Each quarter the Newsletter published by the Presbyterian and Reformed Joint Commission on Chaplains includes special requests from chaplains who have a need for materials to use in their ministries. The Aquila Report will regularly report these requests and encourage our readers to contact these chaplains if you believe you might be able to help... Continue Reading

“I didn’t know about all of the non-military ways that I could be a Gospel minister through the chaplaincy!” I often hear that comment as I touch base with men, either in or out of seminary, who have recently learned about the “Institutional Chaplaincy.” “What is that?” you ask? This is the ministry arenas open... Continue Reading

The November 2009 issue of Tabletalk will look at Charles Darwin and discuss the continuing ramifications of his theories and Christian responses to them. Contributors include R.C. Sproul along with Allan Fisher, Keith Mathison, Russ Pulliam, David Robertson, and Rod Rosenbladt. Tabletalk features articles about topics central to the Christian faith and daily, in-depth Bible... Continue Reading

Dustin Lance Black has been barred from a Hope College campus discussion on sexuality because he is an advocate for gay rights. Black, who won an Oscar in February for his screenplay for the 2008 film “Milk,” is in West Michigan to direct “What’s Wrong With Virginia.” Hope students had proposed inviting Black to a... Continue Reading

Covenant College hired Anthony Tucker, ’99, to direct the Center of Vocational Exploration and Career Services. In this new position, Mr. Tucker will work with students in career assessment and seek to open up internship and job opportunities for Covenant students and alumni. Leda Goodman, ’90, has been hired to assist in the work of... Continue Reading

James Dobson, the voice of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, no longer will host its flagship radio broadcast and is cutting formal ties with the organization that he founded more than 30 years ago, the evangelical group said Friday. Dobson, 73, and the board of directors both agreed about the moves, which will... Continue Reading

The popular breakthrough of the Internet forces the Church, and many other institutions, to think in new ways about its communication. The complex nature of the Internet (being a medium, an information archive, and a social space) demands equally complex thinking from the Church. This article will present a few fundamental ways in which the... Continue Reading

Three Covenant College psychology students, Claudia Canales ’10, Brooke Wilbanks ’11, and Anna Yeoman ’10, under the direction of Professor Phil Wright, have published an article in Modern Psychological Studies, a refereed journal of undergraduate research published by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The article, entitled “Facebook Usage in Relation to Personality and Academic... Continue Reading

Dr. Howard A. Eyrich Education B.A. BobJonesUniversity—Bible and Social Studies B.D. Faith Theological Seminary Th.M. Dallas Theological Seminary—Theology M.A.LibertyUniversity—Counseling D.Min. Western Theological Seminary—Concentrated in counseling though the degree pre-dates designated DMin degrees. Certificate of Gerontology—University of Georgia ABD PhD California Coast University Experience 1966-67 Minister of Education and YouthColonialHillsBaptistChurch 1968-69 Dean of Men, LancasterBibleCollege 1970-76... Continue Reading

It’s hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway. Until this new church opened last month, its 19th-century Congregational church building in suburban Watertown was empty for nearly two years. Just across the street, a closed... Continue Reading