In the college programs at Bethlehem, we aim to graduate men and women who are ready to witness for Christ with wisdom and wonder for the rest of their lives. Fulfilling that aim requires not only intellectual but also spiritual formation during a student’s time here. Therefore, we seek to shape students’ desires by developing […]
Several New Testament Gospels record (Mark 14:3–9; Matt 26:6–13; John 12:1–8) that a woman once poured a whole jar of expensive perfume over Jesus’s head. The reaction of those around Jesus was indignation for evidently the perfume could have been sold for a lot of money and given to the poor. But Jesus responds to […]
In modern missionary history, no person likely casts a larger shadow than William Carey. His faithfulness in giving his life to reach the people of India with the gospel is still inspiring believers today, over 200 hundred years later! Towards the end of his life, when asked how his ministry was sustainable for decades, he […]
In lieu of the normal prayer letter, I’d like to share with you a note that I sent to our faculty in light of the global events of the last week. Like me, I’m sure that many of you are following in some measure the unfolding conflict in Ukraine. In addition to providing an opportunity […]
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire,” said a Nobel prize winner.[1] Trustee Justin Taylor puts it this way: “Christian education recognizes the insufficiency of merely receiving, retaining, and relaying notional knowledge (1 Corinthians 8:1; Matthew 7:21–23), but insists that…our study results in delight.”[2] No wonder the […]
To say that the last week has been full would be an understatement. Between my inauguration on Sunday night and the relaunch of Serious Joy: The Bethlehem Conference for Pastors, our week at Bethlehem has been full of activity. And as we reach the end of it, I am full of gratitude to God. I […]
This semester I have the privilege of teaching second-year seminary students Greek exegesis. We are working through the Greek text of the Gospel of Matthew with an eye to exegeting Greek narrative well. This means we are paying close attention to the grammatical and syntactical features of Greek narrative. Earlier in the semester we came […]
Our chapel theme this semester at Bethlehem College & Seminary is “Uncommon Virtues.” In many ways, it flows from last semester’s theme “Abide in Jesus.” Last fall I defined “abiding in Jesus” as a long-standing orientation to Jesus marked by a conscious sense of dependence and need for Jesus, drawing strength and nourishment from the […]
My aim, as we so often say here, is to report to you God’s faithfulness to the students and faculty of Bethlehem College & Seminary in the generosity he stirred in the hearts of many during 2021 redounding to the support of The Serious Joy Scholarship —the financial instrument that permits all full-time students to launch […]
At Bethlehem College & Seminary, my alma mater and the place where I currently have the privilege of serving vocationally, we believe that under the authority of God’s inerrant word, we exist to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ by equipping […]