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SSG.com Bible Meme
I normally don’t go for these, but I’ll make an exception this time. Thanks for the tag, Shaun 1. What translation of the Bible do you like best? NIV. Dynamic equivalence, 8th grade reading level. It’s a decent standard translation which manages to avoid woodenness (NASB), quirkiness (HCSB), elitism (ESV), and fluffiness (NLT). 2. Old [...]
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Survive Seminary in the Bathroom
The webmaster over at Going to Seminary dropped me a note to tell me that students at Western Seminary are learning about Seminary Survival Guide…. in the bathroom. That’s right. The whole story here.
Link Love and Your Stories
Just a brief note to seminarians in the blogosphere. There are many of you out there! I’ve been surfing around as time permits, and I’ve been very impressed with the level of thinking and writing I’ve seen. Anyway, I’d be happy to link to your blog from Seminary Survival Guide.com. Just leave a comment, and [...]
Happy New Year!
We serve a God of fresh starts and new beginnings. I’m praying that 2008 will find you growing in the grace and love of our Lord Jesus Christ! I’m pressing on the upward way New heights I’m gaining every day Still praying as I onward bound, “Lord, plant my feet on higher ground!” Lord, lift [...]
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, everyone. My prayers are with you all for a restful holiday with your families. I also pray that you’ll take long moments of reflection and wonder at the mysterious and miraculous incarnation of Christ our Savior, true light of true light, very God of very God. Let all mortal flesh keep silence And [...]
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And we’re off!!
I’m happy to announce the public roll-out today of SeminarySurvivalGuide.com. Welcome to all of you who are being referred here by friends or other blogs. We’ve been live for a week or so now. I waited on the launch to get my web stuff configured right, and also to put enough posts up for you [...]
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Seminary does not prepare you for ministry
Ok, time for an ugly reality check. Seminary does not prepare you for ministry. Or, at least, it does not prepare you in all the important ways you need to be prepared. How many times have you heard pastors remark about some issue they’re facing, “They didn’t teach us that in seminary?” You’ll be saying [...]
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Welcome to Seminary Survival Guide
Do you want to survive seminary? We hope you will. Frankly, we want you not just to survive seminary, but to survive ministry, too. But the statistics aren’t good. Half of all seminary students drop out before they complete their degrees. The protestant clergy divorce rate equals that of the general population. The average seminarian [...]
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