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New book argues for ‘coherent-truth’ model of Baptist identity

What makes one a Baptist?

Are the defining Baptist attributes liberty of conscience and the competency of the human soul? Or are Baptists a confessional people with their identity tied to a set of objective biblical doctrines that they have believed and clearly articulated through the centuries?

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Intelligent Design offers biblical alternative to Darwinian evolution, Dembski says at SBTS forum

The Intelligent Design movement has generated controversy because it deals with issues at the core of the current debate between secularists and those who hold a Christian worldview, said scientist and author William Dembski at a forum held at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary March 23.

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Boyce student killed in high-speed wreck

A Boyce College freshman died Sunday evening when a speeding motorist crossed the grassy median of a local interstate and struck his car.

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Billy Graham worship team shares crusade memories at SBTS hymn sing

Cliff Barrows will never forget the evening that Billy Graham’s Gospel invitation led the famous evangelist to fear for his safety.

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SBTS plays host to regional ETS meeting

More than 150 members of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) gathered at the organization’s Southeast Regional meeting held March 18-19 at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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Begg: ministers must find God’s strength in their weakness

The response of King Jehoshaphat as the Ammonite and Moabite armies approached Judah would have stunned the authors of many contemporary manuals on church leadership, said noted pastor Alistair Begg at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on March 15.

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Mohler cautions against Protestant elevation of Mary in TIME magazine article

Evangelicals must be careful not to elevate the role of Mary above that which is presented in Scripture, said R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, in the March 21 issue of TIME magazine.

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Carson draws on ‘Doubting Thomas’ to teach lessons about faith in SBTS chapel

Christians can learn the nature of true faith by examining the apostle Thomas’ doubt after Jesus’ resurrection, noted scholar and author D.A. Carson told students at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary March 1.

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Mississippi woman establishes scholarship at SBTS to honor deceased fiancé

It was the summer of 2002, and life seemed to be working out perfectly for Andrea Hurdle.

A recent graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, Hurdle planned to marry her fiancé Kevin Todd in July and travel with him to The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he would begin studying in the fall of 2003.

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Moore to college students: say no to Christian boy bands, yes to the Gospel in cultural engagement

Christians must engage popular culture, not by becoming a cheap imitation of it, but by proclaiming to it the only story that makes sense of the fallen world—redemption through a crucified and risen Lord, Russell D. Moore recently told a group of college students.

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SBTS annual collegiate conference focuses on the identity of Christ

Who is the real Jesus Christ?

Did He actually claim to be God? What did Jesus think about Scripture and is He really the only way to salvation? Also, if Jesus loved the church, must I also love it?

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Kassian to conference attendees: be wise, not weak-willed women

Christian women must be wise and not ‘weak-willed,’ Mary Kassian recently told more than 200 attendees of the Women’s Leadership Consultation Feb. 10-12 at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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For the Media

For news media seeking comments from President R. Albert Mohler Jr. or other seminary personalities, please contact:

Caleb Shaw
Executive Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
(502) 897-4121
cshaw@sbts.edu

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