Don Carson explains the new initiative, and John Piper gives his commendation: … [Read more...] about Introducing TGC International Outreach
Archives for June 2012
Where Are All The Brothers? Part 2 – Eric Redmond
Last week, we began an interview with Eric C. Redmond, author of Where Are All the Brothers?: Straight Answers to Men's Questions about the Church. Today, we post the final installment. Redmond is Senior Pastor of Reformation Alive Baptist Church in Temple Hills, MD. He is formerly Assistant Professor of Bible and Theology at Washington Bible College, Lanham, MD. Effective July 1, he will be Executive Pastoral Assistant and Bible Professor in Residence at New Canaan Baptist Church in Washington, DC. Are there certain facets of church life that "turn off" African-American men? African … [Read more...] about Where Are All The Brothers? Part 2 – Eric Redmond
Hilarious Father’s Day Gift
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Update on the “College-For-All Crusade”
I previously linked to Robert J. Samuelson's Washington Post op-ed which argued that we should "drop the college-for-all crusade." Samuelson summarizes his argument as follows: -- The lowering of college entrance requirements, except at elite schools (in 2008, about 20 percent of four-year schools had "open admissions" policies, meaning that virtually anyone with a high-school diploma could get in). -- The dumbing down of college standards (one study I cited found that about a third of college seniors hadn't improved their analytical skills). -- Much human and financial waste -- the … [Read more...] about Update on the “College-For-All Crusade”
Bill O’Reilly on Youth Entitlement
Yesterday, I posted on Kay Wills Wyma's new book Cleaning House: A Mom’s Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement. I just saw that Bill O'Reilly of FOX News has taken on the subject of youth entitlement, quoting a recent high school graduation speech by David McCullough Jr. (son of the famous author of John Adams and other works). Here's the O'Reilly clip: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Disclaimer: While I thought the McCullough's speech (video here) was excellent in many respects, his observations on marriage were a bit disappointing and statistically … [Read more...] about Bill O’Reilly on Youth Entitlement
Cleaning House: Getting Rid of Youth Entitlement (Kay Wills Wyma)
I just received what looks like a very timely resource: Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement by Kay Wills Wyma. Lots of contemporary books (like this one and this one, which both influenced this other one) have highlighted a sense of entitlement among young adults in our day. The theory is that it starts in childhood. From the publisher's press release for Cleaning House: While today's well-intentioned parents are doing all they can to facilitate their children's rise to greatness, parents are realizing that the hovering is backfiring. Now, … [Read more...] about Cleaning House: Getting Rid of Youth Entitlement (Kay Wills Wyma)