Resources on RTS Jackson
What a treat to have Nathan Henderson on campus today exploring opportunities to study at RTS Jackson! I was Nathan’s pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. Nathan is majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Auburn University, and has a special interest in systematic theology.
Read MoreThirty-five years ago I finished college and began preaching full-time. For a year, I served as student pastor of Wales Presbyterian Church in Tennessee, a congregation in the old Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS). Almost everything I owned fit into my 1970 Chevrolet Impala and off I went to preach the gospel. In addition to a King James Bible, my preaching Bible at the time, I took three valuable books. One was was actually a booklet, the outlines and notes from John Stott’s expositions on Romans delivered at the 1979 Urbana Missions Conference. The first-time I heard Stott preach, I determined to follow his pulpit example best I could. A model expositor – clear, persuasive, and, above all, faithful to the text – he preached Christ and him crucified. At…
Read MoreRTS has veteran pastors with many years of experience who offer beneficial counsel to men preparing for ministry. Today Dr. Bill Barcley spent time with my preaching class fielding questions on the preparation and delivery of sermons. Bill is an adjunct professor of New Testament at RTS Charlotte and senior pastor of Sovereign Grace Presbyterian Church. In the 1990s, Dr. Barcley, Dr. Miles Van Pelt, and I served together on the church staff of First Presbyterian Church in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Read MoreI am grateful to Dr. Bill Wymond, Minister of Music and Worship at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, who today in my Theology of Worship class gave his first of three lectures on church music and hymnody. His learning, enthusiasm, and experience make his instruction a valuable resource to men preparing to lead God’s people in worship.
Read MoreIn today’s Preaching Lab, senior David Irving delivered his sermon “Do Not Sin” from 1 John 2:1-2. David is pastoral intern at Raymond Presbyterian Church in Raymond, Mississippi. The congregation has issued a call to David to become its next pastor upon his May graduation and approval by Presbytery. Churches throughout Mississippi welcome RTS students to their pulpits each Lord’s Day. Their kindness offers invaluable preaching experience to our students, and is one of the many ways churches and RTS partner together to prepare men for gospel ministry.
Read MoreI love serving with the RTS Jackson Student Cabinet. Tasked with strengthening campus life, the group possesses all the qualities of an exceptional team – innovative ideas, cooperation, hard work, and lots of laughter. Today’s meeting was our first of the new year. We meet twice monthly. (Around the table from the front right: Kelly Jackson (President), Tracey Thompson, Xavi Patino, Bentley Crawford, Anna Davis, Holly Ford, Latasha Allston, William Bondurant, Jessie Osborn, Reuben Antvelink, Will Nettleton, and Adam Parker.)
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