But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. ~Jer. 29:7 Our students are engaged in volunteering at various ministries in Minneapolis. One of those is REVIVE Ministries. REVIVE is led by Bethlehem […]
Our Great Books course on William Shakespeare’s plays is fresh off a visit to the Guthrie Theatre in downtown Minneapolis to see Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, as the class transitions from a set of courtship plays to those of confusions and mistaken identities. While the performance was phenomenal and attending an afternoon performance with students represents […]
We have some very exciting news to share. The Million Dollar Match announced just last week is being upgraded to a Million Dollar+ Challenge by virtue of 100% of those pledged to the match basis now having done so unconditionally. Just what does this mean? They’re “all-in,” and pray that you are, too. We appealed to a small group […]
It is my joy to announce the largest-ever matching gift campaign in the history of Bethlehem College and Seminary. Our generous God has stirred the hearts of a small group of faithful contributors to put forward $1 million to match dollar-for-dollar gifts towards the Serious Joy Scholarship until June 30, 2025. Like the Macedonian […]
On February 3, hundreds of pastors and ministry leaders will convene in chilly St. Paul for Serious Joy: The 37thBethlehem Conference for Pastors. This year’s conference theme is “Big God Preaching.” The urgent task for preachers in this generation, as in every generation, is to expound God’s Word and exult in God’s majesty in such […]
Ever had thoughts like these running through your head? “What must they think about me?” “It’s hopeless.” “I’m worthless.” “I deserve better.” “It isn’t fair!” Thoughts like these are ungodly. But how do we get them out of our heads? Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands […]
In his recent article “Commit Lit,” philosopher Joseph Keegin describes an important aspect of the state of higher education in our contemporary moment. Interweaving analysis of the broader trends besetting academia in 2024 with his own inspiring story of returning to college at age 25, Keegin contrasts the popular “quit-lit” view of academic humanities as “a […]
The witty writer and Christian apologist G.K. Chesterton shared this sage advice: “the object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.”[1] Like many proverbs, this requires some interpretation. What does it mean to open your mind? And what might it mean to shut your mind […]
Bethlehem College and Seminary is teaming up with Radius International to deliver a new, Master’s Degree-level, in-field training experience for students. Those enrolled in Bethlehem Seminary’s Missions Concentration will now have opportunities to complete the fourth year of M.Div. studies at a Radius International training center in Mexico. Students in Bethlehem College’s M.A. in Theology […]
“Does Robert Burns’ work reflect Calvinist influence?” Google that one and you’ll learn that while Burns’, Scotland’s 18th century poet laureate, like so many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, eschewed the Calvinism of his upbringing, it was on him in the way a wool sweater holds the charcoal aroma of a campfire. This was also true of […]