Bethlehem College and Seminary

A few weeks ago, the incoming seminarians attended our “Telling God’s Story” retreat. At this annual gathering, new students dedicate a whole day to hearing each other’s conversion stories and calls to ministry. I limited each man to only 5–7 minutes, but happily, they exceeded that limit out of an abundant sense of gratitude for God’s work in their lives. I listened w...

Last week we welcomed new and returning students back to campus for Bethlehem College and Seminary’s eighteenth year of education in serious joy. God’s Word calls us to “welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God” (Romans 15:7), and we strived to show the welcome of Christ to these incoming students and their ...

The remedy for fear and dismay is found in the person of God: his presence and character. As seminary graduation and moving out of state approached, my family and I he...

Jesus and Seneca were likely born the same year. The Gospel of John opens by introducing Jesus as the Logos — a term steeped in Stoic philosophical meaning. Paul, reasoning with Greek thinkers on the Areopagus in Acts 17, even quotes a Stoic poet. And in the second century, Christian apologist Justin Mart...

One of the core Biblical truths that has guided our path on the journey of Christian Hedonism is found in Acts 20:35. Paul wanted the elders he was training to know one of the sayings of Jesus not found in the Gospels. It was a saying that he wanted them (and us!) not only to know, but to continually remember: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” As we...