Trevin Wax has been going through Collin Hansen’s Young, Restless, and Reformed.  He has recently written his thoughts on the chapter about The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.  As most of you know I will be starting back at Southern in the Fall to finish up my degree after Jessica and I get married.  Click here to read his review.  Below is an excerpt.

Excerpt:

Collin rightly notes how the Conservative Resurgence’s emphasis on doctrinal confessions necessarily led back to a resurgence of Calvinism at Southern Seminary. We can celebrate the fact that Southern Baptists are increasingly returning to their confessional heritage. The fact that many young Baptist pastors are reading and learning from our Baptist forefathers should cause us to rejoice. In order to know where we’re going as a Convention, we need to know where we’ve been.

The emphasis on evangelism is encouraging. Collin shows how influential some Reformed authors’ books on missions and evangelism have been. He shows how one Southern student won an evangelism award at Liberty University. He points to the number of Calvinist missionaries who are serving with the International Mission Board and the Calvinistic leanings of many contemporary church planters.

Compare the Southern Seminary of today with the Seminary thirty years ago and the reasons for rejoicing become clear. Southern now hosts a world-renowned faculty of conservative Bible scholars who believe in the inerrancy of Scripture, the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith, and who sincerely affirm the Abstract of Principles as a confessional guide. Southern has come a long way, and we can rejoice in the fearless leadership of Albert Mohler in guiding the Seminary back to orthodoxy.

Interesting little tidbit is that the Southern student who won the evangelism award is a very good friend and groomsman of mine, Brad Cochran.  Check out his blog when you get an opportunity.  He’s got some thought provoking material.