Christianity Today puts out a Christian College Guide each year. This time, I was asked to contribute an article unpacking some of the themes from Thriving at College on transitioning to college. My article is called Making the Switch from High School to College. You can read it online at this URL - just click on the title of the article on the first page. … [Read more...] about 2011 Christian College Guide
Archives for August 2011
Annie Kate Reviews Thriving at College
Annie Kate, a homeschooling mom with 5 kids, and (get this) a Ph.D. in physics, reviews Thriving at College. Her gracious conclusion: Other than the Bible, I have never read a better book for Christian students. Chediak clearly voices the conclusions I’ve come to in my many years of learning and teaching at universities. If every Christian student read and applied this book, the world would be so different in a decade! Highly recommended. Thanks, Annie Kate. And if you'd ever like to tutor some students....I can set it up. :) … [Read more...] about Annie Kate Reviews Thriving at College
Michael Horton on Discovering Your Calling
I have still have the May/June 1999 issue of Modern Reformation in which this excellent article entitled "How to Discover Your Calling" by Michael Horton appeared. I'm glad Westminster Seminary California has decided to make it freely available over the Internet. Horton's article helped me come to terms with this issue myself as a young man, and also helped me in writing my own piece on the same topic. The related concepts are flushed out more fully in the latter chapters of Thriving at College. Horton's article is exceptional on many levels, as (on the "negative" side) he graciously … [Read more...] about Michael Horton on Discovering Your Calling
Family Vacation (Aug 6-20)
Picture us on a beach, fiddling (as it were) while America burns. … [Read more...] about Family Vacation (Aug 6-20)
Stock Market Collapse
What happened today reminded me of Ecclesiastes 5:10-14 (ESV): He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep. There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has … [Read more...] about Stock Market Collapse
Family Life Today Episodes
The two Family Life Today shows in which I was interviewed (August 1 and 2) can be heard or downloaded at this link (under sample audio reviews/interviews). … [Read more...] about Family Life Today Episodes