Jerry Batson taught religion at several schools of religion, served as associate dean of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham and filled pastorates in Alabama Baptist life throughout his career. He now provides a basic theology lesson for Alabama Baptist readers.

Theology 101 — A Question about Man
Insights through questions By Jerry Batson, Th.D. Special to The Alabama Baptist Last week’s question raised the topic of the

Theology 101 — A Question about Christ
Insights Through Questions By Jerry Batson, Th.D. Special to The Alabama Baptist During the past weeks Theology 101 has sought

Theology 101 — The Bible as Water
Biblical Imagery By Jerry Batson, Th.D. Special to The Alabama Baptist For a number of weeks Theology 101 has been

Theology 101 — The Bible as a Hammer
Biblical Imagery By Jerry Batson, Th.D. Special to The Alabama Baptist Jeremiah 23:29 combines two common images for God’s word:

Theology 101 — The Bible as a Mirror
Biblical Imagery By Jerry Batson, Th.D. Special to The Alabama Baptist Another common image by which the Bible speaks of

Theology 101 — The Bible as Food
Biblical Imagery By Jerry Batson, Th.D. Special to The Alabama Baptist As Theology 101 continues to seek truths about the

Theology 101 — The Bible as a Sword
Biblical Imagery By Jerry Batson, Th.D. Special to The Alabama Baptist Not only does the Bible compare itself to fire

Theology 101 — The Bible as Seed
Biblical Imagery By Jerry Batson, Th.D. Special to The Alabama Baptist Last week Theology 101 considered the image of fire