Andreas J. Köstenberger and Justin Taylor, authors of The Final Days of Jesus, discuss five errors to drop from your Easter sermon: 1. Don't say Jesus died when he was 33 years old. 2. Don't explain the apparent absence of a lamb at the Last Supper by only saying Jesus is the ultimate Passover Lamb. 3. Don't say the same crowds worshiped Jesus on Palm Sunday and then cried out for his crucifixion on Good Friday. 4. Don't bypass the role of the women as witnesses of the resurrected Christ. 5. Don't focus on the suffering of Jesus to the extent that you neglect the glory of the … [Read more...] about Five Errors to Drop From Your Easter Sermon
Perman/Chediak Author Meet-Up at T4G
My friend Matt Perman and I are hosting an informal author meet-up in the lobby of The Galt House at 10:00 PM on Tuesday night (4/8) of the Together for the Gospel conference. (Note: the lobby is in the first floor of the Suit Tower.) We will have some copies of our books to give away. Stop by for a chance to win, or increase your chances of winning by e-mailing a question in advance. We’ll do our best to answer as many questions as we can at the meet-up. Matt Perman is the author of What’s Best Next and a former director of strategy at Desiring God. Here’s a nutshell description of our … [Read more...] about Perman/Chediak Author Meet-Up at T4G
Key Questions Addressed in My Book
It occurred to me that it might be helpful--or at least different--to introduce Preparing Your Teens for College from the standpoint of key questions that I sought to address in the book. Here are seven of them: 1. What are the key character traits teens need to be successful at a college (of any sort)? 2. How can we help our teens own the Christian faith for themselves? 3. How can we help our teens make wise relational decisions and avoid the subversive influences of the wrong crowd? 4. How can we help our teens learn sound principles of financial stewardship so that they don’t … [Read more...] about Key Questions Addressed in My Book
How To Prepare Your Teen for College
I'm grateful to Matt Smethurst of The Gospel Coalition for taking the time to interview me about Preparing Your Teens for College. Here's one of our interactions: How do today's economic conditions make preparing our kids for college more crucial than ever before? College is more expensive than ever. But with regard to future earnings prospects, it's also more significant than ever. In June 2013, the unemployment rate for non-college grads was 7.6 percent, but for college grads it was about half of that (3.9 percent). You'll see this pattern, in good times and bad, over the last few … [Read more...] about How To Prepare Your Teen for College
Student Loans Dragging Down the Economy?
Good article by Sam Frizell in Time magazine. A few excerpts: "At the end of 2003, American students and graduates owed just $253 billion in aggregate debt; by the end of 2013, American students’ debt had ballooned to a total of $1.08 trillion, an increase of over 300%. In the past year alone, aggregate student debt grew 10%. By comparison, overall debt grew just 43% in the last decade and 1.6% over the past year." … [Read more...] about Student Loans Dragging Down the Economy?
Access, Affordability, and Success: Response to the President’s College Ratings Plan
Awilda Rodriguez and Andrew Kelly of the Center on Higher Education Reform at AEI: Last fall, President Obama unveiled a plan to promote college affordability by changing the way the federal government distributes student financial aid. The proposal calls for a federal college ratings system that appraises colleges on measures of access, affordability, and student success.These ratings would then govern the allocation of federal student aid dollars, with schools that perform well receiving larger Pell Grants and more generous student loans. Schools that lag behind would get less.... … [Read more...] about Access, Affordability, and Success: Response to the President’s College Ratings Plan