Feature Article #1
Stumbling at Seminary: Cheating
(From the archives. ) In an interview with the dean of students at a leading evangelical seminary, I asked about the most common reasons people did not complete seminary. One of his answers was a shock to me: students get caught cheating. Seminary students have ample opportunity to cheat. You can plagiarize—representing the academic work [...]
Feature Article #2
Reflections on Graduating Seminary
by Britt Treece A week before Christmas, after six long years of study, I graduated from seminary. Looking back, I’ve had a lot of thoughts, questions, comments, and recommendations, so I thought that organizing some of them would be helpful both for me and for past, present, and future seminarians. (Since it took me six [...]
Feature Article #3
Attending Seminary Means Living In a Foreign Land
When I went to seminary, it entailed a move from Florida to Texas. There was a shift in geography, but there was also a shift in culture-a pretty dramatic shift, as anyone who’s moved to Texas will probably tell you. I grew up in South Florida. I was a native Floridian, which was pretty unusual. [...]
Feature Article #4
My First Semester Shock, or Seminarians Without Chests
I approached seminary with many of the common illusions seminary students have. I thought it would be a spiritually vibrant and intense time, full of people who were overflowing with passion for Christ. Boy was I surprised. My first semester, I enrolled in Hebrew class, like many beginning M.Div.-ers. I made friends with some other [...]
Feature Article #5
Seminary Syllabus Strategy #4: A Study Plan for Each Major Exam
Similar to creating a writing plan for papers, you should block out dedicated study time for major exams. If you do this now, at the beginning of the semester (and stick to your schedule), then you won’t be pinched to find time to study. It’s pretty simple: Reserve study blocks beginning about a week before [...]
About this Site
My name is Mark, and I’m the general editor for Seminary Survival Guide. I’m a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div, 1995) and I’m serving as associate pastor at First Baptist Church of Columbia, Illinois. I got the idea for this lying in bed praying one morning. Our church has several seminary students, and [...]
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My story starts back two years ago when I first arrived at Dallas Theological Seminary.
We had just finished our ...
Hi Mark,
I, too am a MDiv student at Denver Seminary, and I am relatively new as I am only entering ...
Recycling is very very important in order to preserve mother earth.,~. 
Love, love, love a new add-on called Leechblock!! Developed by an assistant professor over at Reformed Theological Seminary, Leechblock is ...
I was That Guy, but in a slightly different form. I soon realized I wasn't that clever so early on ...
Thanks Cindi. Our Facebook page is up! 
In my church this is required. Someone who has a call has to appear before our board of Deacons, ...
"We’re very open to your comments and suggestions, so fire away."
Well, I didn't find an e-mail address or comment form, ...
Thanks for this encouragement. It's an Enlightenment-era fantasy that we can intellectualize ourselves into our faiths. Don't get ...
No, the "Golden Rule #1" does not say "WORSHIP". It says, at least in most interpretations, "LOVE". Not ...
