O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
America’s pioneer prophet of freedom, a man intensively active as a Puritan but offensive to the classic American Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Company led by John Winthrop’s powerful vision of a “city on a hill,” is none other than Roger Williams. For our week long visit with Lukas and his family on Cape Cod I chose to read John Barry’s Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul. This is one of the finest biographies I’ve ever read — magnificent... Read more
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Nine traits of intelligent leadership. “The model is based on an enneagram, a nine-pointed diagram within a circle that dates to 2500 BC in Babylon. These days, it is used for charting personalities, with each element corresponding to a distinct way of thinking, feeling, and behaving. It correlates with other well-known personality and behavioural systems, but Mr. Mattone believes it provides more granular details about leadership development. The circle divides evenly into three groups of leaders: Heart leaders, head leaders, and... Read more
C. Michael Patton: This is a belief that has been a source of contention with many people, even Christians, in the past. But the more I research, the more I find this to be the case. I believe that Christianity is the only viable worldview that is historically defensible. The central claims of the Bible demand historic inquiry as they are based on public events that can be falsified. In contrast, the central claims of all other religions cannot be... Read more
By John and Julie Frye On August 23 this year Julie and I will have been married 44 years. Thirty-eight of those years I have been in pastoral ministry except for two years of teaching at Moody Bible Institute. The first six years of our marriage Julie worked as I completed my seminary education. Reflecting on our time together, I marvel at Julie’s personal stamina, steadfast faithfulness, commendable flexibility, and solid companionship. Here, in her own words, are some observations... Read more
Many people think Jesus is present in the words of Genesis 3:15. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring [seed] and hers [seed, who is Christ]; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. But others don’t. Who gets it right? How do we decide? Does the weight of Christian interpretation decide? Or does sound historical exegesis decide? Does the latter constrain limits or does the former expand limits? Well,... Read more
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Source Educators are often summoned to use Bloom’s taxonomy of teaching objectives that ought to transcend tests and grades. Read more
Source A Millennial Branding survey of more than 1,300 college students found that they are open to new ways of learning. Could the high cost of college be driving this change? Or could it be the ubiquity of free learning tools available online? Regardless of the reason, it’s obvious that the higher education environment is changing…. The answer remains to be seen, but college students’ attitudes could push that change more quickly than we expected. Below are a few key... Read more
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