In my last blog, I communicated that the Northeast Branch Campus of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary would be closing. We have delivered resident theological education at our Schenectady, NY, location for 32 years, producing 130 graduates.
It has been a long time since my last blog. Continue to read and you will ascertain why. During numerous combat training center rotations at Fort Irwin, Calif. or Fort Polk, La., I experienced the phenomenon known as“change of mission.” This is when an Army unit would transition from offense to defense or vice versa, or transition into a mission...
Soon after David became king of Israel, he engaged in war with the Ammonites. As the conduct of the war turned in Israel’s favor, David decided that Joab, his faithful and competent battlefield commander, could easily prosecute the war to a favorable conclusion. As Joab led the army in battle, we read in 2 Samuel 11:1, “But David stayed at Jerusalem.”
Fast forward to the end of the chapter and you read, “But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight...
One of the highlights of our seminary week is our chapel service on Wednesday. In order to give our students a ministry flavor to what is going on in the Capital District, I schedule speakers, usually pastors from the local area, to preach the Word of God to our students and to talk about their local ministries.
This past week, Dr. Jim Guenther, pastor of the Open Door Church, Lee Massachusetts, preached an extraordinary message from the book of Exodus, chapter 33. This text covers the...
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