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Conversion and conversions will be themes of this blog for the next couple of weeks. This series on Chrysalis is about Alan Jamieson’s book Chrysalis: The Hidden Transformation in the Journey of Faith. Today’s comes from Scott Gay. |inline Read more
Conversion and conversions will be themes of this blog for the next couple of weeks. This series on Chrysalis is about Alan Jamieson’s book Chrysalis: The Hidden Transformation in the Journey of Faith. Today’s comes from Scott Gay. |inline Read more
This CNN article reveals that many college and university presidents are in favor of lowering the drinking age to 18. Does the postponement of legal drinking make it more taboo? Why do so many young adults abuse alcohol? Read more
How significant is the “exodus” in shaping the biblical idea of mission? Real significant would be the answer of Chris Wright in The Mission of God (chp. 8 ). Here’s how he begins the chp: “How big is our gospel?” That leads to “How big is our understanding of redemption?” And that leads then to “What is God’s idea of redemption?” |inline Read more
Conversion and conversions will be themes of this blog for the next couple of weeks. This series on Chrysalis is about Alan Jamieson’s book Chrysalis: The Hidden Transformation in the Journey of Faith. Today’s comes from Matt Staton. |inline Read more
This study, which comes out every year, maps what this incoming first year students have known their entire life. OK, what do you think about this? Read more
This study, which comes out every year, maps what this incoming first year students have known their entire life. OK, what do you think about this? Read more
Three educational stereotypes: Women don’t do well in college mathematics and science courses, African American students don’t do well in college and Mexican American students don’t do well in school. Three stereotypes that good teachers not only recognize but are eradicating because they refuse to accept the stereotypes. Chp 4 of Ken Bain, What the Best College Teachers Do, discusses what good teachers “expect” of their students. In one word, they expect “more.” But read on. It’s not that simple.... Read more
What about this story about Lolo Jones, one of our Olympians? |inline Read more
Conversion and conversions will be themes of this blog for the next couple of weeks. We will suspend our “heaven” series, continue our books — Wright and Bain — but will also be having posts about our new book, Finding Faith, Losing Faith: Stories of Conversion and Apostasy. More posts, however, will be about Alan Jamieson’s book Chrysalis: The Hidden Transformation in the Journey of Faith. We advertised this series some six weeks ago. The big image of Jamieson’s book... Read more
A book many of us are reading for this blog, and we will have a number of reviews from our readers, is by Alan Jamieson and is called Chrysalis: The Hidden Transformation in the Journey of Faith. I was reminded yesterday by a reader that the earliest post on this didn’t give much about what the book is about, so let me give a brief: |inline Read more
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