A Prayer for Students
Editor’s Note: The following prayer was offered by John D. Meade, Professor of Old Testament at Midwestern Seminary, as the benediction at the spring 2026 chapel convocation. Our Father and our God, we come before you today to ask for your blessing on these students and the semester ahead. I pray for our students that […]
Doctoral Studies and the First Commandment
Editor’s note: Midwestern Seminary is highlighting doctoral studies this February, and this article offers an encouraging look at the rigor, heart, and faithfulness such work requires. Doctoral studies is a journey, one which only a small percentage of the world completes. In America alone, census data shows that only 2% of the country holds a […]
How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Step 6–Argument Tracing
“Argument-tracing” is step 6 in understanding and apply the Old Testament. Perhaps more than any other step in the exegetical process, this one helps us grasp a passage’s message. In this post, I will show how to trace the argument of a passage by using an argument-diagram.
When Online Education is Best
For many thousands of Bible students, online theological education is not a second-rate option but is the absolute best option.
How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Introduction
A blog series helping Christians interpret the Old Testament.
Andreas Köstenberger on Advice for Buying New Commentaries
FTC.co asks Dr. Andreas Köstenberger, Director of the Center for Biblical Studies at Midwestern Seminary, “What some questions pastors should consider when buying new commentaries?”
How to Study Theology: Eighteen Specifications
Here are eighteen specifications on how we should study theology.
Why Pastors Should Engage Bavinck�s Reformed Dogmatics
As a theologian, Bavinck listens carefully before making a judgment; this is the kind of theology that pastors need to learn and to emulate.
Why Pastors Should Engage Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics
As a theologian, Bavinck listens carefully before making a judgment; this is the kind of theology that pastors need to learn and to emulate.