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from Dr. Quicke: 40 years on: Carol and I have taken out a joyful hour today (ov...
from Dr. Quicke: Preaching without notes - dangers: Last week I taught in the Ce...
from Dr. Waterman: Shining Tears: “But please, please—won’t you—can’t you give m...
from Dr. Quicke: What does this statistic mean?: I have just been looking at May...
from Dr. Waterman: Life Stories: “I must be the unluckiest boy in the world.” S...
from Dr. Fitch I’m Quitting Blogging for Six Months: Back to My Blog Sabbatical...
from Dr. Quicke: Wonderful news!: It's Carol here! Our Seminary President says...
from Dr. Waterman: Sloth's Lie: Sloth’s Lie I have been deeply imbedded in the s...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Mattanyahu Seal: The Israel Antiquities Authority has a...
from Dr. Quicke: Two personal dates - et teneo et teneor: Just recently my blog...
New article '1.2 Million Online Books (Thanks to HathiTrust)'
from Dr. Quicke: Great seminary news!: It has just been announced that Scot McKn...
from Dr. Fitch I Interrupt This Blog Sabbatical to Make An Announcement: SCOT Mc...
from Dr. Mariottini: Scot McKnight Joins Northern Seminary: Photo: Scot McKnigh...
New Blog Post: "Humbled but Grateful"
Scot McKinght's post about his arrival at Northern is great. He will be happy o...
from Dr. Waterman: Listening to Lucy: “Well, there’s just this,” said Edmund, sp...
from Dr. Quicke: A Great Evening: Easily the best part of last night was greetin...
thanks for "listening" #quicke!
"[at Northern Seminary] we are built to be a missionary people." #quicke
"it's hard for a preacher to accept that preaching won't do it alone" #quicke ht...
"I was confronted by the absurdity of limiting God's triune involvement to preac...
"the church is about more than gathered worship" #quicke
live streaming Dr. Michael Quicke right now send questions...
from Dr. Quicke: Live-Streaming Tonight: I learned a short time ago that my even...
We will be live streaming the event with Dr. Quicke tonight at 7:00 pm www.semin...
from Dr. Waterman: Kingdom Influenza: I am under the influence Narnia for the ne...
from Dr. Mariottini: Azazel: In today’s post, I will not discuss all the events...
from Dr. Quicke: Surprised by butterflies!: Last night we drove into Chicago to...
President Alistair Brown will join Tony Campolo and Jars of Clay at the World Mi...
from Dr. Quicke: Two Northern Happenings: I know my readers are scattered far an...
New Blog Post: ""That's My Church""
Dr. Quicke, Dr. West, and Dr. Gregory are speaking at Antioch Missionary Baptist...
Dr. Quicke, Dr. West, and Dr. Gregory are speaking at Antioch Missionary Baptist...
from Dr. Hamstra: Were You There?: "Were You There?" is the title of a simple so...
from Dr. Quicke: Holy Week: This is such a spiritually significant week. Yesterd...
New Blog Post: "Now I lay me down to sleep..."
from Dr. Quicke: Parental Advice: I'll get back to 'preaching without notes' in...
Have you glanced at the selection of courses offered this summer?
Congrats to the students awarded the scholarship to cover travel costs to study...
Looks like Spring has Sprung at Northern!
#reimaginingtheologicaleducation: by commissioning Kingdom leaders to participat...
from Dr. Waterman: Fantasy or Vision?: Two email inquiries and an interested pho...
from Dr. Quicke: Preaching without notes: Last week some of my students reflecte...
Well students, even if your first day of spring term feels more like winter, at...
Tools to help you with scholarly study, sermon prep, and Biblical analysis. Bibl...
#Reimaginingtheologicaleducation:by training leaders to be missionaries and mobi...
Fresh expression of the church is necessary to engage those that the gospel of J...
Northern to host ABC Placement Forum and Great Rivers Region reps visit. Open to...
Give blood and save lives, Monday, April 9. Schedule an appointment now.
Dr. Marriottini breaks down Proverbs 29:18
New Chick-fil-A opening across the street=excited staff!
New Chick-fil-a opening across the street= excited staff!
from Dr. Waterman: There is No Other Stream: We meet Jill Poole at a moment not...
from Dr. Mariottini: Next Year in Jerusalem: In December I am planning to take a...
from Dr. Quicke: Set an extra plate: Yesterday our local church held a 'Set an e...
from Dr. Mariottini: Theodore Beza on Psalm 121: Psalm 121 is a beautiful song o...
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New event: "An Evening with Michael Quicke". For more information click here: ht...
New event: "An Evening with Michael Quicke". For more information click here: ht...
from Dr. Hamstra: The Challenge of Trusting: "Trust in the LORD with all your he...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Trial of Oded Golan: Not Guilty of Forgery: In a legal...
... and so another term comes to a close this week. It sure does fly by!
from Dr. Waterman: It Takes More than Practice (Wisdom Part 2): Yesterday I was...
Fill in the blank. My experience at Northern Seminary has been very ___.
from Dr. Quicke: Week 20: This week marks the end of two terms' teaching as stud...
Last session in our winter seminar series, balancing being in the world but not...
Dr. Quicke's book named Preaching Book of the year by Preaching Magazine!
3DM huddle workshop to take place at Northern March 12. What is a huddle? What i...
from Dr. Quicke: Chugging Along: I fear that this blog has become too enmeshed i...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Beautiful People of the Bible: A brief survey of the be...
from Dr. Waterman: All that glitters Part 1: I’ve been on a wisdom quest for a v...
from Dr. Mariottini: Simcha Jacobovic and the Burial Site of Jesus’ Disciples: A...
from Dr. Mariottini: A Greek Bronze Helmet: Archaeologists have found a The Gree...
What will you do with your extra day today?
Dave Fitch to speak at Eastern Mennonite University, Feb 29 on the Church's "Pol...
New article 'Northern Launches Innovative and Integrative Partnership with 3DM'...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Character of the God: God’s love and wrath are never mo...
from Dr. Quicke: In praise of the local church: These last two Sundays I have be...
from Dr. Mariottini: Violence and the Fall of the Akkadian Empire: My post today...
from Dr. Mariottini: God, The Instant Executioner: Eric Seibert describes God as...
from Dr. Waterman: It's All There in Baptism: “Two roads diverged...I chose the...
New article 'President of Major Nonprofit Will Join Northern Students in Africa...
from Dr. Fitch I’m Quitting Blogging For Six Months: My Blog Sabbatical: Dear re...
Healthcare Solutions Team Partners with USCA
from Dr. Mariottini: The Rape of Bilhah: A sad and demoralizing story about Jaco...
from Dr. Quicke: Rest Intensively: I remember reading about President Franklin R...
Psalm 19:1: The heavens declare the glory of God; The skies proclaim the work of...
Switchfoot is giving away three free live tracks, recorded from the John. M. Per...
from Dr. Fitch Can We Neo-Anabaptists and Neo-Reformed Just Get Along! My Interv...
New article 'Help Spend $70,000 For New Books'
The true definition of love, John 3:16
Join me in congratulating Dr. Mariottini, who has been approached by the Christi...
from Dr. Mariottini: Jacob’s Struggle with God: How can God, the God who by the...
from Dr. Quicke: You have a life!: At last I rouse myself to post a comment. I r...
from Dr. Waterman: Lord, Fill Us! (Grace, Part 4): Increasingly, these days, I f...
Heard earlier from @SocialPhonics Social Media Boot Camp summarizing the power o...
from Dr. Hamstra: Creating Space for Conversation: What happens when a small gro...
from Dr. Fitch I’m a Pastor. Do I lead as one “ahead” or as one “among”?: I’m a...
from Dr. Mariottini: Tu Bi-Shebat: Today is Tu Bi-Shebat, a Jewish holiday celeb...
Theologian, author, and blogger Tony Jones speaking at Lasalle Street Church Feb...
from Dr. Quicke: Update by demand!: Hi everyoneIt has been so marvellous to real...
from Dr. Fitch Is Church Planting Hard Work? It All Depends How You Look At It:...
from Dr. Fitch You Go To McDonald’s Too Much!: On Being Called Out and the “poli...
"The Spirit of God is not given in one supercharge which then runs down as we ge...
New Blog Post from President Brown: "Age has its Privileges"
from Dr. Hamstra: Following God’s Call: This past Sunday Living Hope Church hear...
from Dr. Quicke: Slow but sure: Hi everyone! It is now four days since the surge...
Get excited.
from Dr. Mariottini: Zipf's Law: Students of the Hebrew Bible are familiar with...
from Dr. Mariottini: The New Moses: Steven Spielberg, the famous Hollywood direc...
from Dr. Quicke: We're Home!!!: "Good morning everybody. First, thanks to those...
from Dr. Quicke: The Day of the Surgery: "Hi everyone, Carol here, hijacking my...
from Dr. Mariottini: Sex and Beer in Mesopotamia: According to a report publishe...
C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters coming to Chicago!
from Dr. Mariottini: Tanak: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible: Today’s post is a re...
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone,...
from Dr. Quicke: Cancer Interrupts (4): At last the day of surgery is here. Tomo...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Ten Commandments in Jewish Tradition: The article deals...
from Dr. Fitch Are “The Neo-Reformed” Reformed? Or Are They Puritans? And Does i...
from Dr. Mariottini: Divine Warfare: My post today deals with divine warfare.In...
from Dr. Waterman: More Than an It (Grace, Part 3): It shifted in a moment. Hea...
Number of times the following words are found in the Bible: Christianity - 0 Chr...
Welcome Dmin students!
New article 'Social Media Training for Clergy'
from Dr. Mariottini: The God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testame...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Names of God: Harry Butler, a correspondent for the Gad...
from Dr. Quicke: A worthwhile conference?: I have just returned from speaking to...
from Dr. Mariottini: The God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testame...
from Dr. Hamstra: The Self-Centered Pursuit of God’s Will: The self-centered pur...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Anakim and the Nephilim: An excerpt from my article: T...
New article 'Library Closed Friday, Jan 20'
Important Announcement from the Office of Supervised Ministry.
from Dr. Mariottini: What Happens When God Loses?: It was God in human form who...
from Dr. Fitch The Mark Driscoll Fiasco: What the Latest Flap Teaches Us About T...
Great chapel yesterday. Here's what you missed.
Nice write up of John Perkins by Scott William Bryant
from Dr. Mariottini: Coincidences in the Bible: Haim Shore, a Professor of Engin...
from Dr. Mariottini: Tebowing: Michael Medved, the host of a daily, nationally s...
from Dr. Quicke: An unusual opportunity: In these days leading up to surgery (on...
from Dr. Fitch In Retrospect on this MLK day: Things we can learn about non-viol...
from Dr. Mariottini: The God Who Loses.: In God's struggle with Jacob, the Bible...
from Dr. Fitch More Ekklesiaphobia Post #3: The Fear of the Colonialist Mistake:...
from Dr. Mariottini: Who Is a Minister?: In a previous post, I mentioned that th...
from Dr. Quicke: Stop talking: This term my preaching classes are learning to pr...
from Dr. Waterman: Weak Knees: It was an inky black Florida evening. I was in J...
from Dr. Quicke: Nearing Home: Billy Graham (nearly 93) has written a book: Near...
from Dr. Quicke: Antidote to sermony: Before cancer rudely interrupted me, I was...
New article 'Adjusted Library Hours for DMin Seminars'
from Dr. Quicke: Cancer Interrupts (3): So many people have kindly asked: "How d...
from Dr. Fitch The End of Evangelicalism? A Year Later: Thanks To Many: Whoah. I...
from Dr. Hamstra: Christ and Culture and Dogs and Cats: The American Society for...
from Dr. Mariottini: Fear: Fear is a broad range of emotions that embrace both t...
from Dr. Fitch Ekklesaphobia Post #2: The Protestant Principle: Warning: The fol...
from Dr. Mariottini: A Tax Receipt from Jerusalem?: Another remarkable artifact...
from Dr. Mariottini: Ointment in the Old Testament: Perfumed unguents or salves...
from Dr. Mariottini: Violence Against Women: My post today has nothing to do wit...
from Dr. Quicke: Being Intentional: Reflecting on yesterday's post made me reali...
from Dr. Mariottini: Ancient Jewish Scrolls Found in Afghanistan: According to a...
from Dr. Mariottini: Israel and the Palestinians: The Invention of a People: It...
from Dr. Mariottini: N.T. Wright, Scepticism, and the Virgin Birth: "ABC Religio...
from Dr. Waterman: Full of Grace: I think my eyes get cloudy in all the wrong th...
from Dr. Fitch DON’T BE AN EKKLESAPHOBE: It happens on facebook when I give the...
from Dr. Mariottini: Are the Palestinians an Invented People?: In a previous pos...
from Dr. Quicke: Cancer Interrupts (2): Since sharing my news, I have been overw...
from Dr. Quicke: Christmas Greetings!: Yes, my world has been rocked by my recen...
from Dr. Quicke: Cancer interrupts!: The last couple of postings have seen me mu...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Mayan Calendar and December 21, 2012: According to peop...
from Dr. Fitch My Top Ten Posts for 2011: With Comments and Personal Resolutions...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Laws of Deuteronomy: Lending Money to the Poor: The rel...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Death of Christopher Hitchens: The author of the book o...
from Dr. Mariottini: Ancient Israel: Ancient Kingdom or Late Invention: One of t...
New article 'Dr. Cherith Fee Nordling, New Associate Professor of Theology' http...
from Dr. Fitch Leading Your Local Church Into Change (and the Church at Large):...
from Dr. Quicke: Sermony (3): I wonder if there are synonyms for this word 'serm...
from Dr. Mariottini: Are Israel and the Palestinians an Invented People?: Newt G...
New article 'Library Hours Over Christmas Break'
from Dr. Quicke: Sermony (2): When I wrote about preachers who preach 'sermony'...
from Dr. Mariottini: Rick Perry and Barack Obama: Steve Chapman, a member of the...
from Dr. Mariottini: New Address: Thank you for visiting my blog. My blog has mo...
from Dr. Quicke: Sermony: Recently I have found myself using a word that doesn't...
from Dr. Fitch I Love Asset-Based Community Development but it’s not the Church:...
from Dr. Mariottini: Strange Markings Found in Jerusalem: Archaeologists digging...
from Dr. Quicke: A Finalist!: I learned today from the blog:
from Dr. Waterman: The Sunrise Shall Visit Us: Advent Reflection #2: Zechariah a...
from Dr. Fitch On Planting Churches That Do Not Cannibalize: The Luke 10 Project...
from Dr. Quicke: Simple Joys: Thanksgiving last week proved to be an utter delig...
New article 'Advancing the Missional Conversation in Churches and Seminaries' ht...
from Dr. Waterman: The Sunrise Shall Visit Us: Advent Reflection #1: “Tangible h...
from Dr. Fitch Why Missional Leaders Need to Get Over White Man’s Angst: Over th...
from Dr. Quicke: Happy Thanksgiving: As a Brit I have really come to appreciate...
New article 'Library Hours for Thanksgiving Break'
from Dr. Hamstra: Praying Like SLEET: Mention the word "prayer" in a small group...
from Dr. Fitch Hangin Out at The National Church Planting Congress of Canada: I...
from Dr. Quicke: Cell Phone Fiasco: I delivered the Ritter-Moyer lectures at Eva...
Suburban ministries turn to city-focused organizations like the CCDA for help in...
from Dr. Quicke: New Directions in Preaching: Next week I am lecturing at Evange...
from Dr. Quicke: Enjoying my lot!: This morning's Scriptures included Ecclesiast...
New article 'Have you tried an eBook lately?'
New article 'Northern President Addresses The International Baptist Convention'...
from Dr. Fitch The Mars Hill Seattle “Cease and Desist” Letter: Why Branding Is...
from Dr. Hamstra: Out of Our Comfort Zone: Have you ever been pushed out of your...
from Dr. Fitch On Seminary Getting a Bad Rap: The majority opinion among those u...
from Dr. Quicke: Music Plus: This past week has been special for two music conce...
from Dr. Mariottini: Show Them No Mercy: "When the LORD your God brings you into...
from Dr. Quicke: Preaching Conference - Haddon's 80th.: Before I forget I must c...
Join us next week as we host presentations & dialogue re: the future of theologi...
Dr. Cherish Fee Nordling is about to deliver a public address to the @nseminary...
from Dr. Fitch “We Are Broken”: Overcoming the ideology that stymies the church’...
from Dr. Waterman: Smallness Twice Over: A sentence or two from a good novel can...
from Dr. Mariottini: God’s Covenant with Abraham: When God called Abraham and to...
from Dr. Quicke: Preaching Conference (2): I posted yesterday about a couple of...
from Dr. Quicke: Preaching - some mistakes and its future: I am writing from Gor...
How's everyone's fall quarter going? Good stories to share?
Interested in IL-based orphan care & adoption? Check out the blog & new ministry...
Any Northern Seminary students out there (current or new) who we aren't connecte...
Discipleship, mission, & the future of theological education. Join us for any or...
from Dr. Waterman: As A Watchman Who Waits: “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,...
from Dr. Mariottini: Adam’s Sin: Listening To His Wife: Thomas White, Associate...
from Dr. Fitch Put off the Launch!! When Going Public (with your Worship Service...
from Dr. Mariottini: Sunday School and the Problem of Biblical Illiteracy: Bill...
from Dr. Mariottini: And Man Created God: Robert Banks, an Associated for the Ce...
from Dr. Mariottini: Left-handedness in the Hebrew Bible: The statement that Ehu...
from Dr. Mariottini: Happy Rosh Hashanah: Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year....
from Dr. Fitch Tim Keller’s “Gospel Ecosystem”: 3 Dangers In a Noble Idea: In th...
from Dr. Mariottini: Jesus Devoured Our Sins: In order to demonstrate how Jesus...
from Dr. Waterman: Broken Beauty: There’s no doubt that Cocoa Beach is a popular...
Welcome back to all our current students and a special shout out to all our new...
from Dr. Quicke: Thank You Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church: Yesterday I concl...
from Dr. Mariottini: Hell and Mr. Fudge: I just returned from Houston where I at...
from Dr. Mariottini: Capital Punishment Is Pro-Life: According to a press releas...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Wall Paintings at Catalhoyuk: Catalhoyuk is an amazing...
from Dr. Quicke: Scurrying Through: After my 'Book Launch Workshop' in Georgetow...
from Dr. Mariottini: Has Noah’s Vineyard Been Discovered?: My post today deals w...
from Dr. Fitch “Our Children Don’t Get Anything Out of the Service”: Worship as...
New article 'Do You Have Your Photo ID Yet?'
from Dr. Mariottini: The Death of Bathsheba’s Child – Part 1: Recently, a member...
New article 'Extended Library Hours Week of Sept. 18'
from Dr. Waterman: Samwise: My beautiful stay at the gracious mansion came to it...
from Dr. Hamstra: When Study Leads To Change Lives: God blessed me and my wife,...
from Dr. Fitch The Compelling Question of Discipleship: This Year’s Missional Le...
Check out this really cool story about Northern grad Michael Moore.
Hey Northern friends, here's a humorous reminder that every moment is pregnant w...
from Dr. Quicke: A Three Sermon Prep Day!: Bryan Chapell warns preachers about u...
from Dr. Quicke: An unusual evening: Last night I visited the Risen Savior Assem...
from Dr. Fitch Church Planter as Mythic Hero: 5 Reasons Not To Go This Route: Th...
from Dr. Mariottini: God’s Torah: Something Strange and Alien: Hosea accused the...
from Dr. Quicke: Elmhurst Sermon (4): This morning's worship focused on beatitud...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Jordan Lead Codices: They Are Fakes: The discovery of t...
from Dr. Mariottini: Him that Pisseth against the Wall - Part 2: My previous pos...
from Dr. Fitch A Deeper Salvation is Gaining Traction in Mainline Evangelicalism...
from Dr. Quicke: The Book....oh yeah!: Today marks the official date of publicat...
from Dr. Waterman: Internal Ponderings: “Carla, of course what you are learning...
from Dr. Mariottini: “Him that Pisseth against the Wall”: The purpose of my post...
from Dr. Quicke: A very unusual request: A couple of weeks ago I heard from a st...
from Dr. Hamstra: Reformed Charismatic Part 2: My first blog exploring the life...
from Dr. Fitch God’s Journey into the Far Country and Our Participation in It: M...
from Dr. Hamstra: Taking Up Our Cross and Following Jesus: We just wrapped up a...
from Dr. Fitch The Incarnation: Some Clarifications on An Abused Term: Post #2 M...
from Dr. Waterman: Internal Washing: I must have significantly less salt water i...
from Dr. Mariottini: Jeremiah and the Task of the Ministry - Part 1: My student...
from Dr. Mariottini: Catholic Charities and Adoptions: A judge in Illinois ruled...
from Dr. Quicke: Open Air Service (3): This morning's open air servicein downtow...
from Dr. Quicke: Elmhurst Sermon (3): Worship planners are already working on th...
from Dr. Quicke: Open Air Service (2): Planning for next Sunday is advanced - I...
Great article the attempts of @nseminary and others to "Equip the Equippers" thr...
Northern students, we're developing a partnership w/ @Mike_Breen & 3DM. This pos...
The End of Church Planting?, a CT post by @nseminary professor, @fitchest
Back to School for Lombard - Bus Schedules, Lunch Menus, School Supplies and more
from Dr. Fitch The Incarnation: Some Clarifications on an Abused Term – Post#1:...
from Dr. Waterman: Internal Oceans: The beach at Amelia Island last night was ab...
from Dr. Mariottini: Manipulating Google: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d...
from Dr. Fitch Me and Alex McManus Take 2: Here’s a “Both/And” I Can Live With!:...
from Dr. Hamstra: What is a Reformed Charismatic?: I would like to think that I...
Northern grad, Rev. Dr. Don Peet has published his first book, "Grace Robbers."...
from Dr. Mariottini: Love and the Cost of Health Insurance.: What has love to do...
Thanks to all the new people "Liking" Northern Seminary out there. Out of curios...
from Dr. Mariottini: Biblical Passages for Rick Perry: Stephen Prothero, a relig...
from Dr. Quicke: Elmhurst Sermon (2) August 28th.: I am grateful for all the pre...
from Dr. Mariottini: Solomon Becomes King: In today’s post I continue my study...
from Dr. Waterman: Double Meanings: We know only three things about her: she was...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Bible, America, and a Just Society: You must watch a gr...
from Dr. Fitch Howard Shultz – CEO of Starbucks – Withdraws from Willowcreek Sum...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Balm of Gilead: “Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there n...
from Dr. Quicke: Elmhurst Sermon (1) August 21st: Today some members of the wors...
from Dr. Quicke: An Exciting Day: Every so often a tingling day occurs, chock fu...
from Dr. Quicke: N Pines (2) Memory Work: I am very grateful for the kind commen...
from Dr. Fitch Stop Funding Church Plants 2: Three Clues Alex McManus Doesn’t Ge...
from Dr. Mariottini: Adonijah and the Struggle for David’s Throne: Adonijah was...
from Dr. Waterman: Praying with Blocks: “Lord, it is like this…” What would our...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Tribes of Yahweh: Norman Gottwald has written an intere...
from Dr. Fitch Pastoring as Mutual Submission: On Putting the Power Relationship...
from Dr. Hamstra: The Hallmark of Life Together: Parker Palmore, in his book Cou...
from Dr. Mariottini: Rape in the Hebrew Bible.: Most people avoid talking about...
New article 'Seminary @ Cornerstone'
What's the summer looking like for you - reading, traveling, life transitions, s...
from Dr. Fitch This is What Emerging Church Is! Tony Jones Responds! Should I Be Fine With This?: Last week I post...
from Dr. Quicke: The Essence of the Essence: I think most preachers will agree that their weekly sermon preparatio...
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Hey, speaking of our 2011 Commencement Ceremony, check out these excellent pictures of our grads,
Did you catch Ruth Haley Barton's address to our 2011 graduates? Check it out here,
from Dr. Hamstra: Building on Bonhoeffer: As noted in my last blog post, while on my most recent vacation I read t...
from Dr. Fitch What Has Become of the Emerging Church? The Problem of a Never Ending Conversation: I’m away in Fra...
Page CXVI in concert at First Baptist in @elginIL. Check it out here.
from Dr. Hamstra: The Bonhoeffer Legacy: While on vacation I read the new, 500 plus page biography of Dietrich Bon...
from Dr. Fitch There’s A “Good Tired” and a “Bad Tired”: There’s a good tired and there’s a bad tired, a good (dis...
from Dr. Mariottini: John’s Abiding Love: John was one of Jesus’ twelve apostles, that group of disciples whom Jes...
from Dr. Quicke: Silence on Sundays: I came across this quote today from Soren Kierkegaard:Order the pastors to be...
from Dr. Waterman: Rain from Heaven: Sunny, sticky, dark clouds, rain! I’m half way through my first summer in Orl...
New article 'Library Databases Are Now Online'
from Dr. Mariottini: Is God Real?: “But the LORD is the true God” (Jeremiah 10:10).People who do not believe in Go...
from Dr. Fitch Me and Homebrewed Christianity: Wow. I just listened to the Homebrewed Christianity podcast intervi...
New article 'Library Databases Offline July 8 - 11'
from Dr. Mariottini: A City in David’s Kingdom: CNN has an interesting video on the archaeological excavation at K...
from Dr. Mariottini: Metaphors in the Bible: Why is the proper understanding of metaphors important in Bible study...
New article 'Northern Begins Search for Professor of New Testament'
from Dr. Mariottini: Adam and the Animals: According to the book of Genesis, was Adam created before the animals o...
from Dr. Fitch An Eight Letter to the Church in N America: The good guys over at Epiphaneia held a conference last...
New article 'A Kinder, Gentler I-Share (But Still With Teeth)'
from Dr. Waterman: A Sliver of Wood: Sometimes it’s a song, or a reading, or a person, or another part of God’s cr...
New article 'Joel Gregory Joins Faculty Team for DMin in Preaching and Congregational Leadership'
Celebrity, Consumerism, & Competition as paths to destruction for the American Church (via: @mike_breen) Your thoughts?
from Dr. Mariottini: Yosef Bar Caiaphas: The recent discovery of an ossuary containing the bones of Miriam, the da...
from Dr. Mariottini: An Answer from the Grave: John W. Loftus, the author of the blog Debunking Christianity recen...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Creation of the Woman: A few days ago, I was reading the book of Genesis in The Jewish St...
from Dr. Mariottini: Israel’s Mission in the World: After redeeming Israel from Egypt, Yahweh was about to establi...
from Dr. Quicke: History of Preaching (2): Another generalization that O.C. Edwards makes from his overview of 200...
from Dr. Mariottini: Miriam, the Granddaughter of Caiaphas: Israeli archaeologists have announced the discovery of...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Apostle Paul: An Image of the Apostle: A fresco with the image of the Apostle Paul was di...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Danger of Greed: Greed poses many dangers to Christians. This is the reason Christians m...
from Dr. Fitch STOP FUNDING CHURCH PLANTS and Start Funding Missionaries: A Plea to Denominations: This is an idea...
from Dr. Waterman: When Hope is a Love Song: Hope, real hope, not wishing really hard, but being “on the way” in a...
from Dr. Mariottini: Egyptian Religion: The ancient Egyptians were a very religious people. Egyptian religion was...
from Dr. Quicke: History of Preaching (1): Well, my vacation's over (and don't I know it from being back in the of...
from Dr. Mariottini: Who Killed Goliath? - Part 3: In my post today I conclude my study on who killed Goliath. I ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Biblical Doctrine of Hell: The Christian Post has an interview with Edward Fudge, author ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Lost Tribe of Manasseh: Israel National New is reporting that a remnant of the lost tribe...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Bible and Jewish Festivals: The Jewish feasts in ancient Israel were a time of celebratio...
from Dr. Mariottini: Blogging, Copyright Infringement, and Fair Use: If you are a blogger or if you have a web pag...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Earliest Christians Documents: The Jordan Times is reporting that preliminary results con...
from Dr. Mariottini: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism: James K. Hoffmeier, Professor of Old Testament and...
from Dr. Mariottini: Who Killed Goliath: David or Elhanan?: The Bible presents two different views about the death...
from Dr. Fitch James MacDonald’s Lost Vision For the Body of Christ?: One should be careful in criticizing another...
from Dr. Mariottini: The SBC Resolution on the NIV 2011: Messengers gathered in Phoenix, Arizona on June 14–15, 20...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Ancient Treasures of Ur.: The ancient city of Ur was one of the most important cities in ...
from Dr. Mariottini: Who Killed Goliath?: Who killed Goliath? The answer to this question is not difficult. It is...
Happy Father's Day to all you @nseminary dads out there. As God has Fathered you may you father your own children.
from Dr. Quicke: Vacation Reading (2): I dared to claim that while I was away on vacation I would power my way thr...
from Dr. Fitch Me and Max on Father’s Day via Twitter: 5 Reflections on Leadership in 140 Characters or Less: I do...
from Dr. Fitch On Teaching a D.Min Seminar and Blogging: I’m teaching a D.Min seminar this week which means I have...
from Dr. Hamstra: Life Together as Sheep: As disciples we may be compared to sheep of a flock following a shepherd...
The Cornerstone Festival is June 30-July 3. Take a seminar w/ @tallskinnykiwi (or others) & earn seminary credit!
Northern welcomes Dr. Ruth Haley Barton to its faculty & announces partnership programs w/ the Transforming Center,
from Dr. Quicke: Vacation Praying: Some while ago I purchased Preces Privatae (Private Prayers) in a used book s...
Did you attend Northern's commencement ceremony? We uploaded the video to Facebook to you can tag yourself. Have a look -
On Saturday, June 4, 2011, Northern Seminary proudly graduated 25 students. 13 of these students now hold MDiv degrees, 8 hold MA degrees, and 4 hold DMin degrees. Each graduate joins thousands more who are serving in all 50 states and over 30 countries.
Check out this video from graduation -
Dr. Alistair Brown & 7 students are in Beirut, Lebanon for a summer missions course. Follow what's going on here
New article 'Extended library hours for DMin seminars'
from Dr. Mariottini: Jeroboam II, King of Israel: Jeroboam II was king of the Northern Kingdom in the eighth cen...
(Please RT!) Indy artists record "Songs for the Oppressed." All proceeds aid victims of oppression. More info/order here
from Dr. Hamstra: Shepherd - Sheep - Flock: In his masterful teaching describing our lives as disciples, Jesus c...
from Dr. Quicke: Vacation Reading: I have just finished all my grading for this past academic year and submitted...
from Dr. Fitch How We Ended Up Making God About a Personal Inward Experience: I’ve been studying the Trinity in ...
from Dr. Mariottini: Jeroboam II, King of Israel - Part 1: Jeroboam II was the son of Joash, also known as Jehoa...
from Dr. Fitch On Being Careful Not To Give “The Finger” to Your Local Church: Sorry for the indiscretion, but t...
Congratulations to all our Northern Seminary graduates! (pic via @davidpohlmeier)
from Dr. Mariottini: Rabbinic Texts Online: Tyndale Tech has made available online a collection of early rabbini...
from Dr. Quicke: Soul of Leadership: At Northern's Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, Ruth Haley Barton was our ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Bible and Evolution: Can Christians believe in evolution and still believe that the Bib...
from Dr. Hamstra: The Gentle Guidance of the Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, is w...
Seminary or Cemetery? How Theological Educators Can Assist Their Students
Hot off the press, Northern T-Shirts have arrived! $12: Available @ graduation & Kern Hall.
from Dr. Fitch Five OverReactions that Kill The Community: Navigating Community in the Post-Evangelical Backlash...
from Dr. Quicke: Chinese Language Traditional Script Edition: I was thrilled yesterday to receive a package from...
from Dr. Waterman: Warped Doors and Open Windows: We never see our own faces. We see only our reflection. And w...
from Dr. Mariottini: Robert Alter on the King James Bible: Students of the Hebrew Bible are familiar with Robert...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Wild Goats of the Bible: When the prophet Habakkuk had his encounter with God, Habakkuk...
from Dr. Mariottini: John Calvin on Genesis 3:15: John Calvin was a great exegete of the Biblical text and yet h...
Maybe @nseminary has found itself a mascot. What do you think?
New article 'New Program: DMin in Preaching & Congregational Leadership'
The @socialphonics bootcamp is getting underway here @nseminary led by @jonestony.
from Dr. Mariottini: Translating Genesis 3:15 - Part 2: My post today continues my study of Genesis 3:15. In th...
from Dr. Fitch Questioning The Great Emergence – What Emergents Don’t Understand About Us Anabaptists: Phyllis’ ...
New article 'Limited Library Hours on Memorial Day'
NT Wright on Hell & Bell. Thoughts? Why are Americans so fixated on Hell?
from Dr. Quicke: To most people it's phooey!: Over lunch with my academic colleagues today I happened to mention...
from Dr. Quicke: Seeking Excellence (3): Returning from the conference at Green Lake I have many thoughts. They ...
from Dr. Mariottini: May 22, 2011: Left Behind: Nothing happened! May 21, 2011 came and went and the rapture did...
from Dr. Waterman: Drenched: I was talking to a younger friend yesterday who, in spite of careful stewarding of ...
Today's the last day. Northern Students, what do you want to name your student portal? Offer suggestions here,
Check out this article on urban church/planting that mentions @fitchest & @DailyKeller. Your thoughts?
from Dr. Fitch The Important Task of Cultivating Missional Rhythms in a Community: I’m heading off to Toronto th...
Northern Students, don't miss your chance to name your Student Portal! Check here for details -
New article 'Special Summer Course: Mediation Skills for Church Leaders'
New Blog Post: "On Puddles and Providence"
from Dr. Quicke: Seeking Excellence (2): I have been pondering which Scripture passage to use for some practical...
from Dr. Mariottini: Will Judgement Day Happen on May 21, 2011?: How do we know that judgment day will occur on ...
from Dr. Quicke: Seeking Excellence: I was delighted with the posting to my last question about what I should te...
from Dr. Hamstra: A Church of Many Nations: "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagi...
from Dr. Mariottini: Biblical Revelation and the Secular Society: In studying the theology of the Old Testament,...
from Dr. Mariottini: Christopher Hitchens and the Freedom of Speech: Christopher Hitchens, the man who made a na...
from Dr. Mariottini: Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead: “Justice Has Been Done”: The Galactic Empire Times is announcing th...
New article 'Northern Students - Name Your Student Portal!'
from Dr. Fitch Why Neo-Reformed Theology Won’t Jive With Mission: I Plead My Case: I’m hanging out at the eccles...
from Dr. Mariottini: Is the God of the Old Testament a Moral Monster?: The rise of neo-atheism, that is, militan...
Friends of Northern, looking for some furniture? Check out this sale. Proceeds benefit Horizon Community church.
from Dr. Quicke: Senior Pastors seeking Excellence: I remember asking readers a couple of years ago to help me p...
Please pray for the group of Northern students attending the @ecclesianet church-planter training this week in Richmond, VA.
from Dr. Mariottini: Asaph, King of Judah - Part 3: “Abijah [was] the father of Asaph, and Asaph [was] the fathe...
from Dr. Mariottini: Asaph, King of Judah - Part 2: Nowhere in the Hebrew Bible is Asa called Asaph. Asaph was a...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Kingdom of David and Archaeology: The article by Professor Yosef Garfinkel published in...
from Dr. Mariottini: Asaph, King of Judah - Part 1: “Abijah [was] the father of Asaph, and Asaph [was] the fathe...
from Dr. Mariottini: Erkamka na Adonai: Erkamka na Adonai.These words appear in the song by Michael Card titled ...
from Dr. Waterman: Reoriented: Perhaps the most obvious example is book titles. If you were to ask my younger s...
from Dr. Fitch Excuses Seminarians make for NOT Getting A (“Real”) Job: OK, so don’t take me too seriously on th...
from Dr. Fitch A Shout Out to The Inhabit Conference Crowd: Two Quotes For The Journey: I was at the Inhabit Con...
from Dr. Mariottini: The God Who Renews: Today I conclude my study of Psalm 103..The final declaration of the ps...
from Dr. Quicke: Truth 1 Preaching is sheer mystery: This has to be at the top, or near the top of God's list! ...
from Dr. Mariottini: Narmer: Pharaoh of Egypt: The Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago is pre...
from Dr. Mariottini: Norman Gottwald: Norman Gottwald was my teacher when I was doing graduate studies at the Gr...
from Dr. Quicke: Reflecting on Truisms: So far I have listed some details about preaching that may be held to be...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal: Ashurbanipal (668-627 BC) was one of the last great kings of...
from Dr. Mariottini: Territories and Sites of the Hebrew Scriptures: Burton MacDonald’s book, East of the Jordan...
from Dr. Fitch On Breaking the Cycle of Ideological Church: The Power of “Place”: I’m off to Seattle to the Inha...
from Dr. Mariottini: Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology: Watch a video about Indiana Jones and the A...
from Dr. Mariottini: Were the Israelites in Egypt?: Stephen Rosenberg, Senior Fellow at the W. F. Albright Insti...
New article 'Tuition and Fees for 2011-2012 Reflect Northern’s Innovation'
from Dr. Waterman: Scars: We all have them. I remember receiving my first one as I split open my left knee whil...
from Dr. Mariottini: El Shaddai - Part 2: Many Christians use the divine name El Shaddai in worship, but most of...
from Dr. Quicke: Happy Easter: I greet you on this most wonderful day with the best news. Jesus Christ is risen...
Check out this video about our partner in ministry, Lawndale Community Church. (HT: Darryl Saffore)
Urban ministers & friends of @IAMCCDA, check out our John Perkins Fellowship. Offering 6, full-tuition scholarships.
Considering seminary? Know someone who is? We offer up to six, full-tuition, Presidential Scholarships each year.
from Dr. Mariottini: Tornado Strikes Shaw University: Shaw University, an ABC-related school founded in 1865 and...
from Dr. Fitch Evangelicalism’s Crisis: The Defensiveness of Our Doctrine, Its Cracking, Rob Bell, and “Other” ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Court Case Against Zahi Hawass: Zahi Hawass, the Minister of State for Antiquities of E...
New article 'Library Closed Good Friday Through Easter'
from Dr. Quicke: Holy Week 2011: I think most itinerant preachers rejoice when they are invited to preach on Goo...
from Dr. Mariottini: El Shaddai - Part 1: One of the names by which God is known in the Hebrew Bible is El Shadd...
from Dr. Mariottini: Zahi Hawass Sentenced To Jail: Here is a surprising news story: Egyptian Minister of State ...
from Dr. Mariottini: A New Look at the Exodus: My blog today contains a video that presents a modern perspective...
from Dr. Mariottini: The First Prosthesis: My post today discusses an artificial toe which was attached to the r...
from Dr. Quicke: Preaching Truism (5): I am not sure how many more of my ideas about preaching justify being cal...
from Dr. Hamstra: Pastoral Letter re: the Future of Living Hope Church: Dear Friends,As the apostle Paul wrote, ...
from Dr. Waterman: If Christ Never Came (Part 3: On Loving One Another): I am in Florida at the moment, basking—...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Nails from Jesus’ Cross: Recently, Simcha Jacobovici, the Naked Archaeologist, announce...
Check out this brief article on Northern alum, Adron Robinson -
from Dr. Fitch Are you a church yet? The Necessity of each Community’s Political Manifestation: The inappropriat...
from Dr. Mariottini: I Am Moving: On August 16, 2005 I began blogging and my first post was posted on Blogger. ...
from Dr. Mariottini: Computer Crash: Last week I had one of those experiences that can affect your life for a da...
from Dr. Fitch Me at the Inhabit Conference in Seattle: How Neo-Anabaptist Christo-Anarchism Can Save Evangelica...
from Dr. Waterman: If Christ Never Came (Part 2: Thoughts on Regret): In the attempt to make my market-appropria...
from Dr. Quicke: Webcam Funeral: Yesterday morning I shared in a first - an online funeral service from Cambridg...
Northern friends, who'd you "get" for April Fools? Can anyone top this?
from Dr. Fitch We’re Asking For a Different Kind of Leadership: Recently I was talking with a guy who was attemp...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Water Systems of the City of David: The Jerusalem Post has a video in which Danny Herma...
from Dr. Mariottini: Women, Football, and Domestic Violence: Renee James has a disturbing article about the rela...
We're hosting a Social Media Bootcamp for pastors & nonprofit leaders. More info here: Please join us & spread the word!
from Dr. Mariottini: Dennis Prager on “Why the Almighty Isn't Doing Well These Days”: Dennis Prager, the host o...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Greek Behind John 3:16: Joel Hoffman has prepared a video in which he explains the Gree...
from Dr. Waterman: If Christ Never Came (Part 1): I struggle to stay in reality. Last week I came across a comm...
from Dr. Mariottini: Exodus 20:17: “You Shall Not Covet”: Joel Hoffman has prepared a video in which he explains...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Ancient Christian Codices: A Modern-Day Forgery: Thomas Verenna is working hard to keep...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Prophecies of Joel: The latest issue of The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Volume 11: Ar...
from Dr. Mariottini: The First Ever Portrait of Jesus?: Many bloggers have written about the 70 ancient books wh...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Samaritan Pentateuch: Photo: A Samaritan Pentateuch ScrollCourtesy: Photo Courtesy of H...
Missional Communities, the Church, & the future of theological Education. Check out this interview w/ @Mike_Breen.
Missional Communities, the Church, & the future of theological Education. Check out this interview w/ @Mike_Breen.
Northern professor, David Fitch, recently published, "The End of Evangelicalism?" Read a good review here -
Check out "Leadership Dash" by Northern alumna, Geneace Williams.
from Dr. Mariottini: Utensils in the Hebrew Bible: The Het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap (the Dutch Society fo...
from Dr. Mariottini: Christopher Hitchens and the Beginning of Hope: Christopher Hitchens, the notorious atheist...
from Dr. Mariottini: God Feminine – A Hidden Side of the Biblical God: Image: Anthropomorphic Female Figurine: S...
from Dr. Mariottini: Do You Understand the King James Bible?: Joel Hoffman has prepared a video to test your kno...
from Dr. Fitch The Gospel Coalition: Reprise and In Retrospect: The last few years, as events have warranted, I’...
from Dr. Mariottini: Bob Bell’s Love Wins: A Review: The Evangelical Alliance in the UK has published a review o...
For those interested in denominational transformation, we are excited to announce this partnership-driven opportunity,
from Dr. Mariottini: The Prophets of Israel: Today I begin teaching a class on the Major Prophets to my students...
from Dr. Waterman: On Fighting and Winning: Last night I was blessed to lead an extended meditation on Psalm 42/...
from Dr. Quicke: Preaching Truism (3): I am grateful for the comments posted on the last two truisms and I look ...
New article 'Norther Alum Receives Human Rights Award'
from Dr. Mariottini: Is a 3-Week Vacation for a Hadj to Mecca a Constitutional Right?: Is a 3-week vacation for ...
from Dr. Fitch For All the Big Dreamers in the World – Start Small On The Ground and Let the Rest Take Care of I...
Northern Alum, John Badamo, an "Everyday Star!" Congratulations John, we hope to graduate thousands more like you!
from Dr. Mariottini: Holy Ignorance: Daniel J. Mahoney, Professor of Political Science at Assumption College, wr...
Duke Divinity | For virtual theological education. Your thoughts on the use of online technology for seminary learning?
Duke Divinity Call & Response Blog. Good article on Denominations, Ecclesia, Church Planting & Northern Seminary -
We are offering Certificate, Master's, and Doctoral tracks in Faith Formation. Check out for details and audio.
from Dr. Mariottini: The Lost Tribes of Israel in Africa: A report published in the Ghana News claims that the G...
from Dr. Mariottini: The God Who Rewards: “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy ...
from Dr. Quicke: Preaching truism (2): Let me emphasize again that these truisms are not intended to beat up us ...
from Dr. Mariottini: A New Look at Mona Lisa: I am sure that almost everyone in the world has seen a picture of ...
from Dr. Fitch No SuperStars Here: Places I’ll Be in the Upcoming Months: On Fridays – I’ll be highlighting (occ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Chinese Perspective on Judaism: Culture and Tradition: Chinese television broadcasted ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Chinese Perspective on Judaism: Jerusalem: Chinese television broadcasted a documentar...
Happy St. Patrick's Day! In case you're looking to refresh your memory of St. Patrick, here a go - ;)
from Dr. Hamstra: What Do You Do For Yourself?: “What do you do for yourself?” he asked. While it was the kind o...
from Dr. Quicke: Preaching Truisms (1): I have often thought about compiling a list of truisms about preachers a...
from Dr. Fitch The Rob Bell Fiasco: Why We Can’t Have This Conversation: This Rob Bell discussion on universalis...
New article 'Library Hours During Spring Break'
from Dr. Mariottini: Sinai Artifacts from Kuntillet Ajrud: Image: A drawing from Kuntillet AjrudHershel Shanks, ...
from Dr. Mariottini: Replacement Theology: David Parsons, Media Director for the International Christian Embassy...
from Dr. Mariottini: A Christian Chapel in Thessaloniki: Archaeologists have found a Christian chapel built arou...
from Dr. Mariottini: The God Who Redeems: “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy ...
Some @nseminary students will be doing the @ecclesianet church planting training as a class. Check it out,
from Dr. Quicke: "Amen!" he said.: This morning I had an exhilarating time. I taught the Faith-Works adult fell...
from Dr. Quicke: A Painful Silence: Yes, I know it is a long time since I last posted! However, my silence is l...
from Dr. Waterman: Beige Walls and the Baptized Life: I am moving. We are selling our home where we raised our ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Church Fathers on Divine Impassibility: One of my readers left a comment on my post The...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Passibility of God: A Response to Doug Chaplin: Doug Chaplin recently wrote a post in w...
Friend of @nseminary, as we come through Epiphany into Lent, how do you see God at work?
from Dr. Hamstra: Jesus: The Original Missional Man: It's difficult to keep up with the discussion of what it me...
from Dr. Fitch When We Form Our Lives Around What We Are Against – Announcing “The End of Evangelicalism?”: The ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The God Who Heals: “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy na...
from Dr. Waterman: Lenten Spring: The trunk of the tree by my house matches the pavement, which are both in the ...
Looking for reactions to the @realrobbell @johnpiper shenanigans from Northern Seminary students on Twitter & Facebook.
There is a direct correlation between local churches engaging tough issues & seeing the Kingdom of God break forth. Yes?
"The opposite of poverty is not property. The opposite of poverty is community. " -- Stephan Bauman (Mission on Your Doorstep gathering)
from Dr. Hamstra: A Testimony to Dr. Mack Wayne Craig: Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN) lost a great leader a...
The Church, JC Penny, and what's missing from our evangelism. Engage here,
from Dr. Fitch Me and Phyllis Tickle? On the Future of the Church?: Uh, this may seem odd, pairing myself ...
New Blog Post: "A Parable from JC Penney"
from Dr. Fitch Rob Bell’s Frenzy: Why We Need Other Ways to Do Theology and Some Other Off-The-Cuff Observations...
from Dr. Mariottini: The God Who Forgives: “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy...
from Dr. Mariottini: Bless the Lord, O My Soul: “Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his...
from Dr. Waterman: More of Wisdom's Kin: As a young child of the 60’s, I loved the “Sword Drills” in my Baptist ...
from Dr. Mariottini: Deception at Nippur: The city of Nippur, an ancient city located in what is Iraq today, was...
from Dr. Fitch I’ve Changed my Stance on “Attractional”: How Mike Breen Converted Me: This post was originally s...
from Dr. Quicke: Email schizophrenia: Yesterday, I made an horrific discovery. I was given a password to a new ...
from Dr. Mariottini: Landlessness and Parasocial Leadership in Judges: The latest issue of the Journal of Hebrew...
from Dr. Mariottini: Robert Alter on the Wisdom Books: People who study and teach the Old Testament are familiar...
from Dr. Hamstra: Caption Contest: It was a beautiful day for ice fishing. So, a couple Sundays ago, when Peter ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Chinese Perspective on Judaism: Masada: Chinese television broadcasted a documentary i...
from Dr. Mariottini: Professor Anson Rainey: Photo: Professor Anson RaineyI received news that Professor Anson R...
from Dr. Mariottini: Professor Alan Segal: Professor Alan Segal, who taught in the Religion Department at Barnar...
from Dr. Mariottini: Hannah and Her Sacrifice: Hannah was the wife of Elkanah, a man from Ephraim. We meet Hann...
from Dr. Hamstra: Freedom from Worry: I have heard all the quips about worry and anxiety, but they don’t seem to...
from Dr. Quicke: Another Courageous Book: I realized after posting about Alan’s book on women in leadership (and...
from Dr. Waterman: Not Nice Water: The rocky northern Atlantic coast, while majestic, is not a swimmer’s paradis...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Androgyny of the First Human: Tyler F. Williams at Codex: Biblical Studies Blogspot, wr...
from Dr. Mariottini: Androgyny: On my post on The Bible and Sex, I wrote: “[Knust’s] premise is that the story o...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Bible and Sex: The secular press is buzzing with the release of two books dedicated to ...
from Dr. Fitch FYI The End of Evangelicalism?: To all friends of reclaimingthemission.com, please find below the...
Just deleted a few followers that appeared to be spam so we've got 98. Number 100 gets a free copy of "The Great Giveaway" by @fitchest!
New Blog Post: ""It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.""
from Dr. Fitch “God Used You to Destroy my World Today”: The Sign of a Good Sermon?: Last Sunday, over at my hou...
from Dr. Waterman: Riding a Rollercoast on a Wave: Sometimes life needs more than one metaphor. My sister, Pam,...
We currently have 91 Twitter followers. A free copy of "The Great Giveaway" by @fitchest goes to follower # 100!
Big thanks to the Northern Community for your patience during our repairs to power, water, and Internet service following the blizzard.
from Dr. Mariottini: The Manifestation of God in the Old Testament: One of the greatest teachings of the Old Tes...
from Dr. Quicke: How I changed my mind about women in leadership: A friend of mine, Alan Johnson, recently sent ...
from Dr. Hamstra: Questioning Everyday Acts of Piety: I never wanted to be one of those guys, one of the guys pe...
from Dr. Mariottini: Amos’ Fifth Vision and the Judgment of Israel: Today I conclude my study of Amos’ five visi...
from Dr. Mariottini: Archaeological Sites in Saudi Arabia: In the News:An Australian archaeologist working from ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Passibility of God: The Passibility of GodThis quote on the passibility of God was take...
Power has been fully restored to Lindner Tower! Visit for more details.
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FRI 2/4: Due to weather-related power issues, admin. offices are OPEN while faculty offices & library are CLOSED. 630.620.2100 (x7669)
FRI 2/4: Due to weather-related power issues, admin. offices are OPEN while faculty offices & library are CLOSED. 630.620.2100 (x7699)
from Dr. Mariottini: UFO Over Jerusalem - A Hoax: Greg, one of my readers saw the UFO videos and then he sent m...
from Dr. Mariottini: Disruptive Grace: Walter Brueggemann has published a new book, Disruptive Grace: Reflection...
I just used by @simplymeasured to analyze my Twitter audience in Excel.
from Dr. Quicke: Truth Spaces (9) Another big difference!: 3) Jesus knows usThere is one other huge difference a...
from Dr. Mariottini: Chinese Christians’ Plan to Evangelize the Muslim World: Julia Duin, in an article publishe...
from Dr. Mariottini: Jim West on Mordecai: Jim West at Zwinglius Redivivus has posted the January 2011 Biblical ...
Announcement: @nseminary CLASSES ARE CANELED today, Thurs. 2/3, as the classrooms are without heat.
from Dr. Mariottini: Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Damaged in Looting: Photo: Damaged Mummy HeadThe picture above ...
Due to the weather conditions expected, @nseminary offices will delay opening until noon on THURSDAY 2/3. Campus classes WILL be held.
from Dr. Fitch Three Compelling (Theological) Questions – for the Shaping of the Local Church into Mission.: Rec...
from Dr. Mariottini: 1,500-Year-Old Church Found In Israel: From NPR:Israeli archaeologists presented a newly un...
Announcement: @nseminary offices closed & classes canceled tomorrow, Wed. 2/2, due to weather. Call 630-620-SNOW for updates.
from Dr. Quicke: Truth Spaces (8) - Another difference: 2) Scripture is AliveIts all very well to claim that Jes...
Classes canceled today due to weather. You can call 630-620-SNOW or listen to 720 or 780 AM for more announcements.
New article 'The Missional Church Landscape'
from Dr. Quicke: Truth Spaces (7) Jesus' unique questions: I wonder what specific issues you might have identif...
from Dr. Mariottini: Amos’ Fourth Vision and the Basket of Summer Fruits: Amos’ fourth vision is different from ...
from Dr. Quicke: Truth Spaces (6) One more general point: I liked the pertinent question posted last time: "So w...
from Dr. Fitch On Why Reconciling Conflict is Ground Zero for the Inbreaking of the Kingdom: I was speaking at a...
Some helpful resources coming from leaders of our DMin in Missional Leadership cohort. Join us?
Northern grad., Tyron Smith, becomes Night Chaplain at Condell Medical Center.
from Dr. Quicke: Truth Spaces (5) Top Down and Side-by-Side Questions: Questions can often be used in a top-down...
from Dr. Quicke: Truth Spaces (4) All-Sorts: Of course there are many different sorts of questions. Teachers use...
from Dr. Quicke: Truth Spaces (3) Questions are revealing: The questions we ask are very illuminating. I remembe...
New article 'Missional Church Planting - Spring Quarter Intensive'
from Dr. Mariottini: Amos’ Second Vision and the Repentance of God: After the Lord called Amos to leave his floc...
New article 'Northern Seminary Advances Church-Based Theological Education'
from Dr. Fitch The Attractional Basis of Neo-Reformed Church Plants YES OR NO?: or Don’t try this at home if you...
from Dr. Mariottini: Iconoclasm and the Mutilation of Images in the Ancient Near East: The Oriental Institute of...
Compelling story of the life & ministry of former Northern student, Rev. Clara Thompson, Makes us proud!
Compelling story of the life & ministry of former Northern student, Rev. Carla Thompson, Makes us proud!
from Dr. Quicke: Truth Spaces (1): After some hectic days making reconnections back in the US, I have time to be...
from Dr. Hamstra: Temptation - Jesus’ and Ours: This past Sunday Living Hope Church followed Jesus from his bapt...
from Dr. Mariottini: Translating the Bible: The Value of the Mina: Translating the Bible from Hebrew, Aramaic, a...
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it. #MLK
The ultimate measure of a man isn't where he stands in moments of comfort & convenience, but... at times of challenge & controversy. MLK
from Dr. Fitch Remembering MLK: Teaching at a historically baptist seminary that has been the major educational ...
from Dr. Mariottini: Amos’ First Vision and the Power of Intercessory Prayer: The call of Amos to the prophetic ...
"Through nonviolent resistance we shall be able to oppose the unjust system and at the same time love the perpetrators of the system." MLK
"We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate w/ that system, & thereby become a participant in it's evil." MLK
Join us in celebrating the life & work of Martin Luther King Jr. by using your favorite MLK picture as your profile pic tomorrow.
from Dr. Waterman: Handmaiden Humility: I haven’t given much thought to the face of wisdom’s handmaiden, Humilit...
from Dr. Fitch For All My Friends in Canada (especially Alberta): For all my friends in Alberta, I’m coming to C...
New article 'Relevant Magazine Features Northern in Two Exciting Ways'
from Dr. Quicke: Sheer Thankfulness: This week I have been back teaching full classes on The Principles of Preac...
from Dr. Hamstra: Comparing and Contrasting Mega-Congregations: Last month I attended the midnight Christmas ser...
from Dr. Fitch Death of a Church Plant – Some Reflections and Hope for the Future of Missional Church Planting: ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Fortress Temple of Shechem and Joshua’s Covenant: Rob Bradshaw has posted an article by...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Tomb of Esther and Mordecai: Image: Tomb of Esther and MordecaiArutz Sheva is reporting...
from Dr. Mariottini: Agunot: Chained Women: The New York Times recently reported the case of Aharon Friedman, a ...
from Dr. Hamstra: In Memory of the Holy Innocents: For more three decades of preaching, I have stayed away—inten...
from Dr. Mariottini: Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond: The Oriental Institute...
from Dr. Mariottini: The End of the World: May 21, 2011: Did you know that you have about five months to live?Ac...
from Dr. Fitch Two New Books For 2011- For Those Thinking Through “Missional”: For those thinking through what “...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Call of Amos: Amos’ call to the prophetic ministry came directly from Yahweh and it cam...
from Dr. Quicke: Re-Entry: In just over three days we shall be back in the USA and nine glorious weeks of sabbat...
from Dr. Waterman: Patient Pondering: The shepherds have left the stable. There is some measure of peace settli...
from Dr. Hamstra: Are You a Christmas Christian?: A few Easters ago, following the example of many preachers, I ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Hebrew Stones of North America: According to a news report in the Columbus Dispatch, a ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Prophet Amos: During the eighth century B. C., prophecy took a different turn in Israel...
from Dr. Mariottini: A Special Recognition: I want to thank Jonathan Robinson for this special recognition: he c...
from Dr. Waterman: Orchestral Joy: In the end, we always performed our choral works with orchestral accompanimen...
from Dr. Fitch My 5 years of Blogging: 10 Highlights: In terms of vocation outside of my family, I consider myse...
New article 'Northern Grad, Wayne "Coach" Gordon, Receives William Wilberforce Award'
from Dr. Mariottini: Merry Christmas: Last night I finally finished grading the research papers for my three cou...
New article 'Ruth Haley Barton to Deliver 2011 Commencement Address'
Here's a little something fun to get you ready for a Christ-centered holiday.
Northern Students, we are closing the office at 2PM today and will reopen Mon., Jan. 3. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
from Dr. Quicke: Christmas Greetings: Though illness prevented our grandchildren sharing in most productions of ...
from Dr. Waterman: Even Angels Long (Waiting, Part 4): I ran into Gabriel again the other day. He has just arri...
from Dr. Quicke: Oh no!: Some imaginative readers will be wondering what happened next after the last posting. I...
from Dr. Quicke: Yet More Frustration!: My visit to Spurgeon's College was due to conclude today on a high note ...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Messianic Promise of the Old Testament: In a few days, Christians all over the world wi...
from Dr. Quicke: More Frustration: We have so looked forward to our seven days in London in order to see our fam...
from Dr. Fitch On Popular Demand – The Subversive Manger Scene Again – This Time A Better Picture: There was alo...
from Dr. Waterman: Engaged to Gratitude (Waiting, Part 3): Mary is waiting, too. When Gabriel arrives, she is w...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Word “Confess” in the NIV 2010: Matt Dabbs wrote a post studying the use of the word “c...
from Dr. Mariottini: Best of Archaeology 2010: National Geographical News has selected their ten most-viewed arc...
from Dr. Quicke: The Privilege of Gathered Worship: I have preached in two dramatically contrasting contexts in ...
from Dr. Hamstra: Mary’s Song - And Our Song - Of Praise: Each Advent Debbie and I not only put up our Christmas...
from Dr. Mariottini: Top Fifty Blogs by Theology Professors: The people at Theology Masters blog have put togeth...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Ark of Noah Will Be Found: In Kentucky: The people who gave America the Creation Museum...
from Dr. Fitch Is “Leadership” Biblical? A Few Reasons to Say “No.”: There’s been much ranting and raving on the...
from Dr. Mariottini: In Search of Sodom and Gomorrah: Israel National News is reporting that Jordan has signed a...
from Dr. Mariottini: Evangelicalism in Today’s America: The Chronicle of Higher Education has published an excel...
New Blog Post: "Living Christmas"
New article 'SAGE Journals Online To Be Discontinued'
Northers Students, what's on your reading list for Christmas break?
New article 'Library Winter Break Hours'
Human Rights Week Proclaimed by President Barack Obama
Human Rights Week Proclaimed by President Barack Obama
from Dr. Waterman: From Resignation to Expectation (Waiting, Part 2): Resignation is a soul-deadening, light-obs...
from Dr. Quicke: Old Testament Prophecy (2): As I have continued working on Isa 8:21-9:7 I have been intrigued b...
from Dr. Waterman: Stranded in Time (Waiting, Part 1): “The curtain comes down on the Old Testament with the pro...
from Dr. Quicke: Old Testament Prophecy: Next Sunday I am preaching again at Wallingford Baptist Church in their...
from Dr. Hamstra: An Advent Meditation: My worlds are converging. As pastor of the Living Hope Church, I have be...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Financial Troubles of the Crystal Cathedral: In a previous post I reported that the Cry...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Amish Community Apologizes to the Jewish People: Israel National News is reporting that...
from Dr. Fitch One of the Best Things Our Sunday Morning Gathering Can Do Is Bore “The Hell” Out of You: Recentl...
from Dr. Waterman: Advent Abandon (Psalm 42/43 Part 6): Tonight we lit the first Advent candle as Wyatt and I sa...
from Dr. Mariottini: Is Yahweh a Moral Monster?: During the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature...
Northern students & alumni - how was your Thanksgiving? Share pictures & stories on our Facebook wall.
from Dr. Fitch The Shaping of a People for Mission: The Ecclesia Network National Gathering: People can talk all...
from Dr. Waterman: Face to Face (Psalm 42/43, Part 5): We sat at the Thanksgiving dinner table, all twenty-three...
from Dr. Mariottini: Thanksgiving Day: The psalms of thanksgiving in the Hebrew Bible are joyful declarations of...
from Dr. Quicke: Biography (2): Though I have read several lighter books recently (including two by Alexander Mc...
Nortnern offices will be closing at 3 o'clock today. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. We'll be looking for pics & stories next week!
from Dr. Mariottini: A New Criticism of the NIV 2011: The Associated Baptist Press is reporting that The Council...
from Dr. Mariottini: Highlights of the SBL: I am back from Atlanta after attending the annual meeting of the Soc...
Northern Seminary officially dares its students & alumni to pull something like this off!
from Dr. Fitch “Youth Groups Destroy Children’s Lives”: Ok, so I was quoted in the recent book Hipster Christian...
Northern Students, our Thanksgiving Chapel is this morning at 11:45 and free lunch is served immediately following. Please join us.
from Dr. Waterman: Deep Calls to Deep (Psalm 42/43, Part 4): There is nothing super-spiritual about Psalm 42/43....
New article 'Thanksgiving Library Hours'
from Dr. Quicke: Dr David Russell: We have just been in Bristol for two days visiting family and attending the t...
from Dr. Mariottini: The Annual Meeting of the SBL: Today I am leaving for Atlanta to attend the annual meeting ...
Who should @nseminary be following on twitter & why? Make your case!
from Dr. Fitch The End of Evangelicalism?: My New Book: I finally have another book coming out this January. It’...
If you missed the missional learning commons here at Northern Seminary, you can grab the audio for free here,
from Dr. Hamstra: The Thick Practice of Testimony: When envisioning the shape of the weekly gathering of Living ...
from Dr. Mariottini: A Prayer That God Will Not Answer: Here is the prayer of someone praying for Jim DeMint, th...
Almost time for Tuesday chapel here at Northern Seminary. Are you joining us?
from Dr. Fitch The Psycho-Social Hurdles We must Get Over: Pastors in Post Christendom (Me and Gary Again): In a...
Northern Students - anyone have pictures from their classes or from around campus this fall? Share them here here or on our Facebook wall!
from Dr. Mariottini: HISTORIOGRAPHY: History is a sequential and systematic reconstruction of the past. The Old...
from Dr. Quicke: Amos (3): Because it was Remembrance Sunday, the service where I was preaching Amos took a diff...
Northern alum, Annie Dieselberg shares about Night Light, her ministry to prostitutes & victims of sex trafficking in Thailand
A Question of Human Rights in Housing Under the Law
Lombard Victims of Heineous Hate Crimes and Criminal Disaster Demolition
It's a New Day at Angel Food Ministries
St. Pius Students Collect Change for New Playground and Gym Floor
3rd Annual Pro Softball Awards
St. Pius Students Earn Awards at State Science Fair
St. Pius students learn about owls from Willowbrook Wildlife
St. Pius Student Wins DuPage County Farm Bureau Contest
St. Pius Students Design Grocery Bags for Mr. Z
Students Set Sail on the SS Pius
St. Pius Class of 1975 Planning Summer Reunion
St. Pius School accepting registrations for 2010-11 school year
St. Pius Students Have "Penny Wars" for Haiti
Student athletes at St. Pius honor their biggest fan
St. Pius Student Spells Her Way to Success
St. Pius Student Places Third in Nation at Wrestling Competition
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