If you are going to finish your degree, you have to begin at the end. "When am I going to finish?" and "How am I going to finish?" may be two of the most important questions you ask yourself as you begin your seminary journey. If you are in the middle of a degree program, and you haven’t looked at the end, this is an opportunity to make sure you are on track. Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a seminary question that may get featured on a future episode here!

For some courses you will have to pick a research topic to write on. Often this is a large percentage of your final grade, so you want to do a good job on it. The instructions you receive on your syllabus may give you a broad area or topic, but you will need to hone in on what your paper is specifically on. Here are some ways to help you choose and refine your research topic. Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a seminary question that may get featured on a fut...

In reading and studying varying sources, it can seem like everyone with higher degrees and years of education are the ones who don’t believe the Bible. So why do the “smartest” people reject Christianity? Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a seminary question that may get featured on a future episode here!

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In our ever-changing world of online education, many innovations have shaped the medium of how knowledge is communicated. Zoom, a video communications company that is taken off during the pandemic for both workplace and education settings, is now a key part of almost any online degree program. Today we talk about some keys to using Zoom as an online student. Zoom right. Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a seminary question that may get featured on a future epi...

Season 2 is here! the Bible is 77% Old Testament, and the main genre of the Old Testament is narrative. Do you know how to preach Old Testament Narrative? Find the blog post with links here. Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a seminary question that may get featured on a future episode here!

Christmas is a great time to ask for things you probably are not as likely to splurge on during the year. People are actually asking you what you want at Christmastime! Here are some ideas that I think are an absolute must for every seminarian. I own or have owned each of these products at some time or another, and I recommend them. Find the blog post with links here. Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a seminary question that may get featured on a future episo...

This is a late semester check in as we seminary students are finishing up the final weeks of class and final projects. Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a seminary question that may get featured on a future episode here!

Do you feel that? That soft, warm fuzzy cocoon of academia. Ah… well get out of there! That’s nowhere to live. Today we’re talking about five ways you can break out of your academic cocoon. Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a seminary question that may get featured on a future episode here!

In our conversation with Dr. Bill Giallourakis, we discuss overcoming seminary obstacles, the importance of your family and how to structure a writing retreat. Dr. Bill Giallourakis is the pastor of Columbia Road Baptist Church in North Olmstead, Ohio. Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a seminary question that may get featured on a future episode here!

In our conversation with Dr. Bill Giallourakis, we discuss how God saved him as an Atheist, whether or not you should consider a PhD, and starting seminary with no Bible background. Dr. Bill Giallourakis is the pastor of Columbia Road Baptist Church in North Olmstead, Ohio. Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a seminary question that may get featured on a future episode here!

This bonus episode is the full Bible message entitled "Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord Thy God in Vain" which I preached on Sunday Morning, October 4, 2020 at Peoples Baptist Church in McDonough, GA. This bonus episode is connected to episode 21 of the Seminary Support podcast. Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a seminary question that may get featured on a future episode here!

Biblical Studies is one of the fields you can choose to go into as you go deeper into your seminary training. Today we are going to take a look into Biblical Studies, specifically into the Old Testament talk about something you've probably never seen before in the third commandment. Special thanks to the Bible Project for permission to use a portion of their podcast from March 19, 2020 entitled "Taking God's Name in Vain?" Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a ...

No one sits down and finishes seminary at one sitting. You and I both know that seminary work is completed over a long period of time through innumerable short sessions- what I call a study session. A study session is just a block of time you set aside to get work done. Planning a proper study session will boost your productivity and it can even be used beyond the classroom. Today I’ve got six ways you should plan your next study session. Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio...

My conversation today continues with Dr. Michael Kibbe, the author of From Topic to Thesis: A Guide to Theological Research. We discuss why you should confirm your gifts, what it means to go to seminary with a community behind you and the "slog" of doctoral work. Find From Topic to Thesis here. Find all our episodes on the website. Send an audio message with a seminary question that may get featured on a future episode here!

My conversation today continues with Dr. Michael Kibbe, the author of From Topic to Thesis: A Guide to Theological Research. We discuss the difference between a topic and a thesis, the value of a theological library and his five steps of moving from topic to thesis. Find From Topic to Thesis here.

My conversation today is with Dr. Michael Kibbe, the author of From Topic to Thesis: A Guide to Theological Research. We discuss foundational principles of theological research including its goal, and why you can't just "wing it." Find From Topic to Thesis here.

Our world, and specifically our United States of America is seemingly on fire. Is now the time, when there seems to be so much at stake religiously, politically, and even constitutionally, to give so much effort in earning a seminary degree?

Last week I took my first module of my Doctor of Ministry program. I am going to tell you a little bit about it and give you my five takeaways including the importance of research and writing, why a Zoom module is so hard and a great textbook I recommend.

I continue my conversation with Dr. Herb Samworth as he talks about the greatest contribution of Baptists, the gospel order of salvation and how historical figures should be judged. Find out more about my guest at www.tyndalesploughboy.org.