I should have made it clear what it is I want to teach, but I was in a hurry when I posted. My desire is to teach theology. I am currently in the M.Div program at SBTS, with an emphasis in Biblical and Theological Studies (which is lots of Greek and Hebrew and theology classes, in case you are not familiar with it). I am finishing my second semester on campus.

I have wanted to do a Ph.D. since I started college. I have been with my wife since I was 15, and she is supportive of me doing a Ph.D. The problem is that we BOTH want to have kids soon. I am 24, and she will be 23 in July. I don't want to wait to have kids too much longer. I don't want my wife to have to work. Thus, it feels like there is almost no way I can do a Ph.D. and have kids and my wife not work, but I know there are peple who do it. I have planned to do my Ph.D. at Southern in Systematic Theology under Dr. Stephen Wellum. I just don't want to limit myself by getting my M.Div and Ph.D. from the same institution, but I dont really have a desire to teach outside SBC schools necessarly, or at least evangelical schools. So am I really "limiting" myself? My former college professor has advised me NOT to get dual degrees, but to move outside at least SBC school's for my Ph.D.

I am just asking around to hear other opinions outside those I have talked to at Southern.

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Nate Wood
Student, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Clifton Baptist Church
Louisville, KY