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What’s the Point of a Professor?

May 11, 2015 by Alex Chediak

Mark Bauerlein is a professor at Emory University and the author of an outstanding book entitled The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30 (see commentary here). In a recent NYT article, Bauerlein laments wants happened to the role of the professor when students are more instead in a credential than an education (and more anxious about grading than eager for learning):

When college is more about career than ideas, when paycheck matters more than wisdom, the role of professors changes. We may be 50-year-olds at the front of the room with decades of reading, writing, travel, archives, or labs under our belts, with 80 courses taught, but students don’t lie in bed mulling over what we said. They have no urge to become disciples.

Sadly, professors pressed for research time don’t want them, either. As a result, most undergraduates never know that stage of development when a learned mind enthralled them and they progressed toward a fuller identity through admiration of and struggle with a role model.

Read the whole thing. Dr. Bauerlein was kind enough to endorse my latest book, Preparing Your Teens for College.

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Filed Under: Thriving at College, Culture, Practical Ministry

Correcting Six Mistakes from the Same-Sex Marriage Oral Arguments Last Week

May 6, 2015 by Alex Chediak

Did you miss the two and a half hours of oral arguments on same-sex marriage at the Supreme Court last week? James Phillips, visiting assistant professor of law at Brigham Young University, does a great job correcting six mistakes that were made (in some cases by the Supreme Court Justices themselves).

Error Number One: Massachusetts Marriage Rates Have Stayed the Same

Error Number Two: Because Some Men Leave Their Wives and Children, Marriage Does Not Help Keep Fathers Around

Error Number Three: The Purpose of States’ Recognizing and Regulating Marriage is to Bestow Dignity on Couples

Error Number Four: The Only Harm to Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Is Making Marriage More Adult-Centered

Error Number Five: There Is a Parallel between Brown/Loving andLawrence/Obergefell

Error Number Six: Age Restrictions on Marriage Are Equivalent to the Definitional Element of One Man and One Woman

Phillips piece is clear, compelling, and highly accessible (no legal mumbo-jumbo). Give it a read.

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How Old is the Universe?

May 4, 2015 by Alex Chediak

R.C. Sproul:


To hear answers from the other speakers (and a great mix of views), see the 42:09-75:40 portion of this video.

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Parents Saving 25% Less for College

April 29, 2015 by Alex Chediak

According to a new report from Sallie Mae, the student lender, there’s been a 25 percent year-over-year decline in the amount of money parents are setting aside for future college expenses ($10,040 from $13,408). And 60 percent of parents lack confidence that they’ll be able to pay for the future price of college.

HT: Inside Higher Ed

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The Importance of Our Early Years

April 27, 2015 by Alex Chediak

J.C. Ryle:

Youth is the seed-time of full age, the molding season in the little space of human life, the turning-point in the history of man’s mind.

By the shoot we judge of the tree, by the blossoms we judge of the fruit, by the spring we judge of the harvest, by the morning we judge of the day, and by the character of the young man, we may generally judge what he will be when he grows up.

-J.C. Ryle, Thoughts for Young Men (available for $0.99 on Kindle)

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Is Morality about Interference or Direction?

March 21, 2015 by Alex Chediak

C.S. Lewis:

“There is a story about a schoolboy who was asked what he thought God was like. He replied that, as far as he could make out, God was ‘the sort of person who is always snooping around to see if anyone is enjoying himself and then trying to stop it’. And I am afraid that is the sort of idea that the word Morality raises in a good many people’s minds: something that interferes, something that stops you having a good time. In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine.”

From Mere Christianity

[Read more…] about Is Morality about Interference or Direction?

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Praise for With One Voice

This relatively short book packs a powerful bang for the buck, providing much biblical and practical advice for young men and women seeking to glorify God in relationships.

Alex and Brett Harris
Best-selling authors of Do Hard Things

Alex and Marni Chediak offer sound biblical advice and a clear Christian framework for working through the maze of confusions surrounding modern marriage.

R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Publishers have been cranking out books with all sorts of directions to help Christians navigate the treacherous waters between the buoys of singleness and marriage, and I know of none that is more clear, concise and helpful than With One Voice.

J. Ligon Duncan, III Ph.D.
Senior Minister, First Presbyterian Church

With One Voice is clearly written and God-centered. Our eighteen year-old daughter just read it and restrained herself from underlining nearly the whole thing!

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Professor of Christian Theology
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

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