Ben,
Just curious, but how did the Lord draw you to Southern for your MDiv studies as opposed to a seminary w/in your denomination of choice?
BTW, I think it's great you're at Southern. I almost ended up there for my Dmin. Though I would've been more home there, doctrinally, than at New Orleans (though solid, conservative school, but not reformed), logistics with the degree plan and format of the program led me away from SBTS to NOBTS.
To clarify further, when I enrolled at NOBTS in 2000, NOBTS had a leadersip track, trimesters and an Atlanta satellite campus where I was able to knock out a few seminars and a workshop.
I had an excellent experience at New Orleans but there's still more than a little part of me that wishes I would've done expository preaching at SBTS. Nonetheless, my acute sense of deficiency in leadership formation trumped my personal druthers to do major in expository preaching (though all my electives where in exp prchg. BTW, Jim Shaddix, who's no longer at NOBTS but back in the pastorate, was an EXCELLENT preaching prof. His books on preaching are top-shelf).
Also, to at least make a swipe at keeping this on topic, Nate, from what I've heard and seen on the WTS site, they're fine w/having folk like us. There's a lot that appeals to me about that program.
But I best wait a while. Doubt my bride or two boys (7 &8) would rejoice over my getting back into "doctorate mode", now that they've had Dad "back" this past year.
