Theology

Engage in hermeneutics, dogmatics, church history, and theology to deepen your understanding of the Triune God.

Favorite Book of 2023 + Books I Read

Dr. Chris Woznicki shares his favorite books of the past year.

Chris Woznicki
Affiliate Instructor in Theology at Fuller Seminary, JEC Research Fellow

The Sound of Groaning: A Reflection on Romans 8:18-30

God’s word, specifically Romans 8, has good news for anyone in a season of groaning: we are not alone.

Jon Limm
Associate Pastor at Sycamore Hill Church
Jon Limm serves as an Associate Pastor at Sycamore Hill Church in Delaware. He is a recent Gateway graduate with a Master's in Theological Studies.

John Webster and the Holy Habits of Theology

According to Webster, holiness is not something we merely learn about, study, or contemplate: it is something we cherish, do, and emulate.

Robb Torseth
Public Service Librarian & Adjunct Professor at Gateway Seminary

ADVENT DEVOTIONALS 2023

Use this set of advent devotionals to revisit the story of Christmas in the Bible.

Eddie Pate
Director, Kim School of Global Missions | Professor of Evangelism
Eddie Pate, professor of evangelism and director of the David and Faith Kim School of Global Missions, has been associated with Gateway in one way or another since 2005. Dr. Pate and his family served in Jordan and Sudan for over a decade. Eddie served as the senior pastor of the First Baptist Church, Barstow California from 1986-1993 and again from 2012 to 2021.

An Identity Crisis

Dr. Iorg invites you to attend this year's Intersect Conference at Gateway Seminary to learn more about what "in Christ" means for identity in the 21st century.

Jeff Iorg
President
Dr. Jeff Iorg is the president of Gateway Seminary. Prior to his service at the Seminary, Dr. Iorg was the Executive Director of the Northwest Baptist Convention for almost ten years. He was also the founding pastor of Greater Gresham Baptist Church in Gresham, Oregon, and has served as a pastor in Missouri and a staff pastor in Texas.

Three Fatal Flaws in the “Gender as Social Construct” Position

Society is at a crossroads—either God institutes biological sex by which a person’s gender is established, or gender is a social construct and thus open to be revised, rejected, or assigned.

Adam P. Groza
Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services | Associate Professor of Philosophy
Adam is a native Californian and has taught philosophy-related classes at a variety of institutions including California Baptist University, Tarleton State University, Scarborough College, and Korea Baptist Theological Seminary. Adam joined the Gateway family in June 2010 after serving on faculty and as director of admissions at Southwestern.

The Struggle is Real: The Power of Culture 

The power of culture is real. The ways in which mainstream culture has become so very influential can be problematic, particularly for Believers who are walking a fine line of living within this cultural paradigm while prioritizing Biblical ideals.

Julie Goodman-Bowling
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Chair, Department of Undergraduate Family & Culture at California Baptist University
Julie Goodman-Bowling (Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno) serves as associate professor of anthropology, the chair of division family & culture, and program coordinator of the anthropology major at California Baptist University. A cultural anthropologist, her experience includes travels to Paraguay, Ukraine, Israel, Mexico and migrant communities in the U.S.

Theologian of Holiness: Introducing John Webster

Webster’s life-long project of 'theological theology' could be said to be an expansion of a theological category many evangelicals would consider theologically-basic: holiness.

Robb Torseth
Public Service Librarian & Adjunct Professor at Gateway Seminary

Prayer: A Gift from Our Triune God

Adoption, which is a gift from the Trinity, is also the foundation of our prayers.

Chris Woznicki
Affiliate Instructor in Theology at Fuller Seminary, JEC Research Fellow

Raised to Life: A Seventeenth-Century Baptism Miracle  

Protestant-Catholic polemics sowed seeds that accelerated—albeit unevenly—an increasingly rationalistic view of the Faith.

Ryan Rindels
Pastor of Bell Road Baptist Church in Auburn
Pastor Ryan Rindels resides with his wife Janai in Auburn, CA. Ryan received his Master of Divinity in 2014 and recently completed his Ph.D. in Theology from Gateway Seminary.