By Timothy Raymond – In this, my concluding post in this series (see part 1, part 2, part 3), I’ll share two final virtues that I believe made my seminary experience faith-building as opposed to faith-destroying. So with no further ado, here are my final two virtues for keeping the seminary Christian… 5. Tight accountability [...]
Category: Seminary
By Timothy Raymond – As I mentioned in my opening post, in this series seminary education has been maligned as a spiritual wasteland for decades. In recent days, however, the critiques have taken on a new, more sophisticated form. Many seem to assume that seminary will be inevitably detrimental to a man’s walk with God [...]
[This review is from the March issue of Credo Magazine, "Make Disciples of All Nations."] W. Andrew Hoffecker. Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2011. 460 pp. Review by Jeff Straub No figure was more important to 19th century American Presbyterianism than the erudite and venerable Charles Hodge. Yet until recently, the [...]
By Timothy Raymond – In my initial post in this series, I commented on how seminary is frequently portrayed as some sort of intellectual lion’s den, dangerous to a vital, robust Christian faith. This strikes me as sad and quite ironic, since seminary is still the route by which most men are trained for local [...]
By Timothy Raymond – For decades, seminary education has endured the slings and arrows of bad jokes, unkind mockery, and downright slander. If I had a quarter for every time I’ve heard a disillusioned preacher intentionally misspeak, recalling his years in “cemetery, I mean seminary,” I might be able to buy something edible. It would [...]
By Marc Cortez There’s almost no way for me to write this post without sounding like I’m just defending my profession. But, of course, that’s because I am. Our seminaries are far from perfect. We probably spend too much time on some things, too little on others, and almost certainly do not run as efficiently [...]
