Kindred Spirit - Fall 2014 by Dallas Theological Seminary

DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY MAGAZINE

KINDRED SPIRIT AUTUMN 2014, Vol. 38, No. 2

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All hail the power of Jesus’ name!

Dallas Theological Seminary’s mission is to glorify God by equipping godly servant-leaders for the proclamation of his Word and the building up of the body of Christ worldwide.

Published three times a year by Dallas Theological Seminary 3909 Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75204 Mark L. Bailey, President John C. Dyer, Executive Director of Communications and Educational Technology Sandra L. Glahn, Editor-in-Chief Keith D. Yates, Director of Creative Services and Publications, Layout & Design Debbie J. Stevenson, Production Manager Karen Grassmick, Kelley Mathews, Emma Finley, and Linda Tomczak, Copy Editing Services Jennifer Callaway, Media Intern

3I DTS Yesterday and Tomorrow

From eleventh-hour contributions to disappearing typewriters, DTS’s president and academic dean review ninety years of God’s faithfulness and consider the challenges that lie ahead.

10I God’s Work: DTS around the World

Meet a sampling of people whom God is using all over the world in a variety of ways to proclaim his heart for the nations.

12I

Four graduates completed DTS’s Chinese Master of Arts in Christian Studies program in the spring of our ninetieth year. The story of the program’s launch and development is a story of God’s power and goodness.

Then We Saw the Storks: 15I And God’s Loyal Love and DTS Because of observed devotion to their young, storks have suggested to the faith community something of the covenant love of God for his people.

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DONATIONS For information on how you can support the ministry of DTS, call 214-887-5060.

KS ONLINE/SUBMISSIONS Visit dts.edu/ks to download writers’ guidelines or to view Kindred Spirit online. Send email address changes to: jbeck@dts.edu, or mail to: DTS-Kindred Spirit 3909 Swiss Ave., Dallas, TX 75204.

Also in this issue: DTS Grad Born 115 Years Ago Continues to Give ....................................................................8 Campus News ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 New Resources..........................................................................................................................................................................................18 From the Chancellor.......................................................................................................................................................................19 Front cover: This fall Dallas Theological Seminary celebrates its ninetieth anniversary. The mosaic behind the “90” on the cover is comprised of alumni, faculty, students, board members and other supporters who make up the face of DTS. Among the faces, we’ve also included the inaugural issue of Kindred Spirit (winter 1977).

Unless noted otherwise, Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.

DTS Today and Tomorrow: Crossing the Great Wall into China

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1924

In the fall of 1924, the first students at what would later be called Dallas Theological Seminary met to study under Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer. Dr. Chafer’s burden and vision to emphasize expository preaching and teaching of the Scriptures led to this inaugural class of thirteen men.

A Conversation with the President and Academic Dean

DTS Yesterday and Tomorrow In this conversation with Kindred Spirit, Dr. Mark Bailey, who has served as president of Dallas Theological Seminary since 2001, and Academic Dean Dr. Mark Yarbrough talk about the past and future of DTS. Kindred Spirit: Let’s talk about the past. What stories come to mind as you think of God’s hand sustaining DTS throughout these nine decades? Dr. Bailey: One that has been bantered about goes back to Dr. Chafer’s time. One year several weeks before May graduation, the leaders had a few days to decide whether the school would continue. Three people were awakened at 5 a.m. on a Saturday—Dr. William Anderson, a Dallas pastor instrumental in the Seminary’s founding; Dr. Chafer, founder and first president; and a donor. None knew the others were awakened, and each was impressed with the need to pray about the burden the Seminary faced. Only weeks later did they learn that all three had been awakened at the same time. It took the donor about two weeks to get the money ready. And at the time it arrived, Dr. Lewis S. Chafer, Dr. Rollin T. Chafer, Dr. C. Fred Lincoln, and Dr. Harry Ironside prayed together on a Monday morning in the

office. After praying they sat for a few minutes in silence. There came a knock at the door and a government bond for $10,000 arrived from an unknown banker in Illinois. Some folklore has developed around this narrative. There was this story about a cattleman or a rancher. Somebody retelling it probably preached that “God owns

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1920s & ‘30s

In those early years DTS’s prayer and financial supporters helped educate people such as J. Vernon McGee, who launched his Thru the Bible radio program, which is still produced in more than one hundred languages and broadcast daily to every continent. Those supporters also helped make possible the education of Dr. J. Dwight Pentecost, who went on to teach more than 10,000 DTS students over fifty-eight years.

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the cattle on a thousand hills,” and that’s where cattle and a Texas rancher came in. But the real story had nothing to do with a cattleman or a rancher. In reality, it had everything to do with “the God who owns all” sovereignly working in the hearts of a pastor, a president, and a donor. Three men prayed, and one had the financial means to give what the school needed to survive. In obedience, he sent it. That story has been a faith-builder for many of us throughout the years. The prompting of the Spirit and the Lord’s provision at that time constituted a God-moment in our school’s history. Stories of answered prayer and God’s provision have continued across the decades. Dr. Yarbrough: Another way I see God’s sustaining DTS is through the faithfulness of the leaders whom he has led here, including the one with us today—Dr. Bailey. During Dr. Campbell’s administration, Dr. John Walvoord transitioned from the president’s office back to teaching, and I took a class from him on the doctrine of the rapture. There were about twenty-five students, and one guy had an attitude. He would challenge the professor, and several people confronted him, but to no avail. About six or seven weeks into the semester, I was ready for Dr. Walvoord to put this student in his place. But Dr. Walvoord just kept loving on him. Instead of shredding the student’s little arguments and pet peeves, Dr. Walvoord just kept loving him and coming back to the text. When this student would have a hard attitude, Dr. Walvoord would have a soft attitude. And that happened all semester long. Eventually Dr. Walvoord won that man’s heart. And in that exchange, I saw that we had a leader who was concerned about the whole person. I have seen that sort of character in the lives of all the presidents whom I have had the opportunity to know. The Lord has blessed Dallas Theological Seminary with leaders dedicated to Christ. Dr. Bailey: God used each of the four men who preceded me in that each one brought something that DTS needed at the time. What a courageous vision Dr. Chafer had! He inaugurated a bold new departure in theological education, and that departure was that the central textbook would be the Bible—and not just the Bible, but the whole Bible. Dr. Walvoord brought theological clarity. He could think quickly on his feet. Dr. Walvoord was a giant of a man, tall in stature. He was a giant in spirituality as well, but in intellect he was uniquely gifted. Dr. Campbell brought DTS academic organization and excellence. He brought us to accreditation, improved

1940s

Donors made it possible to train students like Jim Rayburn, founder of Young Life— which reportedly reached 1.4 million kids last year through their worldwide clubs and campus ministries.

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Above: DTS began as “The Evangelical Theological College,” and its first campus was a rented home. Its second campus, the Gaston estate on Dallas’s Swiss Avenue (pictured), served as the school’s second home until 1928, when it was demolished after Stearns and Davidson Halls were built on the site of the current campus.

Above: During the Seminary’s early years, the school had its own radio broadcast. Dr. Ironside (left), one of the twentieth century’s most prolific Christian writers and a core member of the visiting faculty, shares a broadcast with DTS founder and first president Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer. Left: Dr. Chafer taught students the inductive method of Bible study and included every book of the Bible. He believed the single word that epitomizes the spiritual life is “grace.”

the quality of education, and saw to faculty development for many years as the academic dean. He has also been a great model by tenderly caring for his ailing first wife, Bea, and now his second wife, Lavonne. Dr. Swindoll gave DTS broader exposure to the general public through his Insight for Living radio broadcasts and the many books he has written. He is skilled at offering contagious communication of God’s truth with a heart for application. As presidents, these four men had faith and trust in God. They have been stellar models for me, and they have provided a big wake behind the boat where I get to ski. God and his grace have covered this ministry. I shared with some businessmen this morning that God owes us nothing. God doesn’t need to give us anything. That he would choose to use any of us is a gift of grace. Teaching here, administrating here, representing DTS, teaching classes—I’ve never gotten over the fact that the privilege to serve him is a gift from him. Grace. Dr. Yarbrough: Not only grace, but also mercy. In his letter to the Romans, Paul starts chapter 12 by saying, “in view of God’s mercy. . . .” The great charge out of that text is to present our bodies as living sacrifices. Doing so is predicated on God’s mercy. All of the truth we love in that wonderful passage finds its foundation in God’s mercy. We can do nothing without him and what he has done. So what motivates us is who God is and what he has done. If we’re leading in our own strength, we’re in big trouble. The grace and mercy of God are our foundation. And if that is what drives DTS, we will continue to experience God’s blessing. KS: What other Scriptures or lines from hymns have sustained and driven you?

Above: In DTS’s first two decades, professors were not paid full salaries; two-thirds of faculty members’ wives worked to supplement family incomes. But by 1948, when this photo was taken, giving had risen, and by 1951, donations had increased 400 percent.

1950s

Investments in DTS helped educate Howard Hendricks, who taught at DTS for sixty years, directly or indirectly touching the lives of millions and shaping many of the leading ministries in our world today. He taught multitudes how to study the Bible for themselves.

Above: In addition to his administrative and teaching ministries, Dr. John F. Walvoord, the Seminary’s second president, wrote thirty-two books. He was best known for articulating a dispensational, premillennial view of biblical prophecy.

Dr. Bailey: We’re here because of God’s faithfulness. So “Great is Thy Faithfulness,” based on Lamentations 3:22–23, is always a moving hymn to me. And another of my favorites says, “I know Whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I’ve committed unto Him against that day.” It’s a paraphrase from one of the epistles to Timothy from Paul (see 2 Tim. 1:12). I love knowing that the God I serve will do his will and accomplish his purposes, and I can commit myself to him because of what he’s committed to us. He has given us so many promises that accompany our salvation, empower our work in the church, and guarantee our hope for the future. So those two hymns and the passages out of which they echo are big ones for me.

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1960s

Those who gave to DTS during the 1960s supported the training of Chancellor Chuck Swindoll, whose Insight for Living (IFL) radio broadcasts air worldwide more than 2,000 times each day. In addition to English, listeners hear IFL broadcasts in six languages. David Jeremiah also graduated in the 1960s, and his Turning Point ministry is now heard on 2,500 radio stations and seen on TV in a potential 2.5 billion homes worldwide.

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Left: Chancellor Charles Swindoll (right) loved to tease the late “Dr P,” who served on the DTS faculty for fifty-eight years.

Another passage comes to mind, as well. It first resonated with me at a point in my life when I was teaching at a Bible college, and a speaker quoted from 1 Timothy. I heard, “But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith,” (1:5, NASB), and I understood the difference between the means and the ends for a Bible teacher. That recognition changed my whole perspective. I saw that the goal of teaching and preaching is life change—how we love God and how we love others. Jesus said that on these two hang all the Law and the Prophets. And so our motto that appears in Greek on the Seminary seal (in translation) says “preach the word” (2 Tim. 4:2). DTS’s slogan that we’ve been using in recent days is “teach truth, love well.” This motto comes out of that text and out of the heartbeat that drives the application of it. This past spring those reviewing us for accreditation noted that this phrase is now part of the Seminary’s DNA. It goes with the quality enhancement plan that we are implementing in the next few years—a focus on compassionate love as a vehicle of entry into community and into sharing Christ. That passage has become a “lifer” with me. Its emphasis is on the integration of truth and relationship, on grace and truth. So much of Scripture revolves around that holy balance.

Above and left: Dr. Campbell was inaugurated as DTS’s third president in 1986. At the end of his tenure, he wrote that his eight-year term of service was not easy, “but I would not have missed it for anything. . . . I was stretched to the limit and found God to be faithful.” Below: Chancellor Charles Swindoll (left) and Dr. James Dobson (right) participated in a 2001 event honoring the late “Prof” Hendricks for fifty years of service on the DTS faculty. At the time of his death, Prof had passed the sixty-year mark.

KS: What about the future? What challenges do you see? Dr. Yarbrough: Whatever is happening in the church worldwide affects us. The gospel is exploding in Latin America, Northern Africa, and Southeast Asia. The primary developments of the church will come from those parts of the world. That’s not happened in the lifetime of Dallas Theological Seminary, so it will be new for us. That will have an impact on us in terms of international students. Our graduates in other parts of the world see what’s happening in the West. We are watching, and certainly the church at large is beckoning the West, saying, “Do not lose your way.” There is a call to the centrality of the gospel, to biblical authority. We are also seeing the role and rise of distance education in its multiple forms. We have made some strategic moves relating to our Houston campus. We’ve also placed an individual in Washington, D.C., to direct our extension there. When you have a diverse student body and numerous locations, what does that do to your faculty? We have some “road warriors” who travel a lot to places where we have mobile cohorts and online students, so we can stay in touch. But providing quality faculty at distance locations will challenge us as well.

1970s

Above: Dallas Theological Seminary’s fourth and fifth presidents, Drs. Charles Swindoll (left) and Mark Bailey have brought to the school increasing emphases on moral and spiritual integrity in ministry as well as doctrinal purity. In a personal letter written in 2008, Dr. Bailey wrote, “Each of us presidents has grappled with the lines, circles, or boundaries . . . but my heart is to seek the Lord, to seek counsel, and to do what is best for the short- and long-term prospects of the Seminary.”

Right: The Administrative and Global Learning Center, currently under construction on the DTS main campus, will house advanced video and audio production studios for online courses, video podcasts, and video conferencing to deliver theological training worldwide.

Supporters of DTS in the 1970s helped the Seminary educate people such as author Tony Evans, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in south Dallas and president of The Urban Alternative (TUA). TUA seeks, by God’s grace, to transform inner-city neighborhoods nationwide, and its radio outreach extends to nearly 1,000 outlets in the U.S. and to more than 100 countries worldwide.

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Degree program review is especially fresh on our minds as we have just come out of the accreditation process. Assessment is biblical. We want and need to improve. Our students need preparation on new topics that no one needed to address thirty years ago. How do we deal with that from a curricular standpoint while also realizing the press for time, money, and the rising cost of education? Meanwhile, students want to finish faster and with less expense—and understandably so. How can we accommodate their needs and better prepare them? Dr. Bailey: We’re wrestling with education in general. Consider that only our older students have ever seen a typewriter. The rest have learned differently from how most of their instructors learned—by a page of outline that we filled in as the prof talked. Now we can give students all of that content on a portable data storage device and spend class time differently. Each of us has our favorite way to learn, but that’s not necessarily the way students learn. They research using the Web. When I did my dissertation, I did not have to know how to cite an Internet source. Worldwide, 80 percent of the people prefer to learn by listening or watching, not by reading. The Bible is a book. Yet the earliest audiences heard the Word. Their learning was all aural. And we can recover a lot of beauty we have missed by reading instead of hearing the Bible, especially in the original languages. One member of our faculty tells me that Leviticus has a cadence in the original text through which a worship theme manifests itself that we would never get in English. So we must address issues of how students learn and how we will teach them. While we adapt, some things must always remain central: the authority of Scripture as God’s Word; the majesty of Jesus Christ as the God-man, and all that implies; the need for personal conversion and new life in Christ in the sense that without justification there is no righteousness; and fulfillment of the Great Commission, taking the gospel to the world. When any one of these core elements gets lost, believers get into trouble. So DTS has a robust doctrinal statement for our faculty and board, and we remain unswervingly committed to it. These Christian doctrines are embedded in our bylaws. They have and will drive DTS—by the grace of God—until Christ returns. Go to dts.edu/ks for a longer, audio version of this content.

1980s

1980s-era friends helped equip Babu Pimplekar, who returned to Central India. A second generation of DTS grads—his daughter, Rani, and son-in-law, Jayesh Yangad—minister in Aurangabad. Their works include church planting, evangelism, counseling, pastoral training, and hosting medical camps. Supporters also aided in educating pastor and author Andy Stanley, founder of North Point Ministries, which equips leaders to create churches that unchurched people love to attend.

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By Jennifer Callaway

DTS Grad Born 115 Years Ago Continues to Give After soldiers returned from the “war to end all wars,” Prohibition brought turmoil, but the economy boomed. A seemingly indestructible country complacently stood at the threshold of the Great Depression. And it came about in those days that Dallas Theological Seminary, first known as The Evangelical Theological College, had its birth. At the end of the first academic cycle, the first student to graduate—a young man named Roy L. Aldrich—crossed the stage to receive his degree. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in the last year of the nineteenth century, Aldrich saw a tour of duty with the Navy during the First World War. But that experience affected him far less than his introduction to Jesus Christ. His new path led to Texas for seminary, which gave him opportunities to serve as a pastor. Yet a passion for Christian education guided most of his career decisions. The path of following his Lord soon led to Detroit, Michigan. Working with believers from the Christian Businessmen’s Committee of Detroit, he helped establish Detroit Bible College. The school opened its doors to students the year before World War II ended, and Dr. Aldrich steered the institution as president from its infancy for twenty-two years, after which he served as president emeritus. His belief in the importance of Christian

education compelled him to speak many times in Detroit pulpits calling people to support God’s work in scholarships. He also lived what he taught, giving whenever possible to various Christian schools, including DTS. His motivation flowed from a great love of Scripture. Dr. Aldrich preached, wrote, and spoke, lecturing at DTS and at Moody Bible Institute’s Founders’ Week conferences. His book, Holding Fast to Grace, is still in print. Described as easy to talk to and a gracious and knowledgeable preacher and teacher, he had a dry sense of humor and loved to fish. He was known for wearing a clip-on bow tie, even after doing so fell out of fashion. His passion for teaching the Scriptures extended to every age group, so he often brought the children to the front of the church during services for a short object lesson. His work in the ministry continued even after his retirement and relocation to Florida. There he found a way for local people to receive training in biblical studies in conjunction with Moody’s External Studies program. Aldrich ended his days there, going to be with the Lord at age 99. His grave inscription

Whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully (2 Cor. 9:6).

1990s

People who prayed and gave to the Seminary during the 1990s invested in God’s work through people such as Moscow pastor Gennadi Sergienko; secondgeneration DTS grad Priscilla Shirer, co-founder of Going Beyond Ministries; Imad Shahadeh, president of Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary; Elizabeth Inrig, who led women’s ministries for the Evangelical Free Church of America; and current DTS president Mark Bailey.

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expresses his faith:“In thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore” (Ps. 16:11, KJV). The Aldrich family’s past, present, and future relationship with DTS goes on. Our first graduate’s brother, Willard (ThM, 1934; ThB, 1934; ThD, 1936), helped found Multnomah Bible College, serving as its president for thirty-five years (1943–1978). Upon his retirement, his son Joseph (ThM, 1968; ThD, 1971) succeeded him as president. Other family members who passed through the halls of DTS have included Roy’s nephews Jon (ThM, 1968) and Tim Aldrich (ThM, 1971; ThD, 1975), and son-in-law Ken Schafer (ThM, 1971). Before Roy Aldrich entered the Lord’s presence sixteen years ago, he and his second wife, Constance Crawley Aldrich, agreed to create a plan for their support of DTS to outlive them. When she passed away in 2011, their estate gift was distributed to the DTS general fund. The Aldrich family’s legacy of faith continues through their investment in the training of future Christian leaders.

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Those who more recently invested in DTS have helped to equip graduates such as Brad Hopkins, who directs the Central Wyoming Rescue Mission; Célestin Musekura, who founded ALARM, an African-led organization that equips leaders to transform their communities; and hundreds of others who have reached millions around the globe through books and articles.

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GOD’S WORK: DTS around the World With the expansion of DTS’s extensions and programs abroad, the reach of God’s Word continues to shrink borders. More than six hundred international students graduated from

Aurora Hernandez (MA/CM, 2008) works for the Cree First Nation of Quebec, Canada. Employed as an engineer, she works to protect the environment from mining exploitation and has made key contacts with Cree Nation leaders. She ministers to children through the Canoe of Hope, an evangelistic outreach. Across the U.S. many alumni serve as pastors and Christian workers. DTS graduates also serve as educators in Bible colleges and seminaries, teaching the next generation of leaders. committed to Christ.

Deborah (MA/BL, 2007) and Ramón (MA/BL, 2013) Padilla work with Wycliffe Bible Translators in southern Mexico. Their team is completing a translation of the New Testament and portions of the Old into the Zapotec language. Zapotec is among the approximately 2,100 languages that lack adequate Scriptures.

In Bogotá, Colombia, Cristian Ramírez (ThM, 2011) is primarily engaged in theological education. In addition to teaching Bible courses, he is working to form a Bible institute and maintains an itinerant preaching ministry.

DTS between 1983 and 2014. Consider this sampling of these alumni who daily, through the power of the Holy Spirit, weave the grace of God into the communities where they reside.

Yaroslav Nazarkevych (ThM, 2006) preaches at Lviv Central Baptist Church in Ukraine, raising new church leaders by means of example, meaningful relationships, and teaching. The church now numbers nearly six hundred members. Marlen Zharmenov (MABS/CM, 2009) is the national team leader for a parachurch ministry in Kazakhstan. He and his wife oversee one hundred team members who minister to university students, business professionals, athletes, families, and churches.

Laci Kadar (ThM, 2011) has served almost twenty years with Word of Life (WOL) Hungary ministry. He is camp director and professor at the WOL Bible Institute. Each summer, hundreds of youth enjoy this camp. After twenty years, almost 20,000 Hungarian teenagers have heard the gospel.

Serving at East Asia School of Theology in Singapore since his graduation, Toe Set (ThM, 2006) and his wife, Magdalene, take quarterly trips to Myanmar to mentor roughly thirty Christian workers there and to teach courses at Myanmar Institute of Christian Theology.

Four years ago, Ben (ThM, 2010) and Anda (MA/BC, 2009) Mogos planted Agape Church in Bucharest, Romania. Ben is also the Insight for Living pastor for Romania, having the privilege of being Dr. Charles Swindoll’s voice there. Anda has published several works and leads the counseling department of Agape Church. Afrim Karoshi (MA[BS], 2009; MA/MC, 2013) uses his degree in media to write for the online contexts of Cru’s (formerly called Campus Crusade for Christ) ministry in Albania. As the team leader of Albanian Digital Strategies, he designs new means of pursuing evangelism through digital media. Isaac Wheigar (MA/CM, 2011) is the general secretary of the Association of Evangelicals of Liberia (AEL). AEL is the largest network of Christian churches and agencies of evangelical persuasion in Liberia. It demonstrates uncompromising and holistic evangelism through spiritual guidance and practical response to human need.

Jason (MA/CE and MA/CM, 2003) and Liliam (MA/CM, 2000) Gardner are working to mobilize the Brazilian church to minister to the unreached. Working with Seven Nine, they labor to unleash the powerful sending potential of Brazil’s nearly fifty million evangelical believers to be part of the next great wave of global outreach.

The faculty of Bible Baptist Theological Seminary in South Korea includes DTS graduates Dr. Samuel Kwak (PhD, 2003) and Dr. Cheol Choi (PhD, 2010). They labor to train the next generation of theological leaders.

In North India David Ranjit (ThM, 2010) serves as lead pastor of Delhi Bible Fellowship. He and several DTS grads partner with Asia Biblical Theological Seminary to offer a site for seminary coursework. They now have forty students enrolled.

Yohan (ThM, 2011) and EJ (ThM, 2012) Lee, serve an unreached people group in Southeast Asia (country name withheld). They are facilitating the writing of God’s Word in their people group’s mother tongue and building an indigenous Christian community among them.

In Nigeria, Sam Akeju (MA/CE, 2004) partners with SIM and Evangel Fellowship churches to implement discipleship programs. As project coordinator and regional coach of the Evangel Discipleship Coaching and Mentoring program, Sam—along with his colleagues—has recently led discipleship seminars in Ghana, Bolivia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, and Gambia.

Rowland Forman (MA[BS]/CE, 1991) is executive director of LivingStones Leadership Ministries, based in New Zealand. LivingStones partners with churches locally and globally to mentor leaders. A pastor to pastors, Rowland recently authored The Lost Art of Lingering: Mutual Mentoring for Life Transformation.

Compiled by Jenny McGill (MA/CM, 2003) Anyone who supported DTS in the past three decades has had a part in seeing more than six hundred international students trained. In the past ten years alone, more than three hundred men and women have crossed borders to serve in 104 countries. Many of these servants are doing ministry in countries closed to the gospel.

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More than 15,000 alumni have stepped through doors of opportunity after leaving DTS. Only eternity will reveal the number of lives these grads have touched and will touch—and the eternal dividends reaped by those who have prayed, encouraged, and given to support the Lord’s work at Dallas Theological Seminary.

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by Julie Lyons

Crossing the Great Wall into China THE MORNING BEGAN AUSPICIOUSLY ENOUGH: Dr. Mark L. Bailey attended church with President George W. Bush and members of his family who were in Beijing, China, for the opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics. But afterward Dallas Theological Seminary’s president was ushered across town to an event that, while less publicized, bears historic significance and had an even deeper spiritual impact. Dr. Bailey took the pulpit at Haidian Christian Church—the largest in China and part of the China Christian Council (CCC), the nation’s registered, or official, church—and preached the gospel to a congregation of two thousand. As international media watched, Dr. Bailey presented the supremacy of Christ through the words of Colossians 1:15–20, “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together . . . ” (v. 17). From that passage he urged those who hadn’t trusted Christ to trust him that day. After the service Dr. Bailey mingled in the aisles with Chinese believers and interacted privately with church leaders, having, as he puts it, “a wonderful time.” What many observers didn’t know is that his message was the culmination of a long and delicate dance of trust between Chinese authorities and DTS, which, eight years ago, had launched a groundbreaking program to train Chinese-speaking ministry leaders through online courses available worldwide. Four people have graduated from DTS’s Chinese online program so far in 2014—two students in

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mainland China, one in Taiwan, and a Chinesespeaking student in Dallas—leaving with a Master of Arts in Christian Studies degree. Some 120 students in China, Taiwan, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Ukraine are studying in the Chinese program, viewing online classes taught by DTS professors and relayed in Mandarin Chinese via subtitles. Another forty or so men and women are enrolled in Chinese courses in the United States. The students also meet in Asian locations such as Hong Kong to participate in “hybrid” classes with Chinesespeaking professors. The Seminary’s opportunity to host the Chinese program is a miracle of sorts. “The reason we’ve been granted access really came out of a God-led moment,” Dr. Bailey said. DTS realized that no one obtains freedom to evangelize and minister in China without a formal invitation from a recognized church—of which there is only one, the China Christian Council—and agreed to work within those constraints. Dr. Bailey told Chinese authorities “that without compromising our mission or theological stance we would welcome an invitation to contribute to the theological and ministry training among Chinese people.” That invitation came through in 2005. Since then, DTS has had an unprecedented role in shaping China’s view of what defines a real Christian at the highest levels of government and church leadership.

“The Chinese authorities are afraid of are cults,” said Dr. Mark Yarbrough, vice president for Academic Affairs. “So what we talk about is authentic biblical Christianity . . . and the fact that authentic biblical Christians should make very good citizens. That resonates with them.” The image of Chinese Christianity among American evangelicals has centered on the house church movement, which operates outside of Chinese regulations and has experienced explosive growth, along with waves of government oppression. Though the Seminary has had to weather some criticism for operating in China with the blessing of the official church—whose leadership is in great need of advanced theological training—Yarbrough offers a balanced perspective. “Everything you hear about persecution is true somewhere, some place, sometime in China,” he said. “It’s that big. Are there great pockets of freedom? The answer is yes. Are there moments of persecution that occur? The answer is yes.” Christianity in China is much more complex than the stereotypes, with heretical teaching and charlatans emerging in the house churches alongside courageous, uncompromising believers. And in the registered churches, Dr. Yarbrough has found “an authentic genuine worship, people striving to embrace what the Lord has revealed in his Word, continued on next page

“DTS has had an unprecedented role in shaping China’s view of what defines a real Christian at the highest levels of government and church leadership.”

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by Ronald B. Allen

and authentic followers of Jesus Christ.” “Do they have some unique struggles? Sure they do,” he added. “Are they understaffed? Incredibly. You’ll have churches that have five thousand people and three pastors.” Choosing to support the whole body of Christ in China, DTS leaped in and got involved with training more men and women for ministry. By providing in-depth biblical studies and consistent theology, DTS works to counter the heretical, revolutionary teachings of sects that the government sees as a threat to peace. “I can tell you that with the growth of the church in China, there is a fight for orthodoxy,” Dr. Yarbrough said. “Which is why we have chosen, based upon the Lord’s opening the doors, to be involved in this discussion.” The Seminary has garnered unlikely praise from Chinese officials, who appreciate the school’s academic excellence. According to Dr. Bailey, DTS has stayed “public and forthright” with government and church authorities, encouraging them to monitor the content of the online classes. “My sense of the governmental leaders of China is that they genuinely have a deep sense of responsibility to the massive number of people they are asked to lead,” Dr. Bailey added. “They know the church is growing rapidly. They recognize there are millions of people who claim to be Christians, and they want them taken care of carefully. “We have nothing to hide,” Dr. Bailey said. “We’re not trying to start a rebel movement. We obviously want people’s lives to be affected by Christianity.” Oddly enough, the Seminary’s interest in China led to the launch of its first domestic online classes. In 2001, Dr. Bailey and DTS professor Dr. Stanley Toussaint met in Dallas with a Hong Kong businessman who “had great respect and regard for DTS training,” Dr. Bailey said. At first he proposed a seminary branch in Asia, but eventually the conversation turned to online education, which was just getting its start in American universities. The businessman gave a substantial gift that allowed DTS to launch its first online course, Dr. Dwight Pentecost’s Life of Christ on Earth, with a group of hand-picked distance learners in 2002. “While he did not know technology,” Dr. Yarbrough said of Dr. Pentecost, “he knew enough to know that this was an opportunity to reach new students. And that’s where his heart was.” That course enabled DTS “to get our feet under us,” Dr. Yarbrough said, before moving into the Chinese language. In 2008, the Seminary brought respected scholar Dr. Samuel Chia (ThM, 1994; PhD, 2003) on

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board to direct the Chinese Online program from Dallas. Born in Malaysia and educated in Canada and at DTS, Dr. Chia oversaw the translation of courses into Chinese. At the same time, the Seminary devised several contextualized courses, such as Introduction to Biblical Communication in the Chinese Context, and offered a thirty-hour Certificate of Graduate Studies. When U.S. accrediting agencies opened the door to obtain academic degrees online, DTS launched the sixty-two-hour Master of Arts in Christian Studies (MA[CS]). The first few Chinese students to take DTS courses overseas “thought it was pretty cool—where you could see the professor teaching, and then you had the Chinese scripts coming in,” Dr. Chia recalled. “It was like watching a movie.” That wasn’t all, of course; the students interacted in forums (one ground rule: no politics) and gathered for live courses—a lifechanging event for some students, who met fellow Chinese speakers in ministry from all over the world. Joseph, a thirty-nine-year-old senior pastor of a very young (average age: 22.6) five-hundred-member church in mainland China, was one of those, calling the intensive Hong Kong course “one of the most memorable experiences in my life.” He lauds the Chinese program for its “solid biblical foundation for my personal study and ministry. It has cultivated in me the passion for the truth and the passion to share the truth.” In the United States, Dallas-based Jeff Cheng—who graduated this summer along with Joseph—said the MA(CS) has better prepared him for his marriage ministry to Chinese couples. In the courses unique to the program, students learn about ministering effectively in the Chinese context, such as “how you defer to a person who has more seniority,” Dr. Chia said. “You really need to minimize conflict.” DTS hopes to slowly increase enrollment to two hundred, though funds are needed, as nearly all of the overseas students require financial aid. Interest far outstrips capacity; DTS has received some two thousand applications to date for the Chinese program. That’s because it is “a very precious chance for mainland people who cannot leave their service but who really want and need to get trained and equipped,” Joseph wrote via email. “You can still serve while you study, and you can receive all these wonderful teachings in Chinese.” —Julie Lyons (spouse, Larry Lyons [ThM, 2001]) is an author and award-winning journalist.

And Then We Saw the Storks

GOD’S LOYAL LOVE AND DTS THE ANCIENT CITY OF EPHESUS is like the Disneyland of archaeological sites from the Roman world. The first thing a visitor is likely to see at this ancient magical kingdom, however, is a big disappointment, like finding a great ride in Disney’s world out of order. At one time, the Temple of Artemis (see Acts 19:21–41) was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Today one views only a huge hole in the ground marking its ancient footprint and a lonely pillar pieced together from mismatched stone drums in 1973. It shows only something of the size and height of one of the 121 ancient magnificent columns—but little of their beauty. The solitary column rises forty-five feet (originally sixty feet)—both helpful in suggesting ancient grandeur and disappointing at the same time. But on my last visit, just a few months ago, something happened that amazed us: a nest of storks perched atop the column, with a bird hovering above, something like the Spirit of God hovering over the waters of primordial earth, as recorded in Genesis 1:2. In ancient times peoples devoid of video games and other thumbing devices took time to observe animal behavior. Ideas such as “sly as a fox,” “wise as an owl,” “regal as a lion,” and “stupid as a donkey” were shared impressions of people in many cultures. And of all the animals that the Hebrews observed, none was believed to be as constant in care for their young as were storks. This ancient memory explains the tie of storks to human babies even in our own time—well, at least to my time. Our grandchildren, I have discovered, are more physiologically and anatomically informed than children were when I was a boy. “Where do babies come from?” a child used to ask. In more

Because of observed devotion to their young, storks suggested to the faith community something of the covenant love of God for his people.

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innocent times than ours, a serviceable answer was, “The stork brings them.” Today, storks are not mentioned to—or by—kids. Storks, hasidot! These unlikely “unclean” birds, because of observed devotion to their young, mysteriously suggested to the faith community of Israel something of the deep, lasting, covenant love of God for his people, his loyal love—his hesed. The Hebrew word for “stork” is hasidah, a word related to hesed, the principal term describing the kindness, love, mercy, and goodness of Yahweh, the name for Israel’s covenant-keeping God. The stork was regarded as unusually kind to its young; Yahweh is indescribably kind to his people. His hesed kindness is abundant in depth (Num. 14:18), great in range (Num. 14:19), everlasting in extent (Jer. 33:11), and good in essence (Ps. 69:16). Yahweh’s self-disclosure to Moses in Torah swept upon the prophet who was secured in the cleft of the rock on the holy mountain (Ex. 34:5–7). Yahweh proclaimed the meaning of his being in words of deity, compassion, patience—and especially of hesed we-‘emet, “grace and truth.” These are the same ideas John used to describe Jesus (Greek: charis kai aletheia) in John 1:14. John was saying, “You know what God is like. He is abundant in grace and truth. This is exactly what Jesus is like— full of grace and truth.” This year we mark the ninetieth anniversary of the founding of Dallas Theological Seminary. It is also the fiftieth year since my first days as a student at our school. Memories of the giants who were in the land of DTS in those days rush and swirl in my mind. I recall Walvoord, Ryrie, Robinson, (S.L.) Johnson, Hodges, Unger, Campbell, Hendricks, Peters, Toussaint, and Pentecost. Each made impressions that have lasted me a lifetime. Then there was Dr. Bruce K. Waltke and his classes in biblical Hebrew. Of all that I learned from Dr. Waltke, nothing marked me so much as his emphasis on the significance of the Hebrew word hesed as descriptive of Yahweh’s “loyal love”—as Dr. Waltke styled the term. This Hebrew word is so rich that it is variously translated as “mercy,” “goodness,” “kindness,” “love,” “grace,” “merciful goodness,” “lasting love,” “covenant love,” and the like. Thirty-three years ago, I attended the meetings of the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy in

Chicago. Dr. Waltke was giving a response to a paper on the attributes of God. When the meeting began, Dr. Waltke looked out over the audience and directed his eyes to the paper’s author. Suddenly, he closed the folder containing his prepared notes, moved to the side of the lectern, removed and cleaned his glasses, and said, “I can’t do what I planned to do.” He had intended to respond section by section to the paper. Instead, he looked kindly on the writer, and he said he agreed with all of the blessed ideas that had been presented about the beauty and wonders of our God. “But,” Dr. Waltke said, “you missed the most important thing. You did not develop the word hesed.” He then spoke extemporaneously of hesed as the most important word in Hebrew Scripture—after the name of God—Yahweh. A few years ago, Dr. Waltke was back on the Seminary campus during a commencement weekend marking the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation from our school. In his Commencement Chapel address, President Mark Bailey spoke of the love of God and emphasized the word hesed as the loyal love of God. Later, I greeted Dr. Waltke and commented on Dr. Bailey’s message. I said, “Our president’s words are your legacy.” Well, they were and are more than Dr. Waltke’s legacy. An understanding of hesed—the loyal love of Yahweh—is our legacy at Dallas Theological Seminary. In all my years on the campus, I have never seen a stork atop a column. Storks are not likely to be viewed in Dallas—outside of the zoo. Yet in all my years at DTS, I have never doubted the hovering presence of the living God—his maternal-paternal care, his loyal love—Yahweh’s hesed! Dallas Theological Seminary celebrates its ninetieth year based on many people, many gifts, many prayers, many labors, many sacrifices, many pains, many joys. But under all and above all and in all, the reason for ninety years of Dallas Theological Seminary is hesed—the loyal love of God.

After “Yahweh,” hesed—God’s loyal love—is the most important word in Hebrew Scripture.

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—Ronald B. Allen, ThD, DD, is senior professor of Bible Exposition at DTS, where he has taught for nineteen years.

CAMPUS NEWS Join Us for the Big Nine-O! Join DTS on October 16, 2014, on the Internet for our Ninetieth Anniversary Celebration. The Seminary’s three living presidents—Dr. Donald Campbell, Dr. Charles Swindoll, and Dr. Mark Bailey—will host a simulcast that focuses on the grace “that brought [us] safe thus far.” And DTS grad Dr. Chip Ingram, senior pastor of Venture Christian Church in Los Gatos, California, and teaching pastor of Living on the Edge radio program, will provide a challenge to alumni and friends. Dr. Bailey said, “We want the world to be involved in the celebration, so we are going to do some creative broadcasting and simulcasting. The event will include video clips from some of our ministries around the world. Please plan to join us.” Check the DTS web site at dts.edu/90 for updates on how you can be a part of this important event in our school’s history.

Faculty Member Is Sports Hall of Famer DTS professor Dr. David Klingler was recently inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame, as announced by the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Dr. Klingler distinguished himself as a college quarterback at the University of Houston and still holds twentyone NCAA football bowl records. He went on to play professional football before turning his attention to pursuing his graduate degrees at DTS in Old Testament Studies. Congratulations, Dr. K! An event from the Hendricks Center for Christian Leadership and Cultural Engagement

All About Influence 2014: A Women’s Leadership Conference All About Influence is designed to equip women to reach, lead, and have an impact on those in their spheres of influence—whether at home, in the church, in the workplace, or in a parachurch ministry. If you’re a woman who’s ready to invest in the lives of others, find encouragement in your spiritual walk, and be challenged to make a difference, this conference is designed for you. Featuring Mindy Caliguire, author and founder of Soul Care Monday, November 17, 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. on the DTS main campus For information and/or to register, visit dts.edu/conferences, or call 214-887-5253.

Come with Us to Israel March 6–18, 2015

Software Package Free for Students DTS is the only seminary to give every student Logos Bible Software loaded with resources, including Hebrew and Greek lexicons and top commentaries. Go to dts.edu/logos for answers to frequently asked questions about this new benefit.

Next year in Jerusalem! Plan now to join DTS’s next Israel tour. Sail on the Sea of Galilee. Read your Bible in the setting where its events took place. And walk where Jesus walked. Watch for announcements at dts.edu/ travel for more information.

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NEW RESOURCES from the Seminary Family Organic Mentoring: A Mentor’s Guide to Relationships with Next Generation Women Dr. Sue Edwards (MA[BS], 1989)* and Dr. Barbara Neumann (MA/CE, 2005; DMin, 2011)* The Power of God’s Names Dr. Anthony T. Evans (ThM, 1976; ThD, 1982)*

The Person Called You: Why You’re Here, Why You Matter & What You Should Do With Your Life William Hendricks (MA[BS], 1994)

Dwell: Life with God for the World Dr. Barry D. Jones (ThM, 2002)*

Genesis: A Theological Commentary for Preachers Dr. Abraham Kuruvilla (ThM, 2002)* **

Books by three DTS alumni were finalists for Christian Retailing’s 2014 awards. Nominations came from those in the Christian products industry and they honored books based on impact, ability to open people’s minds to new ways of thinking, and affirmation of Christ-like living. The finalists were as follows: First-Time Author category: Glimpses of Grace: Treasuring the Gospel in Your Home, Gloria Furman (MA/CE, 2007)**

Nonfiction: Men’s category: Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole, Dr. Eric Mason (ThM, 2000)

Social Issues category: The Cross in the Shadow of the Crescent: An Informed Response to Islam’s War with Christianity, Dr. Erwin Lutzer (ThM, 1967)** with Steve Miller Dr. Lutzer’s book was also a nonfiction finalist for the 2014 Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Christian Book Awards (formerly Gold Medallion).

Beat God to the Punch: How to Seize a Grace-Filled Life Dr. Eric Mason (ThM, 2000) and Paul David Tripp

The Unique One: 18 Distinctives of Jesus Christ Cecil Price (ThM 1984)**

*DTS faculty member **Excerpt online

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FROM THE CHANCELLOR

More resources at dts.edu/books.

Our gift to you: As a Kindred Spirit reader, you may receive a free copy of Our Legacy: The History of Christian Doctrine by DTS professor Dr. John Hannah. Go to www.dts.edu/ks to order.

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The Tablecloth of Grace

hortly after David ascended Israel’s throne, he made good on a promise. He had given Jonathan his word that he would demonstrate kindness to Jonathan’s family forever (see 1 Samuel 20). Once David became king, he could easily have forgotten that promise. Certainly, no one would have forced the king to keep it. But David’s “yes” meant “yes.” After the deaths of Jonathan and his father, King Saul, David remembered his promise, which prompted him to ask, “Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” As it turned out, the answer was “yes.” Ziba, David’s servant, said, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet” (2 Sam. 9:1–3, NASB). Without hesitation, David sent for Jonathan’s son, whose name was Mephibosheth. When the young man arrived, he bowed trembling. In ancient days when a new king from a new dynasty took the throne, it wasn’t uncommon for him to destroy every member of the former royal family. That explains the young man’s terror. Being Saul’s grandson meant he was as good as dead! But, of course, he knew nothing of David’s promise to show kindness to his father’s family. How shocked he must have been when King David reassured him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly” (v. 7). Filled with a mixture of amazement and gratitude, Mephibosheth bowed yet again, asking, “What is your servant that you should regard a dead dog like me?” (v. 8). David did far more than spare his life. He made sure that everything that had belonged to Saul and his family now belonged to the young man who was not only undeserving of such favor, but he was also crippled in both feet. In addition, the king promised him that from then on he would have a place at the king’s table, regularly eating his meals with others in the king’s family (v. 10). What a story of grace—God’s unmerited favor! With a little imagination, we can picture a familiar scene in the king’s royal residence. Gold and silver fixtures held the flaming torches that lined the palace walls. Lofty, hand-carved wooden ceilings crowned each spacious room, including the banquet hall where David and his family gathered for their evening meals. In one chair sat tanned, handsome Absalom with his long, raven-black locks of hair. Next to him sat his beautiful sister, Tamar. Across from her sat the young and brilliant Solomon. It’s suppertime, and the call has gone out to all in the family to gather around the table. As David the dad scans the room to make sure all the kids are present, he notices that one is missing. It isn’t long before everyone can hear a sound they have become accustomed to by now. Clump, scra-a-ape. Clump scra-a-ape echoes from the hallway into the dining room. Clump, scra-a-ape. Clump scra-a-ape. Finally, the young man appears and slowly shuffles to his place. It’s Mephibosheth, of course, seated now at the king’s table alongside the other members of the king’s family. Once seated, the tablecloth of grace covers his feet. We are reassured of the king’s grace as we read, “Mephibosheth ate at David’s table as one of the king’s sons” (v. 11). Although Mephibosheth had nothing to offer David, the king lavished on him great honor. David made no distinction between Absalom and Tamar and Solomon and Mephibosheth. When grace abounds, that’s what happens. Favor is extended to the undeserving, which cannot be earned or repaid. No wonder we call it amazing! For ninety years God has poured out his grace on Dallas Theological Seminary. For ninety years he has allowed wretches like us to attend the classes, to teach the students, and to lead the school. Think of it! Not one of us has deserved such unmerited favor from our God. For ninety years the tablecloth of grace has covered all our feet. What a faithful King of grace he has been throughout these ninety years. All hail the power of Jesus’ name!

David made no distinction between Absalom and Tamar and Solomon and Mephibosheth. When grace abounds, that’s what happens.

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