Within the space of less than one year, R.C. Sproul Jr. lost his wife Denise to a protracted battle with cancer and his daughter Shannon to a rare illness. This is an outstanding personal interview on the sovereignty of God and suffering. His new teaching series on suffering is now available. HT: Justin Taylor … [Read more...] about R.C. Sproul Jr. on His Suffering and God’s Sovereignty
The Family Project – A Forthcoming Documentary
This looks really interesting. Rumor has it Nancy Pearcey, author of the excellent book Total Truth, will be in it. … [Read more...] about The Family Project – A Forthcoming Documentary
Jesus on Every Page
Professor of Old Testament & Practical Theology and pastor David Murray is out with a new book, and it looks fantastic: Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament. Having just finished reading 2 Samuel to my family over the summer, I could really use some help finding Jesus (although my kids just want to see Joab kill Absalom in the tree). David's book has been endorsed by Sinclair Ferguson, Vern Poythress, Iain Murray, Derek Thomas, Nancy Guthrie, Fred Zaspel, and many others. In the video below, David spells out seven benefits of reading his new … [Read more...] about Jesus on Every Page
Interview with Michael Lindsay, President of Gordon College
Todd Ream interviews Michael Lindsay, President of Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts, for Books and Culture. An excerpt: Gordon College is one of only a handful of evangelical Christian colleges that has not invested in online and/or degree completion forms of education for undergraduates. What challenges do those decisions pose for Gordon? I am persuaded—and I think almost all my colleagues are as well—that some dimension of online pedagogy is going to be part and parcel of the undergraduate experience for every institution over the next five to ten years. We've seen this … [Read more...] about Interview with Michael Lindsay, President of Gordon College
Victor Davis Hanson on the Liberal Arts
Great article by Victor Davis Hanson on how "the therapeutic Left and the utilitarian Right both do disservice to the humanities." Excerpt: ...the therapeutic academic Left proved incapable of defending the traditional liberal arts. With three decades of defining the study of literature and history as a melodrama of race, class, and gender oppression, it managed to turn off college students and the general reading public. And, cheek by jowl, the utilitarian Right succeeded in reclassifying business and finance not just as undergraduate majors, but also as core elements in general-education … [Read more...] about Victor Davis Hanson on the Liberal Arts
President of ASU on Whether College is Worth It
A good interview with Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University, America's largest public university. He makes two really good points: 1. Most college rankings are based on exclusivity (admissions rates), but what's importance is achievement upon graduation. 2. Graduation rates vary by family income (sadly). "Having a more diverse class -- more kids working while in college, more first-generation college students -- affects graduation rates." (It seems we need to do more to help talented kids from lower income families persevere to graduation.) … [Read more...] about President of ASU on Whether College is Worth It