Erskine College Honors Day Convocation salutes outstanding students, faculty and staff
Senior Casey O’Dell of Ware Shoals received the school’s top student honor, and Professor of English Dr. William Crenshaw the highest faculty prize Erskine College senior Casey O’Dell of Ware Shoals received the school’s top student honor, and Professor of English Dr. William Crenshaw the highest faculty prize at the yearly Honors Day Convocation Thursday,... Continue Reading
A profile in social justice – A group that did good ‘without doing evil at the same time’
“Social justice” has come to mean redistribution of wealth. It didn’t happen in a day. The organized practice of good deed-doing in this nation began with no indebtedness to higher education. By the end of the 19th century, social work agencies started training programs. Then they hitched their wagons to universities, and undergrad programs in... Continue Reading
Dispatch from Cyprus
Several non-denominational African churches have discovered an interesting means to fund church planting. They send a pastor here and have him claim refugee status. Futbol is not only spelled differently on this island, it’s played differently as well…they actually use their feet. We Americans mistakenly call it soccer, which is incorrect. Along with that we... Continue Reading
Erskine College faculty issues vote of no confidence for ARP Synod commission
“Four out of five faculty members supported the motion for a vote of no confidence in the commission,” committee chair Sandy Chaney said. The Erskine College faculty issued a vote of no confidence Tuesday in the moderator’s commission on Erskine College and Seminary. The vote of no confidence covered the commission’s work, its report and... Continue Reading
Do The Terms “Low Stress” and “Tenure” Result in an Oxymoron? Apparently, Not Always.
Gatherings of any significant number of faculty members on the tenure track feature many discussions of the stresses associated with coming up for tenure. Will I publish enough? Have I offended a senior colleague? Do I know what the review committee really cares about? The American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting in Denver is no... Continue Reading
Memphis musicians offer ‘Message’ of hope to Haiti
The song also has spoken-word sections by ministers including Craig Strickland, pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church (EPC). Dozens of local Memphis musicians including “American Idol” performer Alexis Grace and members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra came together recently to record “A Message from Memphis,” a song to raise funds for Haiti earthquake relief. It’s a... Continue Reading
Interconnected Discipleship – The Role Of The Church in Disciple-making
Following the imperative of the Great Commission, the primary goal of a church’s ministry should be to make Kingdom disciples. But what does that mean? Well, at the basic level, a full-grown Kingdom disciple would have two main characteristics. A Kingdom disciple would look, act, and think like Jesus and would be actively helping others... Continue Reading
Erskine College Presidential Search Committee Has Found Their Man!
The following letter was sent by the President of the Search Committee to all members of the Board of Trustees of Erskine College on Tuesday, May 11 to introduce Dr. David Norman Dear Fellow Trustees, The entire Erskine Presidential Search Committee made up of 11 members (two of whom are advisory) met in Charlotte on... Continue Reading
Advice to Pastors from the T4G Leadership – From Lig Duncan
“If an experienced pastor had 10 minutes to exhort 200 of the next generation of ministers what would you say to them? That was the charge for R. Albert Mohler Jr., Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan and C.J. Mahaney” (Editor’s Note: This is the second of four response to this question that The Aquila Report will... Continue Reading
Hope College Upholds Traditional Policy on Gays Despite Protest
A Reformed Christian college in Holland, Mich., on Friday rejected petitions by gay rights advocates and alumni to drop its policy on homosexuality. After months of protest and criticism sparked by a decision not to allow the film “Milk” to be screened on campus, Hope College’s board of trustees reaffirmed its position that homosexual practice... Continue Reading
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