Seminary Support

My guest, Dr. Herb Samworth, talks about his own seminary journey, how he always had the heart of a pastor, the danger of academics without practical application and how church history is the most practical of the disciplines.

Find out more about my guest at www.tyndalesploughboy.org.

Due to the way our lives play out in cycles, many time management experts recommend that you plan your week instead of planning your day. These principles are key for the seminary student planning out study time each week.

A simple talk about being a man of God.

Zechariah 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

My guest, Nick Leopper, talks about earning his second Masters degree (this one in education), the Lord's unconscious preparation for his current ministry role, how he found himself in the middle of Christian education as a Christian school administrator and how lay people in the church can play an important role in church ministry.

As you consider a seminary, you have probably jumped from website to website pouring over programs, costs, location, and faculty. One thing you may not look at or even think about is the question of accreditation. You may not even know what accreditation is. Today we will discuss what accreditation is, whether earning an accredited or unaccredited degree is better and whether or not it should be important to you as you make a decision on a seminary.

My guest, Dr. Scott Pauley, talks about his own seminary journey, what it took to earn his Doctor of Ministry degree, what his doctoral project unveiled to him to about unreached teenagers and how studying a prayer from Ezra sparked his new book.

Find out more about our guest at www.scottpauley.org.

Download his new book Revival Praying: Connecting Our Prayers to God's Purpose on Kindle for free here. 

If you are listening to this podcast, you have probably asked the question at some point, “How do I choose a seminary?”. It can be a daunting proposition to consider where you may spend the next two, three, four or more years in diligent study. Here are several questions I recommend students ask when considering a seminary.

There comes a point for many seminary students where they stall in their program, and there are scores of things that can come along to derail even the best of intentions at finishing. Maybe you had a baby, you moved to another house, you took a new job, you are now serving in a new ministry. Whatever the reason, here are nine ways you can regain momentum in your program after you’ve stalled.

At some point we have all attempted to keep a journal. The Bullet Journal method may the simple and efficient solution you are looking for to take control of your day and your to-dos.

If you were to walk the countryside of Andover, Massachusetts in the afternoon of September 28, 1808, you would probably hear the chapel bell ringing long before you crested the hill and stumbled across a group of people who had assembled that day.  As the cool fall breeze fluttered in the tall oaks of the Massachusetts countryside, an astute looking man with a receding hairline and premature gray hair is atop a wooden platform addressing the crowd that had gathered. This was not a church meeting. In fact, the man that was speaking was not even a pastor. The man speaking is Timothy Dwight and he is there to preach the opening message for the first academic institution of its kind in the new world.