Sep 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have a confession to make: the story of the prodigal son has long been one of those tales that has been a little lost in translation for me. A young son asks his dad for some money, squanders the money in disreputable company, then goes home. His dad embraces him...
Sep 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
I lived in a penitentiary city for a time. When I am feeling particularly mischievous I will introduce this information to people with a feigned sense of discomfort, averting my eyes and speaking quietly and quickly. It’s my own little micro social experiment to see...
Aug 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
DRAFT PROGRAM for discussion purposes only in advance of the event DRAFT PROGRAM for the Saturday (Oct 7) in Northwest Auditorium: Note that we have left room on the afternoon panels for interested faculty from GENV and PHIL to participate on the roundtables “A...
Aug 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
“’I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father, but by me.’ (John 14:6.) ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. . . . I am the door; if...
Aug 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Prophetic Witness of Christians before the State The prophetic witness of Christians before the State has too often been muted by a surface reading of the Apostle Paul’s words in Romans 13:1-7, with its infamous “Every person is to be in subjection to the...
Aug 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Francesco Hayez – "Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem" – 1827 There’s a story I’ve often heard told about Old Testament prophets. I don’t think it’s true, but here’s how it goes. God apparently gave Israel a sacrificial system. He asked for...
