Finally, professors should articulate what it means to place Christ and their Christian identity first in life. Students, who are learning to prioritize and combine their own multiple identities and loyalties, surely profit from such wise counsel. Professors can constantly remind students that they are more than students. Their grades do not constitute their worth... Continue Reading

“John [the Apostle] wanted to make sure that when he wrote of Jesus as the Son of God he would not be understood” in those wrong ways. He wanted “to make it clear from the outset that the Sonship which Jesus claimed . . . was precisely a matter of personal deity and nothing less.”... Continue Reading

The University of North Carolina-Greensboro has ordered a Christian club to allow non-Christians as leaders and members, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. “The university has given itself the authority to determine whether a group is religious or not,” said Jeremy Tedesco, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund. Tedesco filed suit on behalf... Continue Reading

Mac Council Representative and former player Molly Kitts advised players to find some friends who are willing to be bodyguards. Kitts also warned players against leaving their rooms without the assassin’s contract and a water gun. Not even the Great Hall is safe anymore. High-speed chases across campus with water guns drawn and jumpy students... Continue Reading

…in the last 135 years when we’ve been discovering New Testament papyri, there’s not a single place where any manuscript discovery of the last 135 years has introduced new wording to a passage that was not found in any other manuscripts before, that now scholars say this is authentic. (Editor’s Note: Hugh Hewitt holds degrees... Continue Reading

Pastors! The Reformed Congregational Fellowship will be hosting its Twelfth Annual RCF Pastors’ Conference on April 17-19 at the Wonderland Conference Center, 10 Capen Hill Road in Sharon, MA. Have you ever been asked something along these lines: “Pastor, am I saved? I thought I was, but now I’m not so sure . . .”?... Continue Reading

“Many churches are also starting to conduct searches in a more covert manner, not using public listing services or job boards,” Eubanks said. “In other words, they are employing a ‘network’ approach to the search process, too.” Kelly Kurth, a 2010 Master of Divinity graduate from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, wants to pastor.... Continue Reading

What principles should govern the way pastors communicate with their sessions about potential changes, thus avoiding unnecessary secrecy or eroding confidence that a man is committed to his call? I was asked to speak recently at our presbytery meeting on the subject, Leaving a Call Well. Are you wondering why such a thing should be... Continue Reading

In 2009, gifts to religious institutions were first on the spending list of the “general population” members, and fourth on the spending list of “high net worth” individuals, after “basic needs,” education and arts, according to the same study. Dr. Patrick Rooney, executive director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, sorted through the... Continue Reading

When Beaudine found Coach Art Briles, formerly of Houston, in 2008, it was the final piece of the awakening. With deep roots in Texas high school football, an innovative offensive mind and Griffin, Briles transformed the program. But when he took the job, his own daughter asked, “Dad, what are you doing?” The faithful descended... Continue Reading