Robin Hadaway Stories

FIRST-PERSON: Islamic eschatology and the war in Iran

“I’m lost,” the Iranian pilot cried into the microphone. I was a few months into my jet training course at Laredo Air Force Base, Texas, in 1971. At that time, the Shah of Iran, a close ally of the United States, sent his pilots for training in the United States. They were a friendly, capable lot, but this one became disoriented over the Southwest Texas terrain, ran out of gas, ejected from the aircraft and parachuted to safety. His cry of desperation still rings in my ears.

‘I want to be the pastor’: Hadaway addresses ‘Law Amendment,’ to be considered at SBC annual meeting

Messengers to the 2024 SBC annual meeting in June will vote on an amendment which would add a sixth subparagraph to Article III, Paragraph 1 of the SBC Constitution. The ‘Law Amendment,’ as it is called, states that a church will be in friendly cooperation only if it “affirms, appoints, or employs only men as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.”

Empty shelves

It was 1984, and I was a new Southern Baptist missionary in the East African country of Tanzania. At the time, Tanzania was the second poorest country in the world. Chickens brought $20 each, and eggs were sold for $12.00 a dozen. Other staples disappeared from the market.

MBTS’s Robin Hadaway: ‘The best of 5 choices’ in 2016 Election

It has become clear this week that there are no good candidates for President in this election cycle. In fact, some might say, “‘so-and-so’ is especially ‘no good’.” A voter has basically five choices. [However], in this year’s election I will reluctantly choose, not the “lesser of two evils,” but the best of the five available choices.

Robin D. Hadaway: Understanding IMB’s financial crisis

"As a mission’s veteran, I must admit to having some reservations about David Platt’s election as IMB president. After almost 13 months, I no longer have these doubts." Robin Hadaway, Midwestern Seminary Professor of Missions

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