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Scholar’s Bookshelf: Dr. Vern Poythress, Westminster Theological Seminary
Vern Sheridan Poythress is the Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Westminster Theological Seminary, in Pennsylvania. Dr. Poythress holds a BS in Mathematics from California Institute of Technology, a PhD in mathematics from Harvard University, an MDiv and a ThM…
Biblical Languages and Bible Software
Today’s post is by guest-author Brayden Brookshier. Brayden is the Head of Publishing for Sermon To Book. He is involved in various biblical teaching ministries in San Diego, California. Brayden is the author of The Dawn of New Creation: Exploring the…
Total List of Seminaries Accredited by the Association of Theological Schools
Enter to Win Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics (4 vols.)
“Like Augustine, Calvin, and Edwards, Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom and great expository skill. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck’s magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a…
Meet Herman Bavinck
Today’s post is by guest-author Rev. Jeff De Boer. Jeff serves in a variety of capacities at Mid America Reformed Seminary–primarily as the Director of Enrollment Management. A great share of his time is spent encouraging the growth and development…
Win a Free Copy of The Lord of the Rings, 50th Anniversary Edition
Today, January 3, marks the 127th birthday of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Few authors have made a deeper imprint on my imagination — even my spiritual imagination. To celebrate Tolkien’s life and work, The Seminary Student is giving away one…
3 Ways to Internalize What You Study
Today’s post is by guest-author Brayden Brookshier. Brayden is the Head of Publishing for Sermon To Book. He is involved in various biblical teaching ministries in San Diego, California. Brayden is the author of The Dawn of New Creation: Exploring the…
The Best Free Seminary Resources
We love seminary, but we love theology even more. Maybe you’ve attended seminary and want to continue learning; maybe you can’t attend seminary at this point, or you merely want to dive into studying the Bible and theology on a…
When You Should Relocate for Seminary
There is a growing amount of research available about the benefits of online distance education (ODE) for seminaries. Flexibility, the ability to apply learning in real-time—it is beginning to be studied and documented well, and of course online seminary degrees…