In 1 Corinthians 15:3 Paul says that “Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,” and that this, along with his burial, resurrection, and resurrection appearances, is “of first importance” to believers. It’s the “gospel” that Paul preached and that we receive (1 Cor. 15:1–2). At our recent Godward Life conference I had […]
Someone manifestly did not want me to go teach at the Bethlehem Seminary’s extension site in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The realization erupted in my mind after the Cameroonian border agent explained to me that he could not allow me to enter the country. Everything beforehand also seemed to agree with that thought. Indeed, my […]
As parents of two Bethlehem College graduates, we were asked to address the parents of new students during orientation week. Our topic had two themes: parenting college-aged children and facing the concerns of our children being students in an inner-city context. We have five adult children, three of whom live in the Twin Cities area. […]
“Charlie Kirk got shot!” On Wednesday afternoon, my sixteen-year-old shared this message with me about the shocking murder of one of his generation’s heroes. Charlie Kirk was just 31 years old, a husband and father, an outspoken Christian, a compelling apologist, a best-selling author, an influential cultural leader. As he responded to questions from a […]
It was my honor to attend the Memorial Service for Pastor John MacArthur in Grace Community Church’s building in Los Angeles, California. I am grateful that God gave me the opportunity to attend. John Piper’s reflections about John MacArthur were fitting and touching (watch from about 58:15 to 1:13:50 in the video of the service). […]
Bethlehem College and Seminary held a Convocation this week to seek the Lord and commit our school’s work to Him. We opened the service with a time of prayer for the victims of the violent attack at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis that claimed the lives of two children and injured many others. I invited the […]
Address delivered by academic dean and professor, Dr. Zach Howard, to incoming college and seminary students at orientation during Bethlehem’s Welcome Week. It is my joy to welcome you to Bethlehem College and Seminary this morning. You have been guided by our Admissions team to this moment and now there is a delightful passing of […]
“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.” (Acts 4:13) Seminarian, Summer is over. The next academic year is here. Whether this semester begins your first or last year of seminary, look […]
Being a pastor is challenging. The apostle Paul faced significant criticism and hostility from the Corinthian church—a community of believers he had evangelized, nurtured, and cared for as a spiritual father in Christ Jesus (1 Cor 4:15). I sat in Dr. Piper’s Greek Exegesis class this summer, wrestling with the text in 2 Corinthians to […]
In our efforts to cultivate “assiduous attentiveness” to the biblical text, the pursuit of a passage’s main point, the links between this text and the rest of the Bible, and then the application of that text for people today are never distant from the content of seminary classes at Bethlehem. Those skills form a foundation […]