Pray For Us (2)
This editorial, the second part of a convocation speech by Russell Dykstra, exhorts the Protestant Reformed community to pray for seminary professors and students. Dykstra argues that prayer is necessary because seminary training is spiritual work that shapes future gospel ministers, and because sin in the fallen natures of both professors and students threatens to undermine this sacred work.
Previous article in this series: January 15, 2014, p. 171. [Note: This editorial is the second part of the convocation speech given publicly for the current school year, held in September of 2013. The first installment demonstrated the biblical basis for requesting fellow saints to "pray for us." The reasons for praying for the seminary are the three sections of the speech. The first is the spiritual nature of the work. The second is the difficulties faced. And the third is the importance of...
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