Kym Wilson, a native of Knoxville, TN., came to NOBTS after getting two degrees from The University of Tennessee. She came to NOBTS in the Fall of 1997 to work on her MDiv in Missions. While attending the seminary, Kym worked part-time as a switchboard operator and secretary for several professors...
If “under five feet” counts as “little” for a woman, then Becky Brown (MACE ‘96) is little. But when it comes to Brown’s winsome humor, love of story and love of the gospel, “little” doesn’t fit. Brown knows the power of words and her music, songwriting, and many venues of...
Graeme Wood, in an article in The Atlantic last summer, tells of his trip to Disney World as COVID restrictions first began to ease. There, happy, spell-bound visitors eagerly obeyed all restrictions. Disney provided the backdrop for Wood’s commentary on life in a pandemic. Still, his take on why fans rushed to...
Understanding biblical hospitality requires thorough reading and understanding of the New Testament. The project's research identified three essential principles that helped lay the foundation for the thesis of biblical hospitality as a strategy for making disciples who make disciples. First, hospitality is a recurring event in Jesus’ three years of public...
Understanding biblical hospitality must start in the Old Testament. The project research identified three critical principles that helped lay the foundation for the thesis of biblical hospitality as a strategy for making disciples who make disciples. First, hospitality is deeply rooted in the character of God. In the Old Testament, we...
Each semester that I teach a foundational course in Ministry to Women, I ask my students the question, What comes to mind when you think about ministry to women? Without fail, the answers that I receive depend on the generation of the student responding. Women have different perceptions based on...
A few years ago, on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, I wondered out loud about when Christmas decorations would go up in our church building. My dear friend laughed as she reminded me that I was the Pastor’s wife and that decorating was probably in my job description! If you’re married...
I heard someone recently dismiss the COVID pandemic by saying only .14 percent of the population has died. Think about that. Assuming .14 percent is correct, that number would be an extremely small part of the population. To put it in terms of a 1500-calories-per-day diet, cheating by .14 percent would...
