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Biblical and Theological Essays
In a previous post, I called attention to the Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, which the seminary has been publishing annually since 1996. BMH Books has published a collection of articles from the first five years of the journal titled, Biblical and Theological...
Test Drive for the City of Detroit
Guest post by Ben Edwards: Director of Urban Ministry at Inter-City Baptist Church Detroit is a place that needs the Gospel. We need men to come and plant churches in and around the city. And Detroit Baptist Seminary is a good place to be trained to serve in urban...
Detroit Is Looking Up
Guest post by Ben Edwards: Director of Urban Ministry at Inter-City Baptist Church What comes into your mind when you think about Detroit? If your knowledge of Detroit comes from the news stories you’ve read, you probably have a pretty negative image. But if you visit...
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal
If you notice the header of this blog, you will see a tab marked "Journal," which if selected will take you to the web page for our seminary journal. Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal began in 1996 and is published annually in the fall of the year. At the web page you...
Dr. Bryant Wood to Speak at DBTS
On March 14 DBTS will host the William R. Rice Lecture Series. The speaker for this year's event is Dr. Bryant G. Wood. His topic will be “Archaeology and the Conquest: New Evidence on an Old Problem.” Dr. Wood is a widely respected biblical archaeologist and scholar...
Logos Bible Software Presentation
DBTS will host a presentation of Logos Bible Software on Wednesday, February 1 at 11 a.m., upstairs in the chapel of the seminary building. The presentation will introduce the software and demonstrate some specific ways Logos takes Bible study to the next level. The...
Wood to Present Rice Lectures
Each year DBTS hosts the William R. Rice Lecture Series, named for the Seminary's founder and first president. We are pleased to announce that the speaker for this year's event on March 14, 2012, will be Dr. Bryant G. Wood. His topic will be “Archaeology and the...
Summer School
The DBTS 2012 summer school schedule is now available. Each class meets Tuesday through Friday from 8 AM to 12 noon for two weeks (no classes on Monday). There are three sessions of summer school: May 15-25, May 29-June 8, and June 12-22. Two different classes are...
The Secrets of Tebow Hatred
Michael Medved seeks to answers the question in an article today in the Wall Street Journal.
Seminary Days
DBTS will be sponsoring Seminary Days this spring on March 1-2 and March 8-9. Complete information on Seminary Days 2012, including a brochure and registration form, can be found on the Seminary website. Students will be able to attend classes, share meals with...
Tim Tebow
For all you Tebow fans, here is an interesting article about the most talked about player in the National Football League.
Accordance Handout
The premier Bible software for the Macintosh is Accordance. The tendency for most of us after installing a new software package is simply to plunge right in and start using the program. This works well for Accordance, which is very user-friendly. But a little...
Facebook Tips
Here are 12 useful tips for all you Facebook users from the New York Times.
Review of King James Onlyism
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Review of Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics
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Justification and Sanctification
Guy Waters has an excellent summary of justification and sanctification over at the Ligonier Blog.
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal
If you notice the header of this blog, you will see a tab marked "Journal," which if selected will take you to the web page for our seminary journal. Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal began in 1996 and is published annually in the fall of the year. At the web page you...
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal
If you notice the header of this blog, you will see a tab marked "Journal," which if selected will take you to the web page for our seminary journal. Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal began in 1996 and is published annually in the fall of the year. At the web page you...
New Issue of Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal
The Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal has been produced annually by DBTS since 1996. The 2014 edition (vol. 19) was recently published: "'The Chief Exercise of Faith': John Calvin and the Practice of Prayer" by John Aloisi "Spirit-Filling in Ephesians 5:18" by William...
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal
If you notice the header of this blog, you will see a tab marked "Journal," which if selected will take you to the web page for our seminary journal. Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal began in 1996 and is published annually in the fall of the year. At the web page you...
Summer School 2015
The DBTS 2015 summer school schedule is now available. Each class meets Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon for two weeks (no classes on Monday). There are three sessions of summer school: May 19-29, June 2-12, and June 16-26. Here are the classes: May 19–29...
2 Cor 5:7 — A Sometimes Misused Text
Most of us are familiar with how 2 Cor 5:7 reads in the KJV, "For we walk by faith, not by sight." If you do a Google search on this verse, you will find explanations of what this means, such as, "the Bible challenges us to 'walk by faith, not by sight,'" or...
Life’s Like a Conveyor-Belt of Chocolates: 5 Reasons to Read What’s Best Next by Matt Perman
(A Guest Post by David Doran, Jr.) Every mother, pastor, roofer, and sanitation engineer in the Western world has felt the wrath of life’s relentless assault of tasks-to-be-done. You’re probably calling them tasks-to-survive by now. Western culture is drunk on going...
Re: Rice Lectures
Just a reminder that the Rice Lectures are now just two weeks away on Wednesday, March 19. Pastor Peter Hubbard, who is the teaching pastor at North Hills Community Church in Taylors, SC, will be presenting three lectures based on his new book Love Into Light: The...
Rice Lectures: “The Gospel, the Homosexual, and the Church”
Each year DBTS hosts the William R. Rice Lecture Series, named for the Seminary's founder and first president. We are pleased to announce that the speaker for this year's event on March 19, 2014, will be Pastor Peter Hubbard, who is the teaching pastor at North Hills...
New Web Site and Journal Article
The web site for Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary has been given a refresh. We hope you like it. Just click the Seminary tab at the top of this page to check it out. The Seminary publishes an annual scholarly journal, Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal. If you click...
Seminary Days
DBTS will be sponsoring Seminary Days this spring on March 13-14. Complete information on Seminary Days 2014, including a brochure and registration form, can be found on the Seminary website. Students will be able to attend classes, share meals with faculty and...
New Issue of Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal
The Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal has been produced annually by DBTS since 1996. The 2013 edition (vol. 18) was recently published: "Why a Commitment to Inerrancy Does Not Demand a Strictly 6000-Year-Old Earth: One Young Earther’s Plea for Realism" by Mark A....
Homosexuality and the Phil Robertson Flap
Over at the Reformation 21 blog, Todd Pruitt has some insightful thoughts about homosexuality and the Phil Robertson controversy: As I have read the many commentaries offered by various evangelicals on the Phil Robertson flap I cannot help but wonder if some of the...
Dr. Rod Decker
One of our seminary graduates, Dr. Rod Decker, is suffering from stage 4 incurable cancer. Rod is Professor of Greek and New Testament at Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, PA. Recently, Rod and a colleague spoke about their health situations in chapel at the...
How Long Does It Take to Prepare a Sermon?
How long does or should it take to prepare a sermon? You might enjoy the answers from some well-known preachers. HT: Tim Challies
Religious Liberty
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY is being redefined in America, or at least many would like it to be. Our secular establishment wants to reduce the autonomy of religious institutions and limit the influence of faith in the public square. The reason is not hard to grasp. In America,...
Rice Lectures Available on Audio
The William R. Rice Lectures were held on March 20, given by Professor Brent Belford of Northland International University. The theme for 2013 was “Paul’s Pastoral Use of the Scriptures in 1 Corinthians.” The audio recordings from the sessions are now posted to the...
The Resurrection of Christ
The Associates for Biblical Research have posted an excellent article by DBTS Professor Jared Compton on the resurrection of Christ. You can find it here.
Belford to Present Rice Lectures
Each year DBTS hosts the William R. Rice Lecture Series, named for the Seminary's founder and first president. We are pleased to announce that the speaker for this year's event on March 20, 2013, will be Prof. Brent Belford. His topic will be “Paul's Pastoral Use of...
Greek Portal
If you are interested in New Testament Greek, you might want to check out David Black's New Testament Greek Portal. Here you will find information for beginners and experts alike. Dr. Black is Professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological...
James 1:19–25, Ben Edwards
The fall semester for Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary has begun. Yesterday in chapel we heard from Ben Edwards, DBTS grad and Executive Pastor of Inter-City Baptist Church. I think you will enjoy his message from James 1:19–25.
Nestle-Aland 28
The standard editions of the Greek New Testament are the Nestle-Aland and the United Bible Societies editions. The current versions are the NA 27th and the UBS 4th, both published in 1993. The NA 28th edition is scheduled to be published in September. The German Bible...
Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament
This is a new online journal that has apparently just become available with volume one, number one. The articles can be accessed on the home page as individual pdfs, or one can download the entire issue. Check it out here.
The Real Indiana Jones
That's the title of an interview with Dr. Bryant Wood and Prof. Todd Bolen. Wood was the lecturer for the Seminary's 2012 Rice Lectures. Bolen was our guide for the Seminary's Israel Study tour in 2000. The interview discusses how both men got involved in biblical...
Rice Lectures' Audio Now Available
The William R. Rice Lectures were held on March 14 with Dr. Bryant G. Wood. The theme for 2012 was, “Archaeology and the Conquest: New Evidence on an Old Problem.” The audio recordings from the sessions are now posted to the DBTS website. One of Dr. Wood's topics was...
Register for Rice Lectures–Last Chance
The Rice Lectures will take place on Wednesday March 14, with speaker Dr. Bryant G. Wood. His topic will be “Archaeology and the Conquest: New Evidence on an Old Problem.” There is no cost to attend the Rice Lectures. However, for planning purposes, all guests are...
Even Tim Tebow Can't Do This
A Person's Days Are Determined
According to Job 14:5, “A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.” But Northwestern Mutual Life has come up with a calculator that predicts your life span after answering only 13 questions.
Rice Lecture Series
Each year DBTS hosts the William R. Rice Lecture Series, named for the Seminary's founder and first president. We are pleased to announce that the speaker for next year's event on March 14, 2012, will be Dr. Bryant G. Wood. His topic will be “Archaeology and the...
Welcome
Welcome to the blog of Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary in Allen Park, Michigan. This is a blog by the faculty of DBTS. Why the name Theologically Driven? We believe it accurately describes one of the important principles that distinguishes DBTS. Every discipline...

