In a new piece at Christianity Today, historian Timothy George writes of the significance of Baptist theologian Carl Ferdinand Howard Henry. George’s take is that Henry “invented post-war evangelicalism.” He explains himself: Henry did not invent post-war evangelicalism all by himself, of course. He had lots of help from Harold John Ockenga, the Strategist; Billy Graham, the [...]
David Dockery Transitioning to Union University Chancellorship
January 15, 2013 By
Union University just issued a press release indicating that long-time president David S. Dockery will transition to a chancellorship in 2013 or 2014. Here’s a bit: “I am hopeful and prayerful for a good, smooth, joyful and positive transition,” Dockery said. “God has blessed the work of our hands and manifested his favor to this [...]
Greg Thornbury of BibleMesh on Todd Burpo’s “Heaven Is for Real”
June 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I am very privileged to be part of a group of writers at Thesis, the BibleMesh blog. I don’t know if you’ve been following our work there, but we’ve been pumping out content for several weeks now. We’ve got Greg Thornbury (dean of the School of Christian Studies at Union University), Ben Mitchell (noted ethicist [...]
Why Johnny Can’t Preach: Collin Hansen on BibleMesh
May 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The latest issue of Christianity Today has a great article on cutting-edge discipleship material that seeks to address the lack of theological and biblical knowledge in the church. Entitled “Why Johnny Can’t Preach” and written by CT’s Collin Hansen, the piece sheds light on BibleMesh, an online discipleship tool that I have mentioned before (and [...]
Robby George and Greg Thornbury on Natural Law: A Valuable InSight Podcast
March 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina has just released an excellent podcast on natural-law thinking featuring an interview conducted by Doug Baker with constitutional law scholar Robby George and systematician Greg Thornbury. It is called “Morality: Past its Prime”, and it will prove profitable to the listener. For those who are new to this [...]
Making Men Moral: Greg Thornbury on the Enlightenment, Natural Law, and Christian Witness
February 27, 2009 By 1 Comment
The biography of the conference’s last session speaker, Greg Thornbury: “Gregory Alan Thornbury, PhD is the founding Dean of the School of Christian Studies at Union University, where he teaches philosophy and theology. Since 2002, He has served as Senior Fellow for The Kairos Journal (New York), an online research tool designed to help pastors [...]
Making Men Moral: What Is Union University?
February 26, 2009 By 1 Comment
In the course of live-blogging this conference, I have thought a few times that it might be helpful to clue readers in a little further to Union University. Some readers, particularly those located in the North, may not have heard much about this school. Let me say, very quickly, that I cannot count myself an [...]
Making Men Moral: The Conference Begins
February 26, 2009 By 1 Comment
Greeting from Jackson, TN, home of Union University, host of the “Making Men Moral” conference held from February 25-27, 2009 in honor of political theorist Robert P. George. I have the privilege of live-blogging this conference. The following is the schedule of the conference: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 5:30, Reception and dinner, with an address by [...]
The Politics of Jesus Podcasts Are Now Online
October 15, 2008 By 1 Comment
According to a recent notice from conference organizer Doug Baker, the podcasts for the “Politics of Jesus” conference are now online. Each runs between 50-70 minutes. I’ve included my live-blog of each message so that you can follow along as you listen. David Nelson, Adorning Our Savior’s Teaching: How the Gospel Matters for Public Life [...]
The Politics of Jesus, Message Four: Greg Thornbury’s “Marriage: If Not Sacred – What?”
October 10, 2008 By 1 Comment
Just moments ago on Friday afternoon, October 10th, Dr. Greg Thornbury of Union University in Jackson, TN gave an address at “The Politics of Jesus” conference at the First Baptist Church of Durham, NC entitled “Marriage: If Not Sacred – What?” The young theologian of rising renown spoke with characteristic eloquence and punch in his [...]
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