@KSPrior
, writer, professor, and columnist, shares how Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities can help America avoid repeating a tragic and painful past. Read her blog here:
New post from
@KSPrior
: "I’ve found the greatest mental obstacle for students to overcome in doing research is simply accepting that good scholarship begins with materials outside of themselves."
"If there were one work of literature that might help us today to avoid repeating a violent and painful past it is Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities."
New post from
@SEBTS
Research Professor of English & Christianity and Culture,
@KSPrior
"'Can We Trust the Gospels?' is a concise, compelling and erudite compilation of multiple lines of evidence intended to demonstrate [...] the rationality of the Christian faith." - Clark Bates
@PhoenixSeminary
@crossway
@crbates1
"How do I steward my time, energy, and talents in such a way that allows me to pursue love of God and neighbor? That is the true measure of our time on earth."
New guest post by Jennifer Powell McNutt, Associate Professor at
@WheatonCollege
"But a world in which ideas about literature (or ideas about anything, for that matter) become detached from the thing itself is a world ripe for all kinds of unmoorings." - Karen Swallow Prior
New post by
@KSPrior
, professor at
@SEBTS
New post from
@KSPrior
: "In contrast, the humble bee—with range, search, study, judgment, and distinction—culls from good sources outside himself and thereby produces sweetness and light..."
Mark A. Noll’s The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind was first published in 1994. A panel of faculty members discussed how Noll’s analysis and critique look from the perspective of 2022.
"The biblical texts are not mere vessels that convey information to us across space and time. They are also works of art" - Matthew Mullins
New post, interview with
@MullinsMattR
by
@KSPrior
"Such hyper individualism, further cemented in pools of people just like you, leads inevitably to the polarization that has characterized the past few years." - Karen Swallow Prior
New post by Karen Swallow Prior
@KSPrior
"I see how hard it is when you are in the middle of it, living in the moment, to see the bigger picture, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." - Karen Swallow Prior
New post by
@KSPrior
, professor at
@SEBTS
"Remembering our own growth and struggles when we were students can help us not only to be more welcoming to our students, but, ultimately, more effective teachers." - Karen Swallow Prior
New post by
@KSPrior
, professor at
@SEBTS
@mbdbaggett
, professor at Houston Christian University, shares in this blog about the faultiness of casting herself as the hero of her story. Read the blog here:
"The most important way to understand oneself is to realize that we are made in God’s image... The virtues that humans should seek, with God’s help, are the virtues of God." By
@PerryGlanzer
, Professor at
@Baylor
@albpeeler
, Associate Professor of New Testament at
@WheatonCollege
, shares how the book Power Women has challenged her to rethink power through the lenses of vocation, sex, and race. Read the blog here: .
"...foreign language learning has a potential to be a kind of cultural psychopharmicon, a cultural medicine apropos for social health as well as the health of families and individuals."
New post from
@Baylor
Distinguished Professor Dr. David Lyle Jeffrey:
"At a private, religious institution, academic freedom can be fully expressed within the framework of the institution’s doctrinal commitments..." By
@KSPrior
, Research Professor
@SEBTS
and
@HankReichman
, Professor Emeritus
@calstate
"I cannot but recommend [this book] to all serious pastors and teachers of divinity, even for those who might not embrace the theatrical model as a controlling framework." - Dr. Jonathan Huggins
@berrycollege
@wjkbooks
"Hawkins’s book raises haunting questions about how the private educational system that arose in opposition to racial integration may have contributed to current societal inequities."
New post by Caleb Wesley, Director of Retention at
@SWU_edu
David Smith from Calvin University writes about avoiding teaching practices that steer students toward quick searches for answers. Read the blog here: .
@mbdbaggett
, Professor of English and Cultural Apologetics at
@HouChristianU
, shares in this blog the faultiness of casting herself as the hero of her story. Read the whole blog here: .
Duane Covrig, Professor at
@AndrewsUniv
, shares how centering social justice issues around a doctrine of divine judgment will prevent Christians from serving their own interests or idols. Read the blog here: .
"Wilson delivers an uplifting, energetic epic poem of his own, one that nevertheless reminds readers that 'the wages of heroism is death.'" - Dr. Jonathan Himes
@JohnBrownUniv
@canonpress
@douglaswils
"We can use these materials to build golden calves or to build temples that honor the Lord. We can use them as a gift to the Lord or to forge our own idols." - Derek Schuurman
New post by Derek Schuurman, professor at
@Calvin_Uni
@DerekSchuurman
, Professor of Computer Science at
@Calvin_Uni
, warns Christians of the dangers of intellectualism without a living faith. Read “The Heart of Christmas” here: .
"Teaching that is Christian means, among other things, helping students to be Christian students, even as this process also looks forward toward being a Christian 'something else' later on." David Smith
New post by David Smith, professor at
@Calvin_Uni
"Literature shows humanity in all its complexities, and in so doing it shows us ourselves, too...loving literature well teaches me to love human beings well...how to live well." By
@KSPrior
Professor
@SEBTS
and
@HankReichman
Professor Emeritus
@calstate
"Because science deals with reality, it can spur theologians to new ideas, but Christians should not simply accommodate the reductive materialist views commonly associated with the sciences."
New post by Josh Reeves, Assistant Professor at
@SamfordU
"I think that’s what Don’t Look Up does: it tells a preposterous story that, in a roundabout way, echoes aspects of our own world" - Derek C. Schuurman
New post by Derek C. Schuurman, Professor at
@Calvin_Uni
"The evangelical mind-body problem will be resolved, not in the academy or in Washington, but in our local churches, where we all gather to embody Christ together..." - C. Christopher Smith
@ERBks
@BrazosPress
@ivpress
@ChrisSmithIndy
"As Christian scholars, we must not forget that “lists” of Christian intellectual concepts aren’t “worth a dime” on their own without a living faith" - Derek Schuurman
New post by Derek Schuurman, professor at
@Calvin_Uni
"Students are often amazed to find out that their professor who seemingly has it all together has had many of the same struggles that they have" - Jon Vander Woude
New guest post by Jon Vander Woude, associate professor at
@TrinityTroll
"...shouldn’t all learning work like this? Where a student is not simply desiring to learn a new set of data, but in some way in the process of so doing, they are transformed..." By Garrett Trott, University Librarian at Corban University.
"As we become people characterized by love, we will also develop the dispositions that enable us to join God in the work of restoring the perfect relationships that sin broke"
New guest post by Karen J. Johnson, Assistant Professor at
@WheatonCollege
"I thought it would be helpful for we who are teaching these students to learn from one who has graduated recently" - Karen Swallow Prior
New post by
@KSPrior
, professor at
@SEBTS
Paul Youngbin Kim, Professor of Psychology at
@SeattlePacific
, writes about the Korean word “nunchi,” and how it has helped him become more sensitive to the needs of his students. Read the full blog here: .
"Advising Day could be seen as an administrative burden, a bureaucratic intrusion into the academic project of the semester. Instead, I see in it nothing but gifts." - Clayton Carlson
New post by Clayton Carlson, professor at
@TrinityTroll
"It starts with an education from the Liberating Artist, the Triune God that requires learning the liberating arts of conversion and worship" - Perry Glanzer
New post by Perry Glanzer, professor at
@Baylor
"What gifts do they bestow on their offspring to prepare them for life’s journey? A life that will include joy but also pain, reward and loss, plus so much more" - Josh Reeves
New post by Josh Reeves, Assistant Professor at
@SamfordU
"How does the knowledge of a weeping God—that Jesus, the Son of God, wept at the death of a loved one—frame, edify, or inform our instruction about natural disaster, poverty, or conflict?"
New guest post by Karen Lee, Provost at
@WheatonCollege
"Religion is back, not as 'epiphenomenal,' not as a catalyst for other, more real, underlying material concerns, but as a motivator and meaning maker itself." - Dr. Robert Joustra
@RedeemerUniv
@rjoustra
@engageyourworld
@cpjustice
Chase Mitchell, assistant professor of media and communication at
@etsu
, talks about resisting the tyranny of immediacy in a hyper-polarized culture of getting things done “now” and ways to cultivate patience in digital spaces. Read the blog here: .
"Equating work with vocation puts us out of step with the economies of post-industrial countries where 'flexible work' undercuts long-term commitments and careers." - Dr. Scott Waalkes
@MaloneU
@Scott_Waalkes
"..serving the Church is always done in the context of history.. Cultivating continual awareness of that context is the sine qua non for philosophers who seek to open intelligent discourses on faith." By Dr. Amber Bowen, Assistant Professor,
@RedeemerUniv
@DrMuehlhoff
, Professor of Communication at
@biolau
, writes about what AIDS Theatre can teach about gentleness and critiquing others. Read the blog here: .
"Christian engagement entails finding all of the threads in our own work that are not the kingdom of God and standing ready to unravel them." - David Smith
New post by David Smith, professor at
@Calvin_Uni
"We will better live into the mission of advocating for Asian lives and dignity as we raise our voices, write, educate, and equip each other to do the work."
New post by Paul Y. Kim, an interview with Michelle Reyes, co-founder of
@aachristcollab
"['A Week in the Fall of Jerusalem'] no doubt will prove instructive among those who wish to understand more about early Christianity through the prism of the fall of Jerusalem." - Dr. Viktor Roudkovski
@LeTourneauUniv
@ivpress
"Yarhouse is sympathetic to two audiences: evangelical Christians and people experiencing gender dysphoria." - Dr. Jennifer McKinney
@SeattlePacific
@ivpacademic
Angela D’Amour, Dean of Student Engagement at
@Westmont
, shares her review of
@PerryGlanzer
's Identity in Action: Christian Excellence in all of Life. Read the entire book review here: .
Jenell Paris from
@messiah_univ
, shares research on the presence of anthropology courses and programs in
@cccuorg
institutions. Read her article in the current issue of the CSR Journal here:
"Juxtaposing these two passages invites us to imagine students not as metallic objects to be knocked into shape, but as fractured hearts in need of divine invitation and welcome" - David I. Smith
New post by David I. Smith, Professor at
@Calvin_Uni
"Devotion to the Christian ideal of the moral...can dissolve into a quest for moral high ground, a place where we can engage race with clean hands and no moral stain." By Dr. Jenell Paris, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Messiah University.
"Trustees, president’s, and academic leadership should read this to bolster their confidence that they can handle current challenges..." - Dr. Kimberly Carmichael Thornbury
@MurdockTrust
@wipfandstock
@UnionUniversity
David M. Johnstone, Associate Dean of Students at
@georgefox
, shares about living with multiple sclerosis and how, throughout the years, he has encountered stories from students with invisible disabilities. Read the entire blog here: .
"I highly recommend the work to anyone who has interests in theology, politics, and history." - review by Dr. Jonathan Huggins
@berrycollege
@eerdmansbooks
"Even if such actions do not give me great joy, done as acts of redemption, they bring God joy, so I try to do them well as an act of love toward God and humanity." - Margaret Diddams
New post by Margaret Diddams, Editor of Christian Scholars Review
Gregg Twietmeyer, Professor of Kinesiology at
@msstate
, shares in three blogs about what Christians can count as success in sports. Read the third blog here: .
"Students are more than future employees or brains-on-a-stick; they are image bearers of God." - Alexander Sosler
New guest post by Alexander Sosler, assistant professor at
@montreatcollege
Jessica Daniels, professor at
@BethelU
, writes about liminality in relation to Jesus and His ministry, and how they relate to Christian higher education. Read this article from the winter 2022 CSR journal:
"Day’s accounts of congregational efforts to improve life on Germantown Avenue [...] should be read with interest." - Dr. Noah J. Toly
@WheatonCollege
@OxUniPress
@noahtoly
"Given God’s infinite complexity and creativity, it only makes sense that it will take all of eternity to comprehend the nature of God" - Andrew Kaufmann
New guest post by Andrew Kaufmann, affiliated fellow at
@CFFlourishing
Gregory Rummo writes about the challenges students are facing in STEM classes because of the negative impact of cellphones on student motivation. Read the blog here: .
"Unless your generation makes the effort to keep the dead in the conversation, those voices will be silenced forever. Only through you can they take their rightful place in the community of friends"
New post by Julia Hejduk, professor at
@Baylor
"What we are urging is that particular communities in particular institutions begin imagining ways that they can actively root themselves in their places." - Drs. Jack R. Baker and Jeffrey Bilbro
@springarboru
"[The Image of God in an Image Driven Age] confirms that the Christian imaginary retains the means of providing a rich and coherent rendering of human personhood based on the biblical concept of the imago Dei." - Dr. Michael Van Dyke
@CornerstoneU
@ivpress
"Bartholomew advocates for an education where there is the clear recognition of a Christian starting point, and he resists the idea of a neutral approach within any discipline." - Dr. Vincent Bacote
@WheatonCollege
@vbacote
@ivpacademic
"Evangelical philosophers can help challenge the identity prejudices that encourage their communities to see Exvangelicals as a monolith of angry, bitter...truth-rejecting apostates" By Michelle Panchuk, Assistant Professor, Murray State University.
@NickJWatson3
, founder of Global Congress on Sports and Christianity, writes about achieving excellence through humility in sports. Read the full blog here: .
"The truth of how description shapes vision, which determines action is also an endorsement for the value of liberal arts education." By Clayton D. Carlson, Professor at Trinity Christian College.
"...Heie’s proposal raises the uncomfortable question of whether the notion of 'Evangelicalism' now has much content at all" - Dr. William B. Evans
@erskinecollege
@wipfandstock
@mbdbaggett
, professor at Houston Christian University, shares her insight on Apple TV's Ted Lasso and the lessons on justice, friendship, and success she learned from the show. Read the blog here:
"The Spirit opens the eyes of the blind, but the teacher sets the conditions in which spiritual vision can occur. One begins to suspect that these moments become rather difficult to parse." - Alex Fogleman
New guest post by Alex Fogleman, of
@Baylor
"The varied forms we present—whether interviews, articles, poetry, or art—probe deep questions about the human condition but also give wisdom...to engage others across ideological divides." By Dr. Margaret Diddams, Editor of Christian Scholar's Review.
"How should Christians make sense of “secular” institutions that do so much that is objectively good in society?" By Ricardo Cardenas, Lead Pastor of Calvary Commerce City, Branch Manager at Anythink Library, and Associate Fellow of the KLC.
"It is only by...removing the desire for greatness and glory that we can learn to love the sport for the inherent joy within it."
Guest post by Dr. Brian Gamel, PostDoc at
@TruettSeminary
"The very idea of boundaries assumes an external authority, specifically God, which is seen as an affront to the modern self who alone should be freed to determine one’s choices"
New post by James Vanderwoerd, professor at
@RedeemerUniv
"All of us are hurting in some way... we can all extend grace to others from the abundance of grace received, whatever our circumstances" By Dr. Beth Madison, Associate Professor
@UnionUniversity
.
"...more than ever, [college] presidents need to be people of prayer, and they desperately need others praying for them." - Dr. Roger Parrott
@BelhavenU
@WheatonCollege
"So let me toil in this place I’ve landed, in gratitude, body and spirit. And let me wait, in peace and humility, until that final, glorious Return." - Katie Kressar
New post by Katie Kressar, professor at
@SeattlePacific
"The demons of static perfection, judgmental and inert, have nothing on our glimmering hourglass God." - Katie Kressar
New post by Katie Kressar, Professor at
@SeattlePacific
"...if there is a virtue that we need to resurrect in our abrasive and coarse times, it is gentleness."
@PerryGlanzer
discusses "The Demise of Gentleness"