By Jason Chamberlain on September 10, 2012
I’d like to propose a fundamental question about your experience at seminary. Why are you at seminary? What do you hope to get out of it? Are you there to earn a degree so that you can get hired to do ministry full-time? Are you there just because you want a structured place to study Read More...
By Jason Chamberlain on December 6, 2010
In my mind, the primary reason we attend seminary is so that we can learn how to handle God’s Word appropriately. Of course there are many other benefits to seminary that go beyond that, but I believe that this is what makes seminary unique. There are lots of places to learn some of the more Read More...
By Jason Chamberlain on November 1, 2010
In Mark 12:30 Jesus said the greatest commandment was an echo of the shema of Deuteronomy 6. This is the first and greatest commandment that we are to follow. This implies that those of us in seminary with an eye toward leadership want to help people do that. But are we being prepared to do Read More...
By Jason Chamberlain on October 4, 2010
There is a generation of pastors ministering today who were taught that they should take care of the church and let God take care of their families. As a result, the term ‘PK’ exists among parole officers to refer to a pastor’s kid. It’s very easy to completely pour oneself into ministry to the detriment Read More...
By Jason Chamberlain on September 13, 2010
I started seminary as a 32 year-old who experienced some serious personal trials. By the grace of God I had been set free from both pornography and self-gratification as well as gluttony and laziness. I had served in a ministry helping men find freedom from those habitual sins and in that time developed what I Read More...