Author Archives: Leroy Seat

About Leroy Seat

* Born in Grant City, MO, on 8/15/1938 * Graduated from Southwest Baptist College (Bolivar, MO) in 1957 (A.A.) * Graduated from William Jewell College (Liberty, MO) in 1959 (A.B.) * Graduated from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY) in 1962 (B.D., equivalent of M.Div.) * Received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in theology from SBTS. * Baptist missionary to Japan from 1966 to 2004. * Full-time faculty member at Seinan Gakuin University (Fukuoka, Japan) from 1968 to 2004. * Adjunct professor at Rockhurst University from 2006 to 2014.

“This Little Light of Mine”

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Leroy Seat

{Here are my notes for the “Conversation with Children” I led at Rainbow Mennonite Church this past Sunday.} Conversation with Children (Sept. 1, 2019) Did any of you have a birthday last month? – Well, I did. Do you want … Continue reading →

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Review of “A Resurrection-Shaped Life”

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Leroy Seat

[This is a review of Jake Owensby, A Resurrection-Shaped Life: Dying and Rising on Planet Earth (Abingdon Press, 2018), 111 pp. — My regular blog article partly based upon this book can be found here.] Author of three previous books, including Gospel … Continue reading →

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The Case for Annihilationism

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Leroy Seat

[This is the manuscript of my article published in the April 2019 issue of Word&Way, the publication “informing & inspiring Midwest Baptists since 1896.” It would best be read as attractively presented in the magazine, but I am making it … Continue reading →

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Review of “Jesus and Kukai”

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Leroy Seat

[The following is a review I wrote in the fall of 2018 for the journal Missiology: An International Review.] Review of Jesus and Kukai: A World of Non-Duality (2018) by Peter Baekelmans During my many years of living in Fukuoka City, … Continue reading →

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Passionately Pursuing Peace

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Leroy Seat

[The following article was published in the August 2018 issue of Word&Way, the historic news journal for Missouri Baptists. It is shared here for those who have not had, or will not have, the opportunity to read the published version.] … Continue reading →

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Remembrances Fit for a King

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Leroy Seat

A TRULY TRAGIC EVENT occurred just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot while standing on the second-floor balcony near his Lorraine Motel room in Memphis, Tennessee. Rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital less than … Continue reading →

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Remembering L.J. Farwell

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Leroy Seat

Until I read the April 16, 2014, issue of my hometown newspaper, I don’t think I had ever heard of Leonard James Farwell. I knew there was a Farwell Street in my hometown of Grant City (Missouri): that is the … Continue reading →

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Review of “A Palestinian Theology of Liberation”

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Leroy Seat

[This is a book review I wrote for the Englewood Review of Books; it was posted online, here, in January 2018.] Naim Stifan Ateek, A Palestinian Theology of Liberation: The Bible, Justice, and the Palestine-Israel Conflict (Orbis Books, 2017; 172 … Continue reading →

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What Belongs to Caesar?

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Leroy Seat

[Manuscript for the sermon preached by Leroy Seat at the Lawson (Mo.) United Christian and Presbyterian Church on October 22, 2017.] Matthew 22:15-22 It is a delight to be with you here in Lawson this morning, and I am grateful … Continue reading →

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What about Penal Substitutionary Atonement?

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Leroy Seat

There will be decidedly different reactions to the main topic of this article. Some readers no doubt think that the Christian doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement is of utmost importance. Others, however, think that such a doctrine is wrongheaded and … Continue reading →

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