As it seeks to rebuild after a tumultuous year of internal controversy, Northern Seminary has added three new board members, bringing the total number of board members to 16 and increasing the diversity on the governing board. Two other new…
Northern Seminary’s Shiell on leave while trustees investigate bullying accusations
Northern Seminary President William Shiell is taking a leave of absence after accusations of bullying prompted the seminary’s board of trustees to launch a formal investigation. According to reporting by The Roys Report, the Chicago seminary is investigating the president’s…
Have you heard the one about empathy being a sin?
Empathy is in the news, and not in a good way. With recent controversial statements by John Piper and resignations of multiple staff at the church he put on the map and the seminary he led, attention has fallen to…
How the Human Genome Project changed this professor’s reading of Genesis
Genetic evidence suggesting that humans descend not from an individual pair but from a large population changed the way Scot McKnight interprets the first three chapters of Genesis.
No Final Judgments – One Southern Baptist and Emergence Christianity
Friendships transcend labels. More than ten years ago I ventured with a friend to a conference not organized and characterized by my denomination, Southern Baptists. The event was the National Pastors Convention hosted by Leadership Journal, Zondervan, and Youth Specialties,…