U.C.L.A. Head Coach John Wooden died at the age of 99 on June 4, this past Friday. The basketball coach of the most winning team in college history, Coach Wooden's life was above all one of extraordinary faithfulness. Faithful to his wife for 53 years (the only girl he ever kissed or dated), faithful to his calling as a basketball coach, faithful to the U.C.L.A. Bruins, whom he coach for 28 years, and (by all accounts) faithful to his Master Jesus Christ. His teams at U.C.L.A. won 10 national championships in a 12-season stretch from 1964 to 1975 (at which time he retired). From 1971 to … [Read more...] about Coach John Wooden (1910-2010)
Archives for June 2010
A Very Important Book: Let Go and Let God?
Andy Naselli is an intelligent, highly educated man. He earned two PhDs before he turned thirty: a PhD in theology from Bob Jones University and a PhD in New Testament Exegesis and Theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School under D. A. Carson. He has taught New Testament Greek at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and he currently teaches Bible and theology as adjunct faculty at several colleges and seminaries. He has published nearly twenty articles, forty book reviews, and a few books. His first Ph.D. was on the Keswick theology of sanctification. This dissertation has recently … [Read more...] about A Very Important Book: Let Go and Let God?
“Spiritual But Not Religious”
CNN takes a "pros and cons" look at the "spiritual but not religious" trend and some of the sociological factors that might be driving it. … [Read more...] about “Spiritual But Not Religious”