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May 18, 2018
Kelley M. MathewsKelley M. Mathews
The Transforming Power of Questions: Profile of Dr. Ron Blue “We can not convince or convict anybody. All we do is chatter the good news and then step back and watch God work. You ask, ‘What happens if I do all this stuff—talk to these...

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Campus News
May 7, 2018
Raquel P. WrotenRaquel P. Wroten
Four DTS Alumni Named in Baylor’s Most Effective Preachers in the English Speaking World Survey Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary has named four DTS graduates among the twelve most effective English speaking preachers in the world. Two years ago, the Kyle Lake...
Article
Apr 4, 2018
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll
Ask Dr. Swindoll: What are Some of the Ways You Prepare Your Heart for Worship? Several times a year, Dr. Swindoll preaches in chapel at DTS and engages in a question-and-answer time with prospective students. Here are some of the questions he answered...
Spiritual Life
Mar 28, 2018
Mary Kate BarthelMary Kate Barthel
Martha and Me: Learning to Worship Again My black dress folds softly across the red velvet pews. I sit quietly in the still sadness, waiting my turn. I’ve never liked funerals. As the rest of the attendees sing a hymn,...
Faith & Work
Mar 21, 2018
Cheyne RippeyCheyne Rippey
Find Meaning In Work I spent the first eleven years after high school working entry-level jobs. Four of those years, I felt miserable. The other seven, I worked harder and smarter to stay employed. I...
Arts & Media
Mar 14, 2018
Patrick ThomasPatrick Thomas
6 Essential Ways to Cultivate Creativity and Diversity in Leading Worship Music Leading worship through music each Sunday is a privilege and a responsibility. Guiding a group of people who come from different socioeconomic, cultural, and racial backgrounds has...
Spiritual Life
Mar 7, 2018
J. Garrett KellJ. Garrett Kell
How Corporate Worship Strengthens Weary Saints When my church gathers, it appears we have little in common. Our skin colors vary. Our political tastes differ. Cultural backgrounds have ingrained us with diverse identities. We...
Spiritual Life
Feb 28, 2018
Raquel P. WrotenRaquel P. Wroten
2017 Alumni Distinguished Service Award | Vincent Parker Not too far from the downtown skyscrapers of Dallas, Texas, Golden Gate Missionary Baptist Church sits in the modest Oak Cliff community known as “The Bottom.” Why the name?...
Bible
Feb 21, 2018
Mark L. BaileyMark L. Bailey
Great Time for Worship One of the things I appreciate about DTS’s commitment to a dispensational approach to Scripture is how it allows us to see the varied ways that men and women have worshiped God...
Ministry
East and West A Journey to Worship
Feb 16, 2018
Kam-Cheung Richard HonKam-Cheung Richard Hon
東西文化的結合: 敬拜之旅 English 漢語(繁體字) ...
Ministry
East and West A Journey to Worship
Feb 14, 2018
Kam-Cheung Richard HonKam-Cheung Richard Hon
East and West: A Journey to Worship English 漢語(繁體字) Growing up in Hong Kong, my experience in worship mirrored a synthesis of Eastern and Western culture. Talk about getting pulled in two...
Book Excerpts
Feb 8, 2018
David FurmanDavid Furman
Kiss the Wave: Embracing God in Your Trials Four months prior to our arrival in the Middle East, I’d had extensive surgery. Both my arms were operated on at the same time, and the recovery was traumatic. Years previously,...
Spiritual Life
When You Want to Take Shortcuts in Your Spiritual Life
Jan 31, 2018
Caroline KhamenehCaroline Khameneh
When You Want to take Shortcuts in Your Spiritual Life I love cycling and consider myself an avid cyclist. I remember growing up watching the Tour de France with my dad in the summertime. Without fail, a yellow jersey and Lance...
Public Square
Jan 16, 2018
Mark L. BaileyMark L. Bailey
Announcements and Admonitions for the DTS Family and the Community of Faith We begin another semester with a mixture of gratefulness to our Lord as well as grief and lament at the pain and suffering in the world around us. Here at DTS, we welcome a...
Campus News
Jan 14, 2018
Donald K. Campbell (1926–2018) Donald K. Campbell was the third president of Dallas Theological Seminary (1986–1994). He was a devoted husband, father of four, grandfather of ten, and mentor to many.
Article
Salvation Grammar
Dec 11, 2017
Ramesh RichardRamesh Richard
Salvation Grammar: Reformation’s Nouns & Prepositions Over its first 1,300 years, “Christianity” increasingly separated from the Bible and developed a salvation grammar of its own. The Faith dislodged itself from the parameters of...
Article
Luther and Calvin on the Assurance of Your Salvation
Nov 27, 2017
Keith LindleyKeith Lindley
Luther and Calvin on the Assurance of Your Salvation This past January, I suffered a retinal detachment in my right eye. For those unfamiliar with this injury, it involves a drastic loss of vision in the affected eye—from perfect...
Ministry
Double Portrait of Martin Luther (1483-1546) and Philip Melanchthon
Nov 13, 2017
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll
Ask Dr. Swindoll: Are Relationships Important for Reformation and Change? Several times a year, Dr. Swindoll preaches in chapel at DTS and engages in a question-and-answer time with prospective students. Here are some of the questions he answered...
Spiritual Life
Nov 6, 2017
Glenn R. KreiderGlenn R. Kreider
Anabaptists: "Forgotten Voices of the Reformation" Upset over the sale of indulgences, among other things, Luther posted a set of ninety-five theses for public discussion on October 31, 1517. In Zurich, Switzerland, within a few...
Article
Nov 5, 2017
Mark L. BaileyMark L. Bailey
Lament for Sutherland Springs The Dallas Theological Seminary community joins with so many others in expressing our grief and sorrow for the loss of life and injuries suffered by the Sutherland Springs First...
Spiritual Life
Oct 30, 2017
John D. HannahJohn D. Hannah
6 Lessons from the Legacy of Martin Luther Would Martin Luther—given his personality and prejudices—be acceptable on any modern university faculty? Reformation scholar Heiko Oberman raised this interesting question...
Campus News
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Oct 25, 2017
DTS Student Named 2017–2018 William N. Garrison Faith-and-Work Fellow by The Hendricks Center Tristan Tenney, a student at Dallas Theological Seminary in the master of theology program, is the distinguished recipient of the 2017-2018 William N. Garrison Faith-and-Work...
Spiritual Life
Why the 5 Solas Matter
Oct 23, 2017
John AdairJohn Adair
Why the Five Solas Matter Today Long before the beginning of the Reformation, certain practices in the life of the church, for ordinary people, had ceased to be meaningful expressions of the Christian faith....
Stories
Oct 16, 2017
Steve SmithSteve Smith
Dispatches from the Land of Luther: Alumni Profiles of Jürgen Schulz, Scott Way, and Steve Henderson If Martin Luther visited Germany today he could buy a pair of Hier stehe ich Converse sneakers, attend a Luther-themed musical oratorio touring the country, or drink a high-malt...