Podcasts about David Dockery

S2 Ep. 11: David Dockery on SWBTS, Institutional Recovery, and Theological Identity Jared Cornutt and Griffin Gulledge sit down with SWBTS President David Dockery to talk about the seminary's recovery from financial challenges, its theological identity, and the state of the conservative resurgence within the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. Dockery shares insights from his personal history, particularly regarding racial issues, and emphasizes the importance of conviction and civility in theological debates.   The Baptist Review exists for Southern Baptists to engage in good faith discussion about the issues, current events, and questions that matter in our Convention. To follow the conversation, read The Baptist Review online at www.thebaptistreview.com Thanks to our podcast sponsor: Communio Learn more about how Communio can train and equips your church to evangelize through the renewal of healthy relationships, marriages, and the family. ----more---- Follow us on X Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram

Monday, May 19, 2025 Buddy's other guest is Dr. David Dockery. They'll talk about Baptist History and its current challenges. Connect with us on Facebook at facebook.com/pointofviewradio and on Twitter @PointofViewRTS with your opinions or comments. Looking for just the Highlights? Follow us on Spotify at Point of View Highlights and get weekly highlights from […]

Two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 30, 2025, about whether Oklahoma can operate the nation's first faith-based charter school. If the Supreme Court decides their way, St. Isidore of Seville would be a virtual, K-12 school run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa. We should note that a lot of conservatives are with St. Isidore. Alliance Defending Freedom's Jim Campbell was one of the attorneys arguing on behalf of the Oklahoma charter board and the school. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican supporter of St. Isidore, said the case “stands to be one of the most significant religious and education freedom decisions in our lifetime.” The conservative legal group Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief in the case, also in favor of St. Isidore. But not everyone – even on the conservative and Christian side of the aisle — is so enthusiastic. David Dockery is the president of the International Alliance for Christian Education. He told MinistryWatch, “IACE does not have an official position on the St Isidore case since we do not have full agreement on this matter among those who serve on the Board.” Dan Burrell is a longtime Christian education leader. Today he serves as a pastor in Charlotte, N.C., and the chairman of the board of MinistryWatch. His experience includes a tenure as president of the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. He was also a faculty member at Liberty University's graduate school of education. Burrell said he was “pretty strongly opposed” to government-funded religious schools.

Young Leaders in Biblical Higher Education can feel pressured to advance their institution's goals as swiftly as possible. Our guest, David Dockery, President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, is here to share wisdom gained from over forty years in the industry. His advice is to slow down, learn more about the history of your institution, create enactable plans on multi-year timeframes, and ensure that your actions align with your institution's mission. Carrying out this mission is more difficult than ever, with growing economic and cultural challenges threatening campuses, but Dockery has suggestions for how faith-based nonprofit schools should move forward into the future.Join us as we discuss: [2:08] The importance of recognizing one's own leadership gaps[14:35] The pitfalls of rushing change in a new leadership position[20:37] How the business model of biblical higher education must adaptCheck out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:IACETo hear this interview and many more like it, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or our website, or search for Biblical Higher Ed Talk in your favorite podcast player.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

It has been a rough couple of decades for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, but the school seems to have turned a corner and is headed in a new, positive direction. If the saga of SWBTS does indeed have a happy ending, or at least a thriving next chapter, a good bit of the credit can be attributed to one man: Dr. David Dockery. The producer for today's program is Jeff McIntosh. Until next time, may God bless you. LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S PROGRAM: Dr. Russell Dilday Thomas Kidd's excellent work, especially The Baptists In America, which he co-wrote with Barry Hankins. Mark Wingfield's recent article “How Southwestern Seminary Is Bouncing Back From Financial Catastrophe” . 20 years of detailed financial audits.

How will thinking carefully about the relationship of faith and knowledge influence the way you think about and live out your Christian commitments? "The Great Tradition of Christian Thinking" by David Dockery and Timothy George give an understanding of how Christian faith has related to knowledge throughout the centuries. It then shows how we can apply and advance the tradition today. Come join the conversation and bring your questions! I will be taking calls after the teaching. The show is LIVE every Tuesday at 1:30 pm PT. Content Discussed: 0:00 Intro 2:33 A look at future shows 5:30 An into to the series on Reclaiming the Christian Intellectual Tradition 6:52 Have Christians given up on the cognitive focus? Knowledge & Faith 14:57 The role of Scripture in the Christian intellectual tradition 16:28 How challenges throughout church history led to intellectual growth 24:05 How everything fits into the Christian story 27:34 Necessary distinction between "the faith" and "my faith" 34:25 How do we practically apply the Christian intellectual tradition today? 41:08 Why don't Christians assert religious claims as facts? 42:37 Wasn't it Christians, not atheists, who separated faith from evidence? 44:35 Why didn't Jesus clearly write down Christian theology? 47:43 Caller: Panpsychism and why God allows suffering and pain, and how we know God is good 1:09:31 Caller: Does science look at evidence to find a conclusion, and religion starts with conclusions and looks for evidence? 1:14:49 Caller: Do atheists have faith? Do we have to have answers for everything? 1:22:31 Two reasons why you shouldn't say "Think for yourself!"

In this episode, David Dockery discusses the challenges and strategies for modern evangelism and apologetics in a rapidly changing culture. David Dockery serves as president of the International Alliance for Christian Education as well as president and distinguished professor of theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also the editor of 'Confident Witness: Evangelism and Apologetics for the 21st Century' from Crossway. Read the full transcript of this episode. ❖ Listen to “How to Respond to Common Arguments against Christianity” with William Lane Craig: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show! Complete this survey for a free audiobook by Kevin DeYoung!

In this episode, I got to interview Dr. Nathan Finn. Dr. Finn is the Executive Director at the Institute for Transformational Leadership, Professor of Faith and Culture at North Greenville University, and the author of many books including, Historical Theology for the Church. Co-edited with Jason G. Duesin. He serves as a Senior Fellow for Religious Liberty for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, a Senior Fellow for the Land Center for Faith and Culture, a Fellow for the Bush Center for Faith and Culture, and a Fellow for the Center for Baptist Renewal. He also directs student and faculty programs for the International Alliance for Christian Education (IACE) and is a senior editor of Integration: A Journal for Faith and Learning.We discussed a chapter in the book, Social Conservatism for the Common Good by David S. Dockery. In this chapter, David Dockery writes about Robert P. George's political theory and how it relates to cobelligerency. We talk about Protestants partnering with Catholics in pursuit of a political common good, Billy Graham and his impact on Christian unity and fellowship, and how one can come to practical political partnerships without forsaking their orthodox Christian conviction.Sponsor: Puritan Treasures for Today 14 Books Set from Reformation Heritage Books - Use the code "orthodoxy" at checkout for 10% off your order! Sign up for my newsletter and never miss an episode: https://optivnetwork.comFollow me on X: https://x.com/andyschmitt99Email me at andy@optivnetwork.com with your questions!Music: "nesting" by Birocratic (http://birocratic.lnk.to/allYL)

Today, we have Dr. David S. Dockery on The Way Home Podcast! David S. Dockery is the 10th President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also serves as Distinguished Professor of Theology, Executive Editor of the Southwestern Journal of Theology, and Director of the Dockery Center for Global Evangelical Theology. He is regarded as one of […] The post The Way Home Podcast: David Dockery On the History and Future of Christian Education appeared first on Daniel Darling.

In this episode, Dr. Rick Morton interviews Dr. David Dockery at the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. Dockery, a member of Lifeline's pastoral advisory board, shares his appreciation for Lifeline Children's Services and their mission to support vulnerable children and families. Dr. Dockery highlights his involvement with the International Alliance for Christian Education (IACE), which aims to unify and strengthen Christian education from pre-K to PhD levels. The conversation touches on the need to integrate a biblical worldview into all aspects of education, countering the fragmentation and compartmentalization seen in higher education. Dr. Morton and Dr. Dockery discuss the challenges faced by Christian social workers and the importance of maintaining a gospel-centered approach in their work. They emphasize the need for theological education to equip church leaders to connect their faith with social justice and mercy ministries, ultimately fostering a holistic Christian approach to addressing the world's brokenness. GUESTDavid S. Dockery has served as the 10th President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since September 27, 2022. He also serves as distinguished Professor of Theology, Executive Editor of the Southwestern Journal of Theology, and Director of the Dockery Center for Global Evangelical Theology. He is regarded as one of the most recognized leaders and senior statesmen in the world of Christian higher education.HOSTHerbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children's Services and its ministry arms.CO-HOSTDr. Rick Morton is the Vice President of Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services.MID YEAR UPDATEWe're past the mid-way point of the year, and what a journey it has been. We've seen incredible growth, inspiring stories, and countless lives touched by our mission to provide love and care to vulnerable children and families. As we reflect on the first half of the year, we are reminded that our work is far from over. There are still so many children who need our help, and we cannot do it without your support.Today, we're asking for your partnership to continue this vital work. Your donations enable us to provide critical services, from adoption and foster care to family preservation and orphan care. Every contribution, no matter the size, makes a significant impact. Join us in making the second half of this year even more impactful than the first. Visit LifelineChild.org/Donate to give today. Together, we can continue to bring gospel hope and transformation to children and families in need.LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICESThe mission of Lifeline Children's Services is to equip the Body of Christ to manifest the gospel to vulnerable children. Our vision is for vulnerable children and their communities to be transformed by the gospel and to make disciples. FOLLOW USFacebook, Instagram, TwitterThe Defender Podcast: Subscribe on iTunes | Transistor | SpotifyThe Defender Bible Study: Subscribe on iTunes | Transistor | Spotify

Our culture is very confused about human dignity.  What does “human dignity” mean and why should we care? The answer lies in the Biblical teaching of the image of God! Theologian and teacher Dr. David Dockery joins Chris Brooks to explain these concepts and why we must understand them! Learn how human dignity is tied to the image of God and why it offers life-giving truth to everyone we meet!

The Bible teaches that all people are created in the image of God, but how can believers remain firmly rooted in the imago Dei when culture is more confused than ever about issues of human dignity? Today's guest, Lauren McAfee, along with co-editor David Dockery, gathered a team of expert collaborators to bring clarity and guidance from a biblical perspective as they explored what it means to be made in the image of God in their new book, Created in the Image of God: Applications and Implications for our Cultural Confusion. Lauren shares the compelling story of how she became interested in this subject with Carl and Todd and touches on many important issues discussed in the book.  Forefront Books has provided a few giveaway copies of Created in the Image of God for our listeners. Register here for the opportunity to win.   Show Notes: Lauren's website: https://www.laurenamcafee.com/ Stand for Life organization, started by Lauren: https://standforlife.com/ The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis: https://a.co/d/bAdVioZ

Moonshot Team's Elizabeth Neumann talks about how we remember major crises and events, and how there are those who want you to mis-remember.  She also helps us as parents help our kids to address situations like the Perry IA school shooting or other issues of unrest. Theologian David Dockery, editor of "Created in the Image of God," talks about how we should apply the theological truth of humans being made in the image of God into our lives and interactions with family, friends and in our communities. Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here

What is the image of God? How has sin affected the image of God? What significance does the image of God have for our cultural confusion today? Listen in as Ronjour sits down with Dr. David Dockery and Lauren McAfee to discuss their new book "Created in the Image of God: Applications and Implications for our Cultural Confusion."

Our culture is very confused about human dignity.  What does “human dignity” mean and why should we care? The answer lies in the image of God! Chris Brooks talks with Dr. David Dockery about the practical ways this applies to our families, churches, and society.  Learn how human dignity is connected to the image of God and why it matters so much as we speak life-giving truth to the people we love. EQUIPPERS - Our next ZOOM MEETING is Thursday, August 24!    REGISTRATION DETAILS ARE IN YOUR E-MAIL INBOX.  Not an Equipper and want to attend?   Become an Equipper Today!  

[00:00:00] Barry Corey: It was almost like every 10 years I entered this new stage, but when I turned 20 and was captivated by higher education and scholarship, became an English major, that was a decade where I would say I lived this adventure of scholarship thinking and writing and growing and finishing all my degrees during my twenties. And then when I hit 30, Bob Cooley said, why don't you come and work for me? And that was my decade of apprenticeship when I feel like I was to be the apprentice of a master. And I spent really the better part of my thirties learning at the feet of someone who is really good at what he did and cared enough to allow me to apprentice under him. Scholarship in my twenties, apprenticeship in my thirties, and then it hit my forties. It was leadership. +++++++++++++++++++ [00:00:50] Tommy Thomas: Our guest today is Barry Corey, the president of Biola University. My friendship with Barry goes back almost 17 years when I led the search that brought Barry to Biola. That was an interesting search in many ways, but I believe that's the only search I've conducted where a trustee at the place where the candidate worked encouraged me to recruit him to another place. But that's what happened. Barry was leading the Advancement Department at Gordon Conwell Seminary. When I launched the search, I sent the announcement to my good friend Joyce Godwin. Who, unbeknownst to me, was also a trustee at Gordon Conwell. And Joyce called me and told me of the excellent work that Barry was doing at Gordon Conwell and suggested that he'd make an outstanding president at Biola. So, Barry, I guess at some level we have Joyce Godwin to thank for this chapter of your life. [00:01:42] Barry Corey: If there's someone I want to thank, Joyce is a great one to do. [00:01:47] Tommy Thomas: Thank you for joining us today. Before I jump into this, you and I have discussed this before, and I think it was an interesting part of the search. I've done searches where the board kind of rubber-stamped the search committee's work, and I've done searches where it was like a Senate confirmation hearing. And I think yours go to the end of the Senate confirmation hearing. Maybe it's a little bit of humor. Maybe tell our listeners your recollections of that? [00:02:15] Barry Corey: Thank you for bringing that up. I don't have too much PTSD over that, I will say. When Biola University launched its search for the eighth president it was following the 25-year presidency of my predecessor, who was just an outstanding leader, Clyde Cook. And I think that meant that most of these trustees had never been through a search process before. The only ones that had would have been the ones that had been on there for 25 years or more. And to that, I will add that in then the 100-year history of Biola, 115-16 years now they had never hired from the outside. They always cultivated their presence from within. I was 45 years old, so I was rather young. I was at a seminary, not at a university. I came from a theological tradition that Biola needed to be thinking a little bit more about. I wasn't nationally known. There were just lots of reasons why their due diligence needed to be pretty carefully done. So, I saw it as, let's go through all the hard conversations before the decision so that after the decision, those questions don't come up. So, they left no stone unturned. And I actually think that's a good process for boards to go through, to think through in great detail prior to the conversation about making an offer. [00:03:36] Tommy Thomas: I totally agree.  I thought they saw you in multiple venues. They saw you in the boardroom, they saw you at dinner and breakfast. And I just think it takes a while to get to know somebody. I'm a fan of that. I know it was probably a little bit painful at the moment, but I like that. I applaud boards that take that kind of due diligence.  Before I dig into your professional career, take me back to your childhood and what was it like to grow up in the Corey family? [00:04:02] Barry Corey: I was one of two kids, the younger of two. My sister is a year and a half older than I am. And we grew up in a very love-filled home. My father was a Pentecostal preacher in a hardscrabble town outside of Boston, Massachusetts. And by the time I was six, he went into some kind of supervisory role over the denomination. We had a lot of love in our family. My father was, I don't know the best way to put it, a little bit more of a mystic than a cleric. He just had this way of seeing people. What they needed to be seen. And he would equate it as being prompted by God to love everyone he came in contact with, even if he wasn't loved back. And that's why probably his theme verse for his life was Matthew 10:40, where Jesus says, whoever receives you receives me and whoever sees me receives the one who sent me. So, there are a lot of awkward moments, Tommy, in my life when he would hug the Islamic gas station attendant. I would slink down in the backseat of the Pontiac Bonneville, or he would pray over the counter with the Armenian cobbler. Or one time he had the audacity to hold Ruben's face in his hand. Ruben was this Jewish furniture merchant, and he just told him he loved him. And all those moments were awkward to me. But later on in life, as I reflected back, he wasn't being weird. He was actually being receivable, which Jesus says in Matthew 10:40, we are to be. A little snapshot of my family. [00:05:30] Tommy Thomas: What was high school like for you and your sister? My parents did an unorthodox thing and allowed me to go to an all-boys Catholic preparatory school. [00:05:31] Barry Corey:  High school years were pretty good. We were active in our youth group. My parents did an unorthodox thing and allowed me to go to an all-boys Catholic preparatory school called St. John's in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Had a great education there. The great contributions that Catholics have made to education and virtues and morals and the values that needed to be embedded in education. So that kind of set me on a bit of a trajectory to realize that faith-based education is a good thing. So, by the time I was thinking about going to college, I looked at a number of faith-based colleges and ended up at a midsize liberal arts college connected to our denomination in the middle of the country. [00:06:17] Tommy Thomas: How did you decide on your major or was it pretty determined? [00:06:22] Barry Corey: No, I went to be a Bible major, but I had as many stories as other students would say, I had a professor who saw something in me. I didn't see it myself. And he was an English professor. He said, hey, you seem to be a halfway decent writer. Why don't you take another class in composition and rhetoric and then in literature? And I ended up I think falling in love with literature as a major and I became an English major because of the professor who believed in me was an English professor. Now, if he was a physics professor, that might not have been the same case for me. Being an English major was good preparation for being a critical thinker, good writer, articulate speaker, problem solver, and team builder. But that was the reason why people would ask, what are you going to do with your English major? And I didn't really know. But, God makes crooked roads straight, and I see in retrospect how that major was so preparatory for how I can be a critical thinker, a good writer, an articulate speaker, a problem solver, and a team builder. So much is wrapped up in being a literature or English major that really pays dividends in all aspects of life, and I tell English majors this at Biola University today. +++++++++++++++++ [00:07:29] Tommy Thomas: How does an English major get into fundraising? [00:07:34] Barry Corey: I made a decision when I was 19 years old that this transformational experience I had at a Christian college if God so willed, I would enter that as a career and went on and pursued a master's degree in American Studies at Boston College, got hired by a former professor of mine who became the president of a small Christian college outside of Philadelphia, just where I cut my teeth on. Higher education administration. And part of it was a process of elimination. I didn't have an MBA, wasn't a business major. So, entering higher education through the finance channel was not an option. I didn't really think I had the scholarship aptitude to be a professor. I didn't actually think I was smart enough to be one. And I ruled out doing a Ph.D. in English Literature or American Literature. And so, I eliminated that, a few other things. Maybe by default the advancement side, I really enjoyed because it was articulating the vision of Christian higher education to those who would become investors to make it possible for students to attend. And I defaulted there, both at the school where I was working in Philadelphia, and then ended up being mentored by an extraordinary leader at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, and that was where I spent 16 years of my life. The first half of my first 16 years of my real serious post-doctoral career, I did a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration at Boston College. I think that's probably what happened, and I started in fundraising at Gordon Conwell, but actually ended up as the Academic Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Education. So, I got over the academic side, but in a rather unorthodox way. [00:09:32] Tommy Thomas: Thinking back to your first management job when you actually had to manage somebody, what do you remember? [00:09:41] Barry Corey: I think I probably learned through a lot of mistakes I made as a young leader. Kept a lot of notes on what I did right and what I did wrong and realize I probably wanted to treat people the way I wanted to be treated. To see my gifts, be honest with me about where I have shortcomings, and help me be more prepared for what's next. [00:10:03] Tommy Thomas: At what time did you, I guess in your career, did you become, I'm going to say comfortable in your professional skin or your professional voice? When did you realize that maybe I have the makings of a leader? [00:10:19] Barry Corey: I don't know. I think I wanted to be a decision-maker. I didn't know where that would lead me. Bob Cooley was a futurist, and he made a deal that if I started working at Gordon Conwell Seminary, even though I wasn't reporting to him, he would mentor me. And there were those that maybe saw some things in me, like I mentioned earlier, Tommy, that I didn't necessarily see in myself. I had three remarkable mentors, one being my father, who I mentioned earlier, one being Bob Cooley, the longtime president of Gordon Conwell Seminary, who was a futurist, and he made a deal that if I started working at Gordon Conwell Seminary, even though I wasn't reporting to him, he would mentor me. And he did that until the day he died, and Leighton Ford and I eulogized him at his funeral just two years ago in Charlottesville. For 30 years he had been my mentor. And then his successor was a guy named Walt Kaiser. Many know Walt Kaiser as one of the leading Old Testament theologians. Being mentored by good leaders was something that I sought out and something today I feel I have an obligation to give out. He became the president of Gordon Conwell and in a very different way, he mentored me also. So, I think being mentored by good leaders was something that I sought out and something today I feel I have an obligation to give out. [00:11:25] Tommy Thomas: So you say Dr. Cooley was a futurist. I remember hearing him speak at your inaugural inauguration. It was amazing. What does a futurist look like in his life?  [00:11:39] Barry Corey: I think he could see things coming that others couldn't see. And he, I think, helped many of us look beyond the horizons of reality at what might be some new ways in which education is going to be delivered or boards are going to be governing, or faculty are going to be researching and teaching. He could just see things that we couldn't see. And he was a great help and he cared enough that he was willing to spend a lot of time with those under his tutelage, like me, and invest of himself. And if I look back at my own life, Tommy, because I know you're talking a lot about leadership here. It was almost like every 10 years I entered this new stage, but when I turned 20 and was captivated by higher education and scholarship, became an English major, that was a decade where I would say I lived this adventure of scholarship thinking and writing and growing and finishing all my degrees during my twenties. And then when I hit 30, Bob Cooley said, why don't you come and work for me? And that was my decade of apprenticeship when I feel like I was to be the apprentice of a master. And I spent really the better part of my thirties learning at the feet of someone who is really good at what he did and cared enough to allow me to apprentice under him.  When I hit 30, Bob Cooley said, “Why don't you come and work for me?” And that was my decade of apprenticeship when I feel like I was to be the apprentice of a master. Scholarship in my twenties, apprenticeship in my thirties, and then it hit my forties. It was leadership. I became the academic dean at a seminary. And then a few years later became the president of Biola University when I was 45 and, I think the scholarship and the apprenticeship prepared me for the leadership that I was experiencing in my forties, starting new things. And I just felt God had paved the way through people who believed in me and took chances on me, even when I had stumbled along the way. And then when I hit my fifties, I thought, it's time for me to start paying it forward. Maybe it's the decade of mentorship from scholarship to apprenticeship, to leadership, to mentorship. Who am I investing in the rising generation so I can pay it forward for those who invested in me? They had nothing to gain by investing in me, and I had everything to gain. So now I'm in my 60s, and it's a new ship.  ++++++++++++++++++ [00:14:01] Tommy Thomas: I know your time at Biola and Gordon Conwell, for the most part, people would say, man, Barry's been riding a crest, but I'm sure there have been times that tested your mettle.  Can you take us into one of those, and how did you come out of it? [00:14:16] Barry Corey: I'm writing a book now on the burdens of leadership which are burdens that top leaders of organizations uniquely bear. And that organization could be a Fortune 500 company, it could be a military unit, it could be the senior partner of a law firm, it could be a pastor of a church, or president of a university, or an owner of a family business. But it's where you have on the organizational structure, that one box at the top that person occupies. And when I stepped into this role as a leader of an organization, Biola has about a thousand employees, 500 students, and a 200-plus million-dollar budget. It was far bigger than anything I had ever experienced before. And I just realized that though I had worked alongside leaders, and I'd heard them talk about burdens. I finally understood them, not just intellectually, but existentially. And so that's the long lead into your question, Tommy. And there have been some real burdens that I've had to bear in this role. One of them is just this burden of loneliness. You're never alone, but you're the only one in your organization that has no peer. And so, friendships are different. The ways in which you relate to people are different and wrestle through that sometimes through trial and error. I've had situations where I was the recipient of legal lawsuits and litigation and just those kinds of burdens that come with leadership. There's the burden of surprises that you don't see things coming and when COVID came it was not anticipated. And of the 3,141 counties in America, only one county, Los Angeles County, where we are, completely shuttered every college and university in the county for 18 months, and we just couldn't get around that. And that was a tough season for us, but leaders have to be able to say we're going to get through this. We're going to overcome it. I've had sleepless nights and stressful times, but you have to live in this balance of reality and hope and communicate that to your own constituents that there is hope without being Pollyanna-ish. But this is also the reality of where we are. And that's another burden we bear is communicating hope with reality to our communities. That we're going to get through this. We're going to be strong on the other side. But sometimes it's hard to even believe it yourself. [00:16:51] Tommy Thomas: You mentioned the loneliness factor and I'm thinking of the board-chair-president relationship. Does that relationship alleviate that or do you still have an isolation piece there? [00:17:04] Barry Corey: No, I think it does, Tommy. Thanks for asking that. There have been four board chairs since I've been at Biola University. And, on a related note, I've often joked to say I'm in my fourth presidency of the same institution because the institution changes during the times that you're there. Now that I've entered my 17th year at Biola there are challenges that I'm facing now that I didn't face then, but the board chair-president relationship is vital and every board chair is going to have a different definition of what that looks like. And I thank God we've had four great chairs that were the right chairs for the right season that we are in. This morning I just finished an over an hour-long conversation, one-on-one with our board chair. And every two weeks, we cover the ground, but some of it's small talk, some it's how you're doing, and some of it's preparing for board meetings and others are like, what are the stressful issues that you're dealing with right now and how can we help? So, I think those Presidents or CEOs that I know have less communication with their board chairs. I just think they're in a tougher place. And I would just say I'm just so thankful for the board chair that Biola has and our ability to just be in regular contact with each other. He also chairs the committee on the president. At Biola University, which is the care and feeding of the president. And to a certain degree, you have to be able to talk honestly about some of the challenges that you're facing, but I will say, Tommy, that the board chair is not like your spiritual accountability partner. There's got to be those, including your own spouse in your life where you just let it all hang out. These are the things that I'm struggling with and dealing with. And these are my own depravity and everything else. So that's really not what the board chair needs to be. You need to be honest enough about the stresses of work and sometimes the stresses of home. But I would be careful not to substitute that with your own spiritual, encouraging, accountable brother or sister. [00:19:10] Tommy Thomas: 16 years, four chairs. So do y'all have a four-year term limit on the chair or has it just turned out that way? [00:19:16] Barry Corey: It's turned out that way.  I think six years, so I inherited the final two years of the previous chair, and we're in the first few years of the current chair.  [00:19:30] Tommy Thomas: All right. Do you and your cabinet create the agenda for the board meeting or how do you do it at Biola? [00:19:39] Barry Corey: Yeah, as it relates to board meetings, we have board meetings three times a year and we've made some changes. I think there are some essential dimensions of a board meeting that we have really been helped by. This might not be true for every nonprofit, but it certainly is true for us. One is that we spend a lot of time on board education. An educated board is an effective board. So, when I started at Biola, there would be four one-day meetings a year. And it was just pretty much, get through the agenda, lots of show and tell if there's a crisis, how are we going to deal with it? And then, we're in Southern California. So, people who wanted to be on the road by four o'clock, so they didn't get in all the traffic. Now we have three, two-day meetings. And I think two-day meetings are so important because it allows some of the discussion happening one day to be reflected on overnight. A governing body is dealing with and responsible for two things. One is financial solvency and the other is missional fidelity. And sometimes with that gestation period or whatever, it's fermenting in your own mind overnight. It allows you to think about things and maybe not rush through issues as much. And so, we spent a lot of time on board education sessions and spent a lot of time on what are the major accomplishments that we need to make sure that the board as a governing body, not an administrative body, but a governing body is dealing with and the board ultimately is, in my mind, responsible for two things. One is financial solvency and the other is missional fidelity. Sometimes you have missional fidelity, but if you're not financially solvent, a lot of good that's going to do sometimes you get financial solvency, but if you're not missionally faithful, then you're a bit like a rudderless ship. So, everything in our board conversations ultimately comes down to that. How are we staying missionally faithful? Sometimes that means dealing with legal aspects that are happening in our culture, in our state in Washington. Legislation that's going through. We're in a pretty bright blue state here in California, and we're a conservative Christian university, and we have to operate differently in many ways than if we were a conservative Christian university in a more sympathetic state. So, the board is so key to helping us deal with these kinds of missional fidelity and fiscal solvency issues. [00:21:55] Tommy Thomas: Does your board get involved in the overall risk management of the university, or do you keep that at the cabinet level? [00:22:01] Barry Corey: On a micro way, we keep it within the administration on risk management. On a macro level, the board is intimately involved in this because there are certainly viable threats to our business model that would be considered under the category of risk management. And that could be, how are we operating within our budget and how are we stewarding our resources and our quasi-endowment for long-term sustainability? How are we anticipating legislation or legal action that might jeopardize our deeply held convictions? Those are all risk management issues. So at the macro level, the board is very involved in those conversations. But as it relates to should we have skateboards on campus? The board's not. [00:22:49] Tommy Thomas: All right. That's good. Okay. So would you say your board is, if the Carver model is on one end of the continuum and whatever might be on the other end of the continuum, where do y'all operate on that as a board? [00:23:06] Barry Corey: We are somewhat of a policy-driven board, but I think policy becomes a little bit of the fallback. Let's not spend so much time developing policy that we're not thinking about our own future. And so, we probably have a balance on our board between, do we have the right policies in place? And are we dreaming and thinking about what kind of board we need to be in the future and what kind of university we need to be in the future that doesn't lock us into a kind of strict board parameters that prohibit us from maybe letting our imaginations go and basically thinking about what a new wineskin looks like at Biola. And I've often thought about this, is maybe a bit of a tangent, Tommy, but I think it's germane. Boards and Presidents can make two historical mistakes: They can be nostalgic – this is the way we have always done it. They can be amnesic – they forget about their founding principles. And that is I think that there are one of two historical mistakes that presidents can make, and boards can make. They can be nostalgic. Basically saying, hey, the way we've always done things is in essence who we are, therefore we're going to keep on doing things the same way. And that can lead really to being irrelevant or maybe mistaking that your methods are synonymous with your mission. So being nostalgic can be a real detriment to future thinking leadership of a board and of a president. But another mistake that presidents and boards can make, it's not just being nostalgic, but it's being amnesic. And by amnesic, they forget about their founding principles. They forget about their values and virtues and why was the institution established in the first place, and going back to the founders' vision and trying to embody and encase that. I spent three days undercover at a well-known college that has been around for 177 years or so. And they do this well. They haven't wavered from their founding mission, and I think that's what's made them so strong today. Because I think colleges and universities need not to blend in, but stand out and they don't need to be indistinguishable. They need to be distinguishable. And part of that is like, why did we start in the first place? And how are boards and presidents talking about that founding vision and founding mission in a way that keeps the board focused on the distinctiveness of Biola University that our world needs more than ever before? +++++++++++++++++ [00:25:36] Tommy Thomas: What's the most creative thing y'all have done at Biola that worked? [00:25:41] Barry Corey: We took a chance a number of years ago of really expanding our cinema and media arts program. We're located close to Hollywood, and we thought, we need four things. We need students to come here and not go elsewhere where they're not going to get a solid Christian-based education. Two, we need a visionary dean that is the leader that will take us there so that it comes out of the industry. Three is we need faculty that have great experience in the industry but are committed to the virtues of Biola University. And four, we needed a studio building to encompass this. And, by God's grace, this is all happening. Our program is growing like crazy. It's now ranked in the top 20 by variety in the country. And we just got like far and away, our largest gift. More than twice what we've ever received in Biola's history. And that was to help us build this building. And we're now going to have a building as part of the Snyder School of Cinema and Media Arts, the Snyder family being the founding family of In-N-Out Burger, who many people know, located here in Southern California honoring the Snyder family and their commitment to not just to media but their commitment to innovation, to opportune entrepreneurship, and certainly the commitment to the gospel. [00:26:57] Tommy Thomas: What's the most dangerous behavior that you've observed that derailed leaders' careers? [00:27:06] Barry Corey: Let me think about that for a second. I certainly feel like where I try to protect myself is to try not to think too highly of myself, but more highly of the office that I hold. And I think that sense of equating your own self-worth with your position and again, the ego and can get wrapped up in that can be very unhealthy to leaders. And it often leads to slacking off on moral and ethical standards because you think you deserve something. So I think that is it. I even try to do small things, Tommy, like I try not to talk about my vice presidents or my faculty or my board chair. They're not mine. They're the university's faculty, the university's vice presidents, the university's board, and the university's board chair. I even try not to say, come to my office to somebody else, they come to the president's office. It's an office that I have been asked to steward during this season and be a good custodian of it. But when I start thinking it's mine, I just think, in my mind at least, unhealthy fruit can be born out of that. So that's one bit of advice I keep on reminding myself, that I am a steward of this office for the season that God has called me to it. And I will say a little story about that, we used to have this big portrait outside of our residence hall of my predecessor, Clyde Cook, 25 years, just a beloved president. And I'd walk down there sometimes. And I'd say, who's that? And they say, I don't know. And I don't say that to disparage my predecessor. I say that to remind myself that, four years after I'm gone, rotate through one class of students. No one's going to know who I am. So, live faithfully the years that you've been entrusted with. Do the best you can. Stay missionally faithful, be innovative, take some risks, but just realize that you and the title you hold are not synonymous. I've got a bookmark on my desk that says, imagine what you would try if you knew you couldn't fail. [00:29:14] Tommy Thomas: If it's true that most of us learn from our failures more than we learn from successes, why are most of us so afraid to fail? [00:29:24] Barry Corey: I think for the same reason I tell students, it's just because you fail doesn't mean you're a failure. And I've got a bookmark on my desk that says, imagine what you would try if you knew you couldn't fail. So I do think that there's a fine line. If everything you try doesn't work out, then it sounds like the board needs a new president. But I do think if you're so risk-averse, then you're not stewarding well the office that you've been called to hold.  [00:29:51] Tommy Thomas: If you could go back and tell a younger version of yourself something, what would you tell him? [00:29:59] Barry Corey: Oh, you know what? I probably wouldn't tell him anything. I'm afraid if I told him something, then he might be more risk-averse. I'm just glad no older version of me told the younger version of me anything. Are there mistakes that I made that I wished I hadn't and things I would have avoided? Yeah, probably, but I like looking back at the crooked roads that I didn't see coming. And how Jesus and Isaiah say that God makes crooked roads straight and that which looks like it's twisting and turning when I'm going through it in the rearview mirror, it all seems to make sense.  And I guess that's just providence. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Next week will be the 100th episode of NextGen Nonprofit Leadership with Tommy Thomas. When I began the podcast, my podcast mentor told me that there was bad news and good news about early podcast episodes. The bad news is that the early episodes won't be very good. The good news is that you won't have very many listeners either. I agree that my part of the early podcast was not that good. It took me a while to get comfortable in front of the microphone and hear my voice in a recording. I'm so grateful to Bob Lonac, Jim Lowschieder, Holly Moore, Christine Talbot, David Dockery, and the other early guests who endeared my learning curve. I'm also grateful to Bob Tiede and his blog Leading with Questions.  Bob has taught me so much about asking good interview questions. I do think the quality has improved a little.  Hardly a week goes by that I don't receive an email from someone telling me how much they enjoyed a recent episode. Although our target audience is NextGen Leaders, I'm continually amazed at how many seasoned Board Chairs and CEOs tell me that they're regular listeners. So, thank you, both guests and listeners, for helping us make it to Episode 100. I'm looking forward to next week. Links and Resources JobfitMatters Website Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership with Tommy Thomas Biola University Biola University - About President Barry H. Corey  Connect Tommy Thomas - tthomas@jobfitmatters.com Tommy's LinkedIn Profile Barry Corey's LinkedIn Profile  

Program for 08/04/23 Jim Wood: Interview with Dr. David Dockery, Created in the Image of God

Jared and Allen sit down for an overflowing potluck with news out of the SBC Pastors' Conference as Dr. Rummage throws his hat in the ring, an update from the Crown Jewel Seminary with Dr. Dockery announced as president, the death of Dr. Stanley and his influence, and egg salad sandwich. Make sure you are following us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PotluckPodcastSBC

Charles Stanley, the legendary pastor and TV preacher, died this past week at age 90. Also in the news, Southwestern has a new president and chancellor as David Dockery has been named the 10th president of the seminary with O.S. Hawkins joining him in the chancellor role.

To be Christian, especially in this confusing cultural moment, requires the intentional cultivation of our minds. An exemplary model of someone who took this calling seriously is James Clerk Maxwell.         For a gift of any amount this month, I'd like to send you a very helpful and concise book, What Does It Mean to Be a Thoughtful Christian? by scholar David Dockery. We've also developed a video series on the Christian mind, with teachers such as Alisa Childers and Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer. To learn more, please visit colsoncenter.org/January. 

Our guest today is Dr. Carl Zylstra, the former president of Dordt University.  Those of you who've been listening to the Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership podcast will recognize Dr. Zylstra from the August 27th Episode Partners, Brothers, and Friends: How Two College Presidents Have Come Together For The Greater Good Of Christian Higher Education. In that episode, Carl Zylstra and David Dockery share some about their friendship and ultimately the collaboration they've had over the years.  If you haven't listened to that episode yet, I encourage you to do so.  It really is an insightful episode that you can learn a lot from and it will add more context to the conversation I have with Carl today. One of the reasons I've asked Carl back to be our guest today is because of the breadth of his experience in working with and serving on nonprofit boards.  My observation and experience is that being an effective nonprofit board member is not easy.  And yet, the strength of a board can make or break the effectiveness of an organization. In this episode, I ask Carl to share with us his experiences with nonprofit boards, the best strategies for board composition, common reasons for board turnover, and much more.   Please be sure to share this podcast with the nonprofit board members you know and not to keep us a secret. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Carl!     Show Notes [2:15] – An introduction to our guest, Dr. Carl Zylstra. [3:05] – Carl shares his experiences that led to the presidency of Dordt University. [4:33] – What does Carl remember about his first board? [6:09] – We learn what Carl believes is the best thing a board can do when bringing in a new president.  [7:31] – The best strategies for board composition, according to Carl. [9:45] – Carl clarifies the Four W's motif and the type of experience needed to fulfill them.  [11:59] – Carl tells us what he believes goes into an ideal onboarding strategy. [13:00] – How does a good board manual help outline the expectations for a board? [14:28] – In Carl's opinion, self study should be done at every meeting. [16:35] – After establishing credibility for a new president, boards must guard the president against loss of that credibility.  [17:50] – Carl suggests additional ways boards can be improved. [19:04] – What are some words and phrases that Carl believes describe an outstanding chair for the board? [20:50] – Common reasons for board turnover, in Carl's experience. [22:52] – Having the wrong expectations is a key part of why people leave boards. [23:27] – Advice on how to reduce board turnover. [25:25] – Tommy reveals that Carl has an amazing cufflinks collection.   Links and Resources Meet Dr. Carl Zylstra Follow Carl Zylstra on LinkedIn JobfitMatters – Website Dordt University Called To Serve: Creating and Nurturing the Effective Volunteer Board by Max DePree Partners, Brothers, and Friends: How Two College Presidents Have Come Together For The Greater Good Of Christian Higher Education Max De Pree

I have not one but two good friends joining me in this episode – returning guest Dr. David Dockery and Dr. Carl Zylstra! These two men have worked together over the years for the betterment of Christianity-oriented higher education, and they are here today to discuss their parallel journeys as college presidents and the friendship that they have fostered and enjoyed along the way! David and Carl talk about how they met and talk about their experiences prior to their current positions and whether or not they had initially seen themselves ever becoming college presidents. They also reflect upon their first ever collaboration, what about their partnership and friendship works, what they have learned from each other along the way, how to combat loneliness when in a position of leadership, and so much more! It is my sincerest hope after hearing this story that you will see that the friendship and the collaboration between David and Carl is truly a special and unique one and that they are - as is the title of a song by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - partners, brothers, and friends. This has been such a great and insightful conversation, and I thank both gentlemen for joining me in this episode of Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership. Don't forget to hit the subscribe button so that you never miss an episode, and I also encourage you to share the podcast with a friend who would also be likely to get something out of it!   Time Stamps [1:44] – This episode's guests are returning guest Dr. David Dockery and Dr. Carl Zylstra. [3:06] – We learn about how David and Carl met in the summer of 1996. [4:57] – David reveals whether or not being a college president had been his original plan. [7:34] – David replies to being asked how much he knew about Carl's theological background when he met him. [10:14] – Carl and David reflect on their first collaboration. [13:02] – Carl discusses how his friendship with David is one in which they can pick up exactly where they left off when they last saw each other. [15:59] – We learn about whether or not being college presidents was ever lonely for Carl and David. [17:56] – David emphasizes how important it is to not demonstrate unfair partiality when developing internal friendships. [20:12] – Carl asserts that his and David's strengths being in different areas helped cement their friendship. [21:30] – Having people outside of the institution that you totally trust, David argues, is inevitable and essential. [23:05] – Carl and David discuss their conversations with each other about their retirements. [25:35] – David reiterates that he and Carl had very similar visions regarding Christian higher education.   Links and Resources JobfitMatters – Website The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - “Partners, Brothers and Friends” NGNL with Tommy Thomas - “From Disaster Rises Grace: Discussing the 2008 Tornado at Union University with Dr. David Dockery” The Wall Street Journal - “Five Reasons Why It's Lonely at the Top” Forbes - “Is It Truly Lonely At The Top?”

Welcome, Dr. David Dockery, to this episode of the podcast! David is a good friend of mine, and I first met him when he was President of Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, and since then, David has served as President of Trinity International University and is currently at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in a number of different roles. David is a wealth of information, and there is so much that I could talk to him about, but in this episode of Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership, I talk to him about a devastating natural disaster that hit the grounds of Union University while he was President there. On the evening of February 5, 2008, an EF4 tornado ripped through the heart of the Union University campus, causing massive damage to several academic buildings and completely leveling many student housing facilities – a grand total of 45 million dollars worth of damage. David walks us through where he was when it happened and describes the situation. He reveals that 53 students were injured – nine of whom were critically injured – but that there were fortunately no fatalities. He also reflects on how he felt immediately after the tornado hit and how horrifying it was having twelve students trapped underneath a fallen wall for several hours, having no way of knowing if they were all alive. David also shares what the aftermath was like, both the night of and the weeks that followed. He discusses touching base with the Board, whom he credits as having been instrumental in the university's incredibly fast rebound, which might have even been record time. The semester resumed in two weeks, and the campus was fully operational again by September! David closes by offering advice both to leaders and board members about what to do to prepare for such a possible disaster. Most of us probably think that these types of things are one-in-a-million and aren't going to happen to us – that is until it does happen to us and it's now too late. I am so grateful to David both for his friendship and his willingness to relive this disaster by sharing the story on the podcast. As I said, it's so important to be prepared just in case something like this happens, and I hope to have David on again in the future as there is so much that we could talk about! Join me next time, and don't forget to hit the subscribe button so that you never miss an episode! I also encourage you to share the podcast with a friend who would also be likely to get something out of it! Time Stamps: [1:11] – Tommy reveals that Dr. David Dockery is this episode's guest and that the topic is a natural disaster that took place at Union University while David was President there. [3:13] – David begins to walk us through where he was when the tornado hit the campus. [6:02] – David describes the situation once the fire department and EMS arrived at the scene. [7:27] – We learn that Union had 53 students who were injured but fortunately no fatalities. [9:35] – Twelve students, David explains, were trapped underneath a fallen wall for several hours. [10:09] – David reveals what it was like touching base with the university's Board. [12:27] – One final sweep of the campus at around 2:00 in the morning ensured that no students were left trapped on campus. [14:38] – We learn how David and the Union team began to assess damage and how to proceed. [17:00] – David set a goal of resuming the semester in two weeks. [18:52] – David reveals how much money worth of damage was caused by the tornado. [20:11] – David explains how Union began to rebuild the leveled buildings. [22:02] – David discusses the news coverage that followed and how it resulted in their being able to cover the 18 million dollar gap that insurance didn't cover. [24:19] – We receive some insight about how the Union leadership team was organized. [26:24] – Due to a minor tornado in 2002, Union did have an emergency plan in place in case of disasters like this one. [29:34] – David gives advice to nonprofit leaders regarding disaster preparedness. [32:10] – David also offers advice to board members. Links and Resources JobfitMatters – Website Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - Website International Alliance for Christian Education - Website David S. Dockery – Christian Leadership Essentials: A Handbook for Managing Christian Organization

On today's MinistryWatch Extra podcast, a special presentation of my conversation with David Dockery. It is likely that Christian education in this country would look significantly different were it not for the life and work of David Dockery.  He has served as president of Trinity International University, in the Chicago area, and as president of Union University, during a time when Union faced a significant crisis – which we'll talk about later in the program.  Union University emerged from that crisis as one of the nation's leading Christian colleges. Dockery has also used his gifts to serve Christian education beyond the colleges he has led directly.  He has consulted or served on the board of many important Christian institutions, including Christianity Today and The Colson Center for Christian Worldview.  He has also been active in The Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, where he served as chairman of the board, and the Evangelical Theological Society, which he served as its president. At a time when many people would be thinking about retirement – Dockery is 68 years old – he resigned his post at Trinity International University to lead a new group:  The International Alliance of Christian Education, which is made up of Christian schools, colleges, and seminaries from all around the world.  We'll also discuss that group in our conversation today. The producers for today's program are Rich Roszel and Steve Gandy.   We get database and other technical support from Cathy Goddard, Stephen DuBarry, and Casey Sudduth. I'm Warren Smith, coming to you from Charlotte, North Carolina, And you've been listening to the MinistryWatch podcast.  May God bless you.

On today’s MinistryWatch Extra podcast, a special presentation of my conversation with David Dockery. It is likely that Christian education in this country would look significantly different were it not for the life and work of David Dockery.  He has served as president of Trinity International University, in the Chicago area, and as president of Union University, during a time when Union faced a significant crisis – which we’ll talk about later in the program.  Union University emerged from that crisis as one of the nation’s leading Christian colleges. Dockery has also used his gifts to serve Christian education beyond the colleges he has led directly.  He has consulted or served on the board of many important Christian institutions, including Christianity Today and The Colson Center for Christian Worldview.  He has also been active in The Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, where he served as chairman of the board, and the Evangelical Theological Society, which he served as its president. At a time when many people would be thinking about retirement – Dockery is 68 years old – he resigned his post at Trinity International University to lead a new group:  The International Alliance of Christian Education, which is made up of Christian schools, colleges, and seminaries from all around the world.  We’ll also discuss that group in our conversation today. The producers for today’s program are Rich Roszel and Steve Gandy.   We get database and other technical support from Cathy Goddard, Stephen DuBarry, and Casey Sudduth. I’m Warren Smith, coming to you from Charlotte, North Carolina, And you’ve been listening to the MinistryWatch podcast.  May God bless you.

This week, hear Warren Smith's conversation with one of the elder statesmen of Christian Higher Education in this country, Dr. David Dockery.

In today’s episode, our founder and CEO, William Vanderbloemen, talks with Dr. David Dockery, the founding President of the International Alliance for Christian Education, and Professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. Dr. Dockery has served 37 years in Christian higher education. William and Dr. Dockery share how educators can lead, serve, and communicate well with students and families amidst a global crisis. He provides tangible ideas that can benefit students and provide community in a time of isolation. This conversation reminds us to depend on the Lord’s faithfulness and convey a sense of hope to students as they navigate this transformational time of life. https://www.vanderbloemen.com/blog/serve-student-christian-education-dockery

Dallin, Andre, Moiz, Sam and Alex sit down with David Dockery to talk about deepest fears and inspiring figures. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Richard breaks down three challenging points from the book of 2 Samuel and visits with Dr. David Dockery, Founder and President of the International Alliance for Christian Education. He is the Author of more than 30 books and has written articles in more than 70 other books. Dr. Dockery often refers to Christian […] The post Waiting on God appeared first on Ministry in the Marketplace.

We are continuing on in our summer series and today's question is, If I am believer, do I have to go to Church? Listen to this episode to find out more. This is the last week to have a chance to enter the giveaway! To enter the giveaway: You will see the post on the Pastor & Intern's Facebook and Instagram. On Facebook, you will have to tag 1 friend and share the post to be entered. On Instagram, you will have to tag 2 friends to be entered. The Winner will be announced on July 8. Here is a list of the things we will be giving away: Ligonier - 1 Code of Ligonier Connect. Check out more at https://www.ligonier.org/ Crossway - "Gentle and Lowly" by Dane Ortlund. Check out more at https://www.crossway.org/ Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - Teach the Text Series "Romans" and "2 Corinthians". To apply or to check out more go to https://www.mbts.edu/ 10 of Those - "Grill a Christian" by Roger Carswell and a 10ofthose Coffee Mug. Check out more at https://www.10ofthose.com/us/ Moody Publishing - "The Church" by A.W. Tozer. Check out more at https://www.moodypublishers.com/ Intervarsity Press - "When Narcissism Comes to Church" by Chuck DeGroat. Check out more at https://www.ivpress.com/ IMB - Give/Go Book, Prayer Guide, and a IMB Picture Book. To partner with the IMB or to check out more go to https://www.imb.org/ Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - "The Doctrine of the Bible" by David Dockery. To apply or find out more go to https://swbts.edu/. ERLC - "Storm-Tossed Family" by Russell Moore. Check out more about the ERLC at https://erlc.com/ CSB - Notetaking Bible

This is a very sensitive subject, but one that we will not be silent on. We do not claim to have all the answers, but we do attempt to show what Scripture says. There is still time to enter the giveaway! To enter the giveaway: You will see the post on the Pastor & Intern's Facebook and Instagram. On Facebook, you will have to tag 1 friend and share the post to be entered. On Instagram, you will have to tag 2 friends to be entered. The Winner will be announced on July 8. Here is a list of the things we will be giving away: Ligonier - 1 Code of Ligonier Connect. Check out more at https://www.ligonier.org/ Crossway - "Gentle and Lowly" by Dane Ortlund. Check out more at https://www.crossway.org/ Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - Teach the Text Series "Romans" and "2 Corinthians". To apply or to check out more go to https://www.mbts.edu/ 10 of Those - "Grill a Christian" by Roger Carswell and a 10ofthose Coffee Mug. Check out more at https://www.10ofthose.com/us/ Moody Publishing - "The Church" by A.W. Tozer. Check out more at https://www.moodypublishers.com/ Intervarsity Press - "When Narcissism Comes to Church" by Chuck DeGroat. Check out more at https://www.ivpress.com/ IMB - Give/Go Book, Prayer Guide, and a IMB Picture Book. To partner with the IMB or to check out more go to https://www.imb.org/ Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - "The Doctrine of the Bible" by David Dockery. To apply or find out more go to https://swbts.edu/. ERLC - "Storm-Tossed Family" by Russell Moore. Check out more about the ERLC at https://erlc.com/ CSB - Notetaking Bible

We are continuing on in our summer series and today's question is, Can you trust Scripture? Yes! Listen to this episode to find out more. There is still time to enter the giveaway! To enter the giveaway: You will see the post on the Pastor & Intern's Facebook and Instagram. On Facebook, you will have to tag 1 friend and share the post to be entered. On Instagram, you will have to tag 2 friends to be entered. The Winner will be announced on July 8. Here is a list of the things we will be giving away: Ligonier - 1 Code of Ligonier Connect. Check out more at https://www.ligonier.org/ Crossway - "Gentle and Lowly" by Dane Ortlund. Check out more at https://www.crossway.org/ Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - Teach the Text Series "Romans" and "2 Corinthians". To apply or to check out more go to https://www.mbts.edu/ 10 of Those - "Grill a Christian" by Roger Carswell and a 10ofthose Coffee Mug. Check out more at https://www.10ofthose.com/us/ Moody Publishing - "The Church" by A.W. Tozer. Check out more at https://www.moodypublishers.com/ Intervarsity Press - "When Narcissism Comes to Church" by Chuck DeGroat. Check out more at https://www.ivpress.com/ IMB - Give/Go Book, Prayer Guide, and a IMB Picture Book. To partner with the IMB or to check out more go to https://www.imb.org/ Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - "The Doctrine of the Bible" by David Dockery. To apply or find out more go to https://swbts.edu/. ERLC - "Storm-Tossed Family" by Russell Moore. Check out more about the ERLC at https://erlc.com/ CSB - Notetaking Bible

Does Covid-19 have anything to do with God and His judgment? Listen to our first episode of our Summer series here! There is still time to enter the giveaway! To enter the giveaway: You will see the post on the Pastor & Intern's Facebook and Instagram. On Facebook, you will have to tag 1 friend and share the post to be entered. On Instagram, you will have to tag 2 friends to be entered. The Winner will be announced on July 8. Here is a list of the things we will be giving away: Ligonier - 1 Code of Ligonier Connect. Check out more at https://www.ligonier.org/ Crossway - "Gentle and Lowly" by Dane Ortlund. Check out more at https://www.crossway.org/ Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - Teach the Text Series "Romans" and "2 Corinthians". To apply or to check out more go to https://www.mbts.edu/ 10 of Those - "Grill a Christian" by Roger Carswell and a 10ofthose Coffee Mug. Check out more at https://www.10ofthose.com/us/ Moody Publishing - "The Church" by A.W. Tozer. Check out more at https://www.moodypublishers.com/ Intervarsity Press - "When Narcissism Comes to Church" by Chuck DeGroat. Check out more at https://www.ivpress.com/ IMB - Give/Go Book, Prayer Guide, and a IMB Picture Book. To partner with the IMB or to check out more go to https://www.imb.org/ Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - "The Doctrine of the Bible" by David Dockery. To apply or find out more go to https://swbts.edu/. ERLC - "Storm-Tossed Family" by Russell Moore. Check out more about the ERLC at https://erlc.com/ CSB - Notetaking Bible

We are back! We are giving away tons of great resources from many great people! Listen to this episode to find out more about the giveaway resources. To enter the giveaway: You will see the post on the Pastor & Intern's Facebook and Instagram. On Facebook, you will have to tag 1 friend and share the post to be entered. On Instagram, you will have to tag 2 friends to be entered. The Winner will be announced on July 8. Here is a list of the things we will be giving away: Ligonier - 1 Code of Ligonier Connect. Check out more at https://www.ligonier.org/ Crossway - "Gentle and Lowly" by Dane Ortlund. Check out more at https://www.crossway.org/ Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - Teach the Text Series "Romans" and "2 Corinthians". To apply or to check out more go to https://www.mbts.edu/ 10 of Those - "Grill a Christian" by Roger Carswell and a 10ofthose Coffee Mug. Check out more at https://www.10ofthose.com/us/ Moody Publishing - "The Church" by A.W. Tozer. Check out more at https://www.moodypublishers.com/ Intervarsity Press - "When Narcissism Comes to Church" by Chuck DeGroat. Check out more at https://www.ivpress.com/ IMB - Give/Go Book, Prayer Guide, and a IMB Picture Book. To partner with the IMB or to check out more go to https://www.imb.org/ Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - "The Doctrine of the Bible" by David Dockery. To apply or find out more go to https://swbts.edu/. ERLC - "Storm-Tossed Family" by Russell Moore. Check out more about the ERLC at https://erlc.com/ CSB - Notetaking Bible

Kyle and Matt are joined again by Dr. David Dockery, president of the International Alliance for Christian Education, Theologian-in-Residence at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and editor of the Southwestern's Journey of Theology. Dr. Dockery has a storied career of defending the doctrine of the Bible and is here to wrap up our discussion on the re-release of the classic, "The Doctrine of the Bible." Grab your copy here: https://seminaryhillpress.com/product/the-doctrine-of-the-bible/ Like us on FB at: http://facebook.com/notanotherbaptistpodcast   Follow us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/NAB_Podcast      We're grateful for our partnerships with Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Christian Standard Bible...find out more at http://swbts.edu and http://csbible.com.

Kyle and Matt are joined by Dr. David Dockery, president of the International Alliance for Christian Education, Theologian-in-Residence at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and editor of the Southwestern's Journey of Theology. Dr. Dockery has a storied career of defending the doctrine of the Bible and is here to discuss the re-release of the classic, "The Doctrine of the Bible." Grab your copy here: https://seminaryhillpress.com/product/the-doctrine-of-the-bible/ Like us on FB at: http://facebook.com/notanotherbaptistpodcast   Follow us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/NAB_Podcast      We're grateful for our partnerships with Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Christian Standard Bible...find out more at http://swbts.edu and http://csbible.com.

From the maker to the made is a podcast about creativity, artistry, Process and flow. Each week host Barry power speaks to artists and creatives to get their own personal and unique perspectives on their work process and lifestyle in the modern digital age. This week is episode no.15 Featuring David Dockery a multiinstrumentalist David has been gracing the stages of Ireland as a session drummer for over ten years. but it is for his unique and massively creative youtube videos that he is perhaps most well known. With influences like Tigran Hamasyan, Jacob collier and The Rock. Davids compositional style is modern, technical and sophisticated. Making his upcoming ep one of the absolutely compulsory listens of 2020. | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Youtube | Barry Power is an Independent musician and creator. Signup to his mailing list and receive his ebook Where I choose to shine a light. Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon If you or somebody you know would like to get in contact about appearing on From the maker to the made podcast as a guest. Please get in touch fromthemakertothemade@gmail.com Please like, share, subscribe, leave a comment and recommend this podcast if you enjoyed it. If you think you know someone who might pass it along. Weekly episodes every Monday.

The year 2019 is the ten-year anniversary of a statement that drew the line for Christians on three central issues: life, marriage, and religious liberty. There were many prophetic lines in the Manhattan Declaration, which was co-authored by Chuck Colson, Dr. Timothy George of Beeson Divinity School, and Dr. Robert George of Princeton University, but none were more important than the last line:  that “we will fully and ungrudgingly render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar," but under “no circumstances” could we “render to Caesar what belongs to God.” Half-a-million Christians signed on. In the ten years since those words were written, Caesar (in other words, the state) has claimed more and more of what belongs to God, especially in the areas of life, marriage, and religious liberty. Just think of New York lawmakers high-fiving each other after they ensured unrestricted abortion up to the point of birth, or the governor of Virginia advocating infanticide. Or consider that doctor-assisted suicide is now legal in seven states and the District of Columbia. And what about marriage? Recall the White House lit up in rainbow colors after the Obergefell decision mandated same-sex “marriage” on all fifty states. And think of all the stories we've now heard of believers forced to choose between their faith and their livelihood, or adoption agencies forced to choose between their existence and their convictions. Or business owners like Jack Phillips and Barronelle Stutzman having to go to court to fend off Caesar's demands. Still, let's be clear. Far more important than what Caesar demands is what Christians are willing to concede. Just this week, a new Barna survey revealed that the number of Protestant pastors who are “very concerned” about religious freedom has dropped significantly in just three years—from 55 percent to only 34 percent. This is why Christians must decide where they stand, not based on the pressure of the cultural moment, but on the rock-solid, unchanging truth revealed to us in the Story of Scripture. We cannot render to Caesar what belongs to God. I don't think I can say it any better than Dr. Robert George did in his entry to our BreakPoint.org symposium about the Manhattan Declaration: “In the gospels, our Lord says . . .'be not afraid.' As we stand boldly for life, marriage, and religious liberty, let us heed His admonition. It is not for us to know when or even precisely how the victories will be won. Our task and duty is simply to be faithful and obedient—to bear witness and do what is right . . . When things look bleak, we must not give up hope, for to yield to despair is to fail to trust in Jesus.” To that I say Amen. If you've signed the Manhattan Declaration, I urge you to read it again. Consider again what we must do to honor God in this culture. If you've not read it or signed it, I urge you to consider doing so. You can find a link to the full text of the Manhattan Declaration, as well as to our online symposium, featuring Dr. George's comments along with those of 15 other thought leaders, at BreakPoint.org. And finally, I was pleased to work with the brilliant Dr. David Dockery on a new book, which is now available, that reflects on Christian conviction. It's called “Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty: What Belongs to God, and What Belongs to Caesar.” An absolutely stunning group contributed to the book, including Dr. George, Joni Eareckson Tada, Randy Alcorn, Ryan Anderson, Frederica Mathewes-Green, Michael Farris, Kristen Waggoner, Mary Eberstadt and more. It's available for purchase here at the Colson Center Bookstore.  This is worth repeating: We will ungrudgingly render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, but we can never render to Caesar what belongs to God.

Are you prepared for the fiery trial? That's the question Kelvin Cochran, former chief of the Atlanta Fire Department posed to us at the 2019 Wilberforce Weekend. Chief Cochran was fired by the Mayor of Atlanta for having once published a men's Bible study upholding traditional Christian teaching on sexuality. In his talk, “Finding the Goodness of God in Times of Trial,” Chief Cochran asks us five specific questions challenges us to help us assess how well prepared we are to face and endure suffering for our belief in Christ. Chief Cochran is introduced by John Stonestreet.  Resources   Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty: What Belongs to God, What Belongs to Caesar (Essays for the Tenth Anniversary of the Manhattan Declaration). John Stonestreet and David Dockery, Editors, 2019

In early May, HHS announced new rules to ensure that “healthcare professionals will not feel compelled to leave the practice of medicine because they decline to participate in actions that violate their conscience such as abortion, sterilization, or assisted suicide.” Not surprisingly, the new rule was immediately challenged in federal court by groups alleging, among other things, that the new rule “advances specific religious beliefs in violation of the First Amendment; violates patients' rights to privacy, liberty and equal dignity as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment; and chills patients' speech and expression in violation of the First Amendment, all to the detriment of patients' health and well-being.” Other left-wing websites such as Salon also joined the chorus of outrage. “Progressives fight back against Religious Right's grotesque ‘religious freedom' power play'” one of the headlines proclaimed. In addition to the strange us of the word “grotesque,” the headline put religious freedom in scare quotes, and the article went on to claim that the new rule has “nothing to do with the genuine freedom to adhere to one's religious beliefs.” No, instead, religious freedom is a “power play” to invent what they call “an imaginary right to discriminate.” I think a better use of the word “imaginary” would be repeated references to the Handmaid's Tale we've all been forced to endure over the last two years. Salon's rhetoric is nothing new. But I was surprised by Salon's claim that our nation's new “theocratic direction,” as they put it, has its origin in, of all things, the Manhattan Declaration! Theocratic? To paraphrase “The Princess Bride,” people keep using that word, but it does not mean what they think it means. A theocracy is “a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler,” and “His laws [are] interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.” A theocracy was the last thing that Manhattan Declaration authors Chuck Colson, Robert George, and Timothy George had in mind. As Chuck Colson wrote, the Manhattan Declaration was “a clarion call to conscience, a wake-up call to the church.” Then, and even more so now, Christians were in no position to “impose” their views on anyone. In fact, we've barely been able to impose them on ourselves, which was why the Manhattan Declaration was created in the first place. In the ten years since the Declaration was issued, progressives have labeled any assertion of conscience, any refusal to conform one's conduct to the prevailing cultural orthodoxy as an attempt at “theocracy.” Cue those protestors dressed as handmaids. The issues raised by the Manhattan Declaration—life, marriage, and religious liberty—are more important now than ever. Even more important, however, is that we are able to articulate and explain why these issues are so important and non-negotiable for Christians in the first place—and why the authors and a half a million signers of the Manhattan Declaration solemnly declared that “We will fully and ungrudgingly render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar,” but under “no circumstances” can we “render to Caesar what belongs to God.” That's why in this 10th anniversary year of the Manhattan Declaration, I was pleased to work with the brilliant Dr. David Dockery on a new book, “Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty: What Belongs to God, What Belongs to Caesar.” We assembled a stunning group of contributors, including both Dr. Georges, Joni Eareckson Tada, Randy Alcorn, Ryan Anderson, Frederica Mathewes-Green, Michael Farris, Kristen Waggoner, Mary Eberstadt and more. The book is available at BreakPoint.org with your next donation to BreakPoint and the Colson Center. I hope you'll get a copy for yourself, or for your small group. Christians do not want a theocracy. We simply want the freedom to live out our faith in the way that has proven to be good for the world. But make no mistake, what opponents of religious liberty want is nothing less than secular tyranny.   Resources The Manhattan Declaration The First Freedom: The Primacy of Religious Freedom in the Quest for Liberty of Conscience Timothy D. Padgett, BreakPoint, May 31, 2019   Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty: What Belongs to God, What Belongs to Caesar (Essays for the Tenth Anniversary of the Manhattan Declaration). John Stonestreet and David Dockery, editors, 2019

Just two days after Stan Grenz died, David Dockery began his concluding paragraph warning Baptists, specifically Southern Baptists, that Grenz might lead his readers into orthodox inconsistency. Unfortunately, his pietism didn't translate into evangelical coherene or orthodox consistency. That was fourteen year ago. Reading some of the responses to … Continue reading The post Plundering Egypt: A Conversation on the Passing of Rachel Held Evans appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: A Complicated Pregnancy: A Conversation with Kyle Roberts Sheer Silence – Thoughts from the Edge Don't Scratch the Devil: An Interview with Richard Beck

Just how big a threat is the Equality Act to religious freedom? According to the Alliance Defending Freedom's Greg Baylor, it would pose the biggest threat to religious freedom in the  history of the American republic, placing the full force of the  federal government behind a terribly destructive gender ideology. Baylor shares his concerns today on the BreakPoint Podcast with Colson Center President John Stonestreet.   Resources Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty: What Belongs to God, What Belongs to Caesar (Essays for the Tenth Anniversary of the Manhattan Declaration) John Stonestreet and David Dockery, editors, 2019   The Alliance Defending Freedom

John Stonestreet and Warren Smith discuss the dangers of the Equality Act, which would extend the federal level protections of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Meaning that these would now be on the same protected level as race and religion. As Warren and John observe, this would be a grave threat to religious freedom, as it would equate those who want to defend traditional sexual morality with the likes of the KKK and white supremacists. It's particularly alarming that the U. S. Chamber of Commerce is endorsing the act, which, as John says, could be a "game changer." Please, if you own a business, let the U.S. Chamber of Commerce know your objections. We have talking points for you in our resource section. John and Warren also discuss the recently passed hearbeat bill in Georgia, the plight of the Boy Scouts, and notable passings:  Warren Wiersbe, Jean Vanier, and Rachel Held Evans.   Resources Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty: What Belongs to God, What Belongs to Caesar (Essays for the Tenth Anniversary of the Manhattan Declaration) John Stonestreet and David Dockery, editors, 2019   Tell the U. S. Chamber of Commerce to Stand with Business: Don't Support the Equality Act   Stop the Ill-Named “Equality Act” John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, BreakPoint, May 10, 2019   Learn More about Trail Life USA

  John Stonestreet and Warren Smith double down on the truth that ideas have consequences, and bad ideas have victims. Those bad ideas include the anti-Semitism and hatred that drove an outstanding student and member of an Orthodox Presbyterian to murder, as well the ideology of the new sexual orthodoxy that would force Bethany Christian services to agree to place foster children with same-sex couples in Michigan. John and Warren also mark the 10th anniversary of the Manhattan Declaration in defense of  marriage, life, and religious  freedom. They also discuss the new HHS rules that will protect the conscience rights of medical workers and a new ranking of America's "sin cities."   Resources A Quiet, Piano-Playing Presbyterian Mass-ShooterShane Morris, BreakPoint.org, May 2, 2019   Bethany Christian Services Agrees to Place Kids in LGBT Homes After Michigan Settlement Mark Martin, CBN News, April 26, 2019   Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty Free Webinar with John Stonestreet The Manhattan Declaration – Ten Years Later: A BreakPoint Symposium Protections expanded for doctors with 'conscience' objections to abortions, other procedures Sam Dorman, FOX News, May 2, 2019   Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty: What Belongs to God, What Belongs to Caesar John Stonestreet and David Dockery, editors, 2019

Today on the BreakPoint Podcast we present a classic lecture given by Chuck Colson at the Harvard Business School in 1991. His topic: Why Harvard Can't Teach Ethics. The answer, Chuck argues, lies in the West's rejection of a transcendent moral order. Here is Chuck Colson at Harvard.     Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty: What Belongs to God, What Belongs to Caesar John Stonestreet and David Dockery, editors, 2019

David Dockery has been serving as a university president for 25 years. David shares with Jeremiah his earliest influences, what it means to "think Christianly," and answers some tough questions on the current status of Christian higher education.

#674 Hat tip: David Dockery from the Holman Bible Handbook

In the fall of 2018, a number of pastors and leaders from across the EFCA gathered at the national office for the annual Missional Summit. Our theme for the Summit was “What it Means to be Evangelical”. Considering societal turmoil, the word "evangelical" has developed various meanings, some which are not favorable. On this episode of the podcast, we share the opening message from the Summit by David Dockery, in which he chronicles the history of evangelicalism and where he sees evangelicalism today. In his message, David also provides a look forward with a focus on some ways we in the EFCA can respond in order to be a beacon of hope and light in an increasingly challenging world. Since 2014, David has served as President of Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois — the educational arm of the EFCA.

Dean Timothy George introduces a lecture Dr. David Dockery gave for Beeson Divinity School's Opening Convocation on Sept. 4, 2018 called, Community and Belonging: The Church in a Time of Fragmentation.

Dean Timothy George introduces a lecture Dr. David Dockery gave for Beeson Divinity School's Opening Convocation on Sept. 4, 2018 called, Community and Belonging: The Church in a Time of Fragmentation.

Dean Timothy George talks to Dr. David Dockery and Dr. Trevin Wax about the newly released Worldview Study Bible, published by Holman Bible Publishers.

Dean Timothy George talks to Dr. David Dockery and Dr. Trevin Wax about the newly released Worldview Study Bible, published by Holman Bible Publishers.

David Dockery is a talented drummer who's videos have taken the internet by storm. He is known for taking famous movie/tv clips and playing drums over the audio, syncing every hit perfectly with what's going on screen. He talks to me about how he came up with the idea and how he keeps every new video fresh. 

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We welcome Dr. Hunter Baker to the program, author of the book The End of Secularism. Dr. Baker is Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Political Science at Union University, and is the co-founder of The City, a journal of Christian thought and is a contributing editor to Salvo. He is also the author of book chapters in the edited volumes Faith and Learning by David Dockery, The Great Books Reader by John Mark Reynolds, and The Baylor Project by Barry Hankins and Donald Schmeltekopf. Dr. Baker holds the bachelor of science in economics and political science from Florida State University, the master of public administration from the University of Georgia, the doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Houston, and the doctor of philosophy in religion, politics, and society from Baylor University. He served as president of the Florida State University chapter of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship as an undergraduate.

Timothy George talks with Dr. David Dockery about the tornado that struck Union University in 2008 and the experience of rebuilding.

Timothy George talks with Dr. David Dockery about the tornado that struck Union University in 2008 and the experience of rebuilding.

Hosts:  Jerry Johnson and Penna Dexter Guests:  Frank Gaffney, President of the Center for Security Policy; and Dr. David Dockery, President of Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, and author of “Southern Baptist Consensus and Renewal”.