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I was graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in May of 1997. My first day of class was the day that then President Dilday was fired. At the time, I learned under some of the most educated, thought provoking professors in the nation. From Calvin Miller, Keith Putt, and Curtis Vaughn “The Greek Demon.”

I also had women professors who challenged not only my head but my heart.

The last few years has seen Southwestern regressed. Instead of preparing pastors for today’s culture, they’ve chosen to pick fights that nobody outside the SBC and Texas cares. From the convention that brought you “home-school only”, “no shorts on Sundays,” and “Tuesday Night Visitation”….comes this:

They fired a woman professor teaching Hebrew because she was a woman. Paige Patterson said that her hiring was a lax in judgment from the previous administration.

All I can say is this - the SBC got what it deserved when it hire Paige Patterson. Conflict and Irrelevance have followed him wherever he has gone.

And the “Sure Bride of Christ” takes another black eye.