, even amid the various challenges to biblical faith in the 21st-century. Yarbrough reflected on the “Challenge of Believing the Bible” during the three-part Drumwright Lectures at Southwestern Seminary, March 2-3. Thu 22 Mar 12 11:55:14 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=511B66A1-FBF0-78B0-5CF9B578DB4E9843Dorothy Patterson, wife of President Paige Patterson and professor of theology in women’s studies at Southwestern Seminary, underscored the importance of motherhood at a parallel session of the United Nations’ (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held March 6 in New York.Thu 22 Mar 12 11:50:31 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=F1AEC141-D0F8-4FD1-431A316024F4ACA6Fort Worth, Texas (SWBTS) -- A right turn down Seminary Drive, a left turn onto Interstate 35 and a slight veer to the right onto Highway 121, just past Fort Worth’s shiny cluster of skyscrapers will take a driver to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. From there, passengers can board planes and leave for weeks or months to travel to far away lands where they will share the good news of Christ’s sacrifice with a lost world.Wed 29 Feb 12 17:07:49 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=F189CC65-048B-C087-B65FE62AC0105AE4One-third of the students attending classes at Southwestern’s Little Rock extension center received scholarships from the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) for the spring semester. The extension center’s coordinator Tim Deahl says that financial aid, which totaled $4,800, benefits both the students and the state. Wed 29 Feb 12 17:03:47 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=F16C5ABC-C7D2-9677-257EBA78C2C84D6AFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Ethicist Craig Mitchell testified before a congressional committee, Feb. 16, describing the Obama administration’s mandate that all health insurance plans must fully cover contraceptives, even those that cause abortion, as un-American.Wed 29 Feb 12 17:00:34 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=413E63B3-A6CC-5B84-9CDF817160B1896DStudents interacted with top preaching professors and authors during a Grindstone Q-and-A forum, Jan. 31, on the topic of text-driven preaching. Panelists included David Allen, dean of theology at Southwestern Seminary; Danny Akin, president of Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C.; and Steven Smith, dean of the College at Southwestern.Thu 16 Feb 12 14:28:45 CSTKeith CollierQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=4127C288-0EDC-F517-78726ED884093452Edgar Cajas, a Guatemala native and associate professor of church music education at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, joined two other Latin American educators in worship to lead the first-ever bilingual seminar at the Calvin Symposium on Worship in Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 26-28.Thu 16 Feb 12 14:26:16 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=3062BF4A-15C5-E47C-F90BE623C505866EFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – David, a student in the College at Southwestern, spilled his blood so he could share the Gospel with the people of Zambia.Mon 30 Jan 12 14:51:12 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=11C68CC9-15C5-E47C-F9B29C66A089B8DAFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) –Fence-rattling action characterized the 2012 Spring Kickoff dodge ball tournament, Jan. 20, where the RAC team collected yet another victory, having won the fall tournament, as well. Other student, staff and faculty teams did not leave the court easily though but gave the audience of about 250 a thrilling show of high-energy jumping, leaping, ducking and, of course, dodging.Tue 24 Jan 12 16:11:59 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=ECE85C3F-15C5-E47C-F9C7D24B25DA9B50FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – In the digital age, thousands of resources are available at the click of a mouse or swipe of a finger. Southwestern’s online presence includes a plethora of free resources, including audio files, eBooks, articles and other tools for students and pastors.Tue 17 Jan 12 12:22:58 CSTKeith CollierQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=ECCEAE84-15C5-E47C-F94844672B66362DFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) –While she was teaching junior high home economics, Pat Ennis’ pastor recruited her to develop curriculum for a homemaking program in the college the church wanted to start. One trip to the Christian bookstore, however, revealed that she had just embarked on a road rarely traveled. Tue 17 Jan 12 11:54:55 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=61315731-15C5-E47C-F98DCB2DF87D5603FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Guinell Freeman, a distinguished alumna at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and longtime educational director at the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Fla., died Dec. 19.Wed 21 Dec 11 09:15:50 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=1E31F336-15C5-E47C-F92E549A4FBFF5A8FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) –The Baptist Convention of Guatemala invited Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, to speak during its annual meeting in Guatemala City, Nov. 8-10.Thu 08 Dec 11 09:01:57 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=AE0766C8-15C5-E47C-F97F1706BBFA76FCWhen Charles Carpenter’s students in the College at Southwestern see him in class for the first time, wearing a suit and tie, and when they hear that he is a Ph.D. student with two master’s degrees, they never imagine that he once aspired to work at and retire from the Dr. Pepper factory in small-town Manteca, Calif.Wed 16 Nov 11 14:18:00 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=AE02BDB4-15C5-E47C-F9B163E5DB7CB7BDThe Jack D. Terry School of Church and Family Ministries recently launched Didache, a new organization that will foster community and learning in the school. The new organization hosted a brown-bag luncheon, Nov. 8, featuring Deron Biles, dean of extension education at Southwestern Seminary.Wed 16 Nov 11 14:12:55 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=93060D8E-15C5-E47C-F99290E1B28B848DFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) –After two verses of three hymns each, a plate of fried chicken and cornbread, and testimonies from two preachers, women at the Women’s Auxiliary Luncheon could have sworn they were at a good ol‘ Baptist revival. Given the atmosphere created by the red and white gingham linens, old hymnals and wooden fans, they may have been hard pressed to remember they were actually in the Seelig Banquet Room at Southwestern learning about all the ways they can continue to serve the kingdom.Fri 11 Nov 11 08:26:47 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=69D76CEF-15C5-E47C-F98CB0A36FFF4BF9Jason Lee, associate professor of historical theology at Southwestern Seminary, presented research during the internationally known Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC), which met in Fort Worth, Oct. 27-30.Thu 03 Nov 11 09:31:25 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=69D5625E-15C5-E47C-F984823C90412CA3For more than 15 years, a local ministry has been the answer, for many Southwestern Seminary students, to a biblical prayer: “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matt. 6:11). Thu 03 Nov 11 09:29:11 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=69D309AE-15C5-E47C-F917F39193E536B0Serving on a local mission field has compelled seminary student Kristen Bishop to look at the poor and needy from a new perspective.Thu 03 Nov 11 09:26:38 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=21F0BC5A-15C5-E47C-F9DE62BB363A0814FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – For the youth at Grace Temple Baptist Church (GTBC), the agenda of activities does not include numerous trips to play laser tag but rather to learn about intentional evangelism by hitting the streets of Dallas to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Matt Rucker, an M.Div. student at Southwestern and youth minister at GTBC, decided to use what he learned from professor Matt Queen’s contemporary evangelism class and take it a step further with his youth.Thu 20 Oct 11 10:26:24 CSTStephanie BeardQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=21EFD651-15C5-E47C-F99C66B10F56F73ABrent Tucker scanned the scrolling announcements on the projection screens as he waited for chapel to begin at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Visiting the campus for the annual expository preaching workshop, Tucker watched with interest as slides announced events and ministry opportunities for students. Then one announcement piqued his interest, an announcement for No Soul Left Behind.Thu 20 Oct 11 10:25:25 CSTKeith CollierQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=F8D4D9C4-15C5-E47C-F90CBB93E29D5E66FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Some might compare the dialogue on worship in the Christian community to a game of tug of war. Some say it should be done this way, and others say it should be done that way. Ph.D. student Scott Aniol says the only thing that matters is that it is done God’s way.Wed 12 Oct 11 10:51:31 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=F8C4E42E-15C5-E47C-F9BEBADB18247E7CFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – With Gospel tracts in hand, Southwestern students Matthias Reimer and *Kennedy Mathis head away from campus and into a popular hangout spot for teens to share the love of Jesus Christ. The Lord has given them a heart to reach Rosedale Park, which sits across the street from the seminary’s student village housing. Wed 12 Oct 11 10:34:05 CSTStephanie BeardQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=F8BF7911-15C5-E47C-F9883D0BD94FD7C7FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Matt Speight considered door-to-door evangelism an outdated method. However, that was before he visited houses around Southwestern Seminary with his evangelism professor. Speight changed his opinion when they met Manuel, a man who accepted Christ when they took the time to share their faith in Manuel’s neighborhood.Wed 12 Oct 11 10:28:10 CSTRebecca CarterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=DAB868AE-15C5-E47C-F928EDC5F57FC9A9BOSTON (SWBTS) – Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, preached at Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall—dubbed “The Cradle of Liberty”—during the meeting of the Baptist Bible Fellowship International, Sept. 26.Thu 06 Oct 11 14:31:51 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=B0B6FD26-15C5-E47C-F92EF5A1C58C9946FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern Seminary was one of 16 schools to receive a $15,000 grant in order to learn how better to prepare doctoral students for teaching within academia. The grant was provided by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.Wed 28 Sep 11 10:46:14 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=AC61D7DA-15C5-E47C-F98A429E1CF29491FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary faculty members are slated to present papers during the 63rd national meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) in San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 16-18. The theme of the 2011 conference is “No Other Name.”Tue 27 Sep 11 14:34:45 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=9255D36E-15C5-E47C-F96490850B7C8284More than a dozen lamps trimmed in bronze and embellished in frills bathed the high-ceilinged banquet room in a warm, golden glow. With heavy satin drapes cascading from the top of tall windows and with a pale blue carpet softening the sounds in the room, it could have been a parlor in a 19th century socialite home.Thu 22 Sep 11 13:11:30 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=876A8BBA-15C5-E47C-F9EE0D7CCFE10016FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern Seminary’s dean of theology David Allen was named a fellow of the ERLC Research Institute during a fall trustee meeting of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Sept. 12-13.Tue 20 Sep 11 10:18:19 CSTKeith CollierQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=837C32EC-15C5-E47C-F986B498D8A62FA2FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Nearly 18 years after his death, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s first full-time evangelism professor C.E. Autrey continues to make an impact on the world.Mon 19 Sep 11 15:59:07 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=836BB0EC-15C5-E47C-F9B1C58AA8279DC0FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Students and faculty kicked off International Church Planting week with a touchdown of a night at the Skene festival, where nearly 150 people camped out to pray for missions and to remember those serving on the mission field.Mon 19 Sep 11 15:41:05 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=8366B45A-15C5-E47C-F9A218299EA772E2FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Despite a rudimentary knowledge of the Spanish language, Master of Divinity student Will Wright has a burden to reach men, women and children with the Gospel at a Latino mall only two miles from the seminary. Wright and others have consistently visited the mall since fall 2010.Mon 19 Sep 11 15:35:38 CSTKeith CollierQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=836309B9-15C5-E47C-F9E980EBD98C7B07FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – When asked in May to join another student and a professor as they shared the Gospel in neighborhoods around Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Arelie shied from the task.Mon 19 Sep 11 15:31:38 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=4967F15E-15C5-E47C-F9F4DA0B6D898B78Nick and Amanda Bonacci have the heart for missions that Dr. Tom Elliff spoke of when he addressed students and faculty in chapel on August 30. They also have a heart for the Japanese people—a heart that drew them back to Osaka, Japan, with seven other students and one professor, July 31 – Aug. 11.Thu 08 Sep 11 09:19:01 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=49665793-15C5-E47C-F9A2CF5400D28FF2One Magnificent Obsession (OMO) will resume its weekly meetings for praise, presentation and prayer for the nations on Sept. 2. Held every Friday evening at 7 p.m., OMO highlights a different nation each week.Thu 08 Sep 11 09:17:16 CSTSharayah ColterQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=49651ED4-15C5-E47C-F94291BC89DD8C33After murdering five men, Jessie was freed from prison because of a technicality, or so he told Mark Oberkrom, a student at Southwestern Seminary.Thu 08 Sep 11 09:15:56 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=49633419-15C5-E47C-F956B86CC397D792Students, staff, faculty members and their families were not the only ones who flocked to the lawn north of Southwestern Seminary’s B.H. Carroll Memorial Building, Sept. 1. The seminary’s fall 2011 campus picnic and church fair also attracted a drove of goats, chickens, sheep and a donkey.Thu 08 Sep 11 09:13:50 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Takehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=4950A988-15C5-E47C-F99331CCF0E86CCBVarious cultures bring in the new year with various customs: Spaniards eat twelve grapes at midnight, the Dutch fuel bonfires with Christmas trees, and people in the United States sing a rousing chorus of “Auld Lang Syne.” But Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary kicks off a new academic year with verve as members of the seminary community pelt one another with dodgeballs.Thu 08 Sep 11 08:53:35 CSTBenjamin HawkinsQuick Take