Insights

"This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them,...

“Not that I am an expert about God, but what SCS has confirmed is what I have always known,” Logsdon graduate student, Pastor Eric Tarver, tells us. “God is unexplainable and indescribable.” A bi-vocational pastor, Pastor Tarver has been in ministry for 32 years and...

“I love how welcoming SCS is to everyone,” says Dr. Celeste Gonzalez-Moreno. As one of our newest core faculty members at our McAllen campus, one of the reasons Dr. Gonzalez-Moreno was initially drawn to Stark College & Seminary is the college’s commitment to...

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times? Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” - Matthew 18.21-22, NIV “In our own case we accept excuses...

As an unpopular middle schooler in Alabama, Brook Dwyer was attracted to the message of God’s all encompassing love. “I was always curious about God and faith, but it wasn’t until the summer I turned 13 that I decided to be a follower of Jesus,” Brook shares. A few...

“I may not seem like a very nice person, but I’m really not as nice as I seem,” jokes Dr. Doug Jackson, the Director of Logsdon Programming and Assistant Professor of Spiritual Formation. When you first meet Dr. Jackson, his wit and intelligence are matched only by...

The Widow's Offering "Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.  And he said, 'Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.  For they all contributed out...

Written by Dr. Tony Celelli, SCS President If servant leaders care deeply about other’s well-being, then one should consider the four directions of leadership: Down, Up, Laterally, and In. The most obvious direction in which leadership is expressed is through the...

Written by Dr. Tony Celelli, SCS President Leaders appear to be in short supply these days. It’s not that people are not in positions of authority or directing the workflow of others, but rather it’s that these same people fail to envision leadership as more than...

“The doors God has opened for me at Stark College and Seminary (SCS) are unreal,” Ashley Kendall says. “God has really brought me out of my comfort zone and is using the people and the learning experiences here at SCS to mold and shape me into the woman He is calling...