Insights

“And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.” - Isaiah 58.11, ESV “And out of that hopeless attempt has come...

It pays to take life seriously; things work out when you trust in GOD. - Proverbs 16.20, MSG “This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind which exist between people who have, from the outset, taken each...

“I remember when I was one of only three women here at SCS. Now, there are so many women that I actually have to wait in line for the restroom,” jokes Professor Tracy Anderson-Tellado. “But in all honesty, I have seen God move to expand the reach of SCS to bring more...

“Since I was a kid, it’s been my desire to serve God,” says Professor Primitivo Pagayon. “Originally, I wanted to become a priest, but the Lord led me to become a believer, to be discipled, and then placed me into the ministry.” Growing up in Iloilo, Philippines,...

This is a guest post from SCS student/intern Marco Barron detailing his ongoing mission in Mexico. A few years ago, I was walking through the streets of a small community in San Luis Potosi, North Central Mexico where my parents were born. I had walked these streets...

Looking for a great book to read over Christmas break? Here are some of our professors’ top picks!   Professor Tracy Anderson-Tellado: I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown: I read this book, and was blown away by how...

"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...