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…
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…
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…
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…
Last month, NPR’s podcast This American Life released an episode titled “If You Build It, Will They Come?.” The prologue to this episode features reporter Eric Mennel explaining the idea of church planting to Ira Glass as “a group of…
1. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary There’s something almost sad about the idea of distance education where your school is in a city as vibrant as New Orleans. Nevertheless, NOBTS is a great seminary with a tuition that clocks in at…
When journeying through (or preparing for) seminary, you are going to need some robust tools in your toolbox. You’ll need tools to help you complete your studies with excellence, to give you a thorough examination background materials you aren’t aware…
(Short answer: yes! Skip down to the MDiv section for some schools to consider) In years past, getting a seminary degree didn’t necessarily mean graduate work. What we now know as the quintessential seminary degree, the Master of Divinity (MDiv),…
One of the joys of good literature is the curious way we make friends of its author. When I was nine years old I began reading J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings every summer, and did so until I…
