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Category Archives: Education
Do You Want to Understand Others?
Research released last week suggests that if you want to better equip people to understand others, and help their mental well-being, you should encourage them to put down their popular, commercial fiction and read more classic literary fiction. In a … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Theology, Books, Current Affairs, Education, Faith
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Seminaries, Pastoral Training and the Future of the Church in North America
I visited the campus of Northern Seminary in nearby Lombard (IL) last week to meet with Greg Henson, the chief of institutional advancement for the school. Greg and I were connected by three mutual friends within the short span of … Continue reading
James Meredith: An Idiosyncratic American
Yesterday I gave an overview of James Meredith’s new book, A Mission from God. Today I follow-up that blog with reflections on the final chapter of this moving civil rights memoir. After telling about his interesting and rather eccentric life … Continue reading
The Real Threat to Personal Faith Commitment to Christ
I would argue that in America the impact of personal and social secularization is different than in virtually all other Western nations. The reason for this is because religion was never formally established in America as a function in which … Continue reading
Missional-Ecumenism in Milwaukee (3)
When I visited City on a Hill, the urban Milwaukee mission center that I wrote about yesterday, I sensed the presence of God in this place instantly. The people were warm, caring and joyful. The place was clean and the … Continue reading
Jesus the Catechist
Many Christians react to the use of a catechism for teaching Christian doctrine. (I reacted myself until I was already a young pastor around thirty years of age!) I remember a lady in my church, speaking up in a congregational … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Education, Jesus
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Why Theological Education Fails the Need of Our Times
My title is big and broad, I understand. I believe, simply put, that contemporary theological education is failing to produce true leaders. We teach to our level of competence and the competence of most of our best schools is to … Continue reading
Engaging the Culture, Changing the World
The late Jewish novelist Chaim Potok, whose work I have read and treasured, said several years ago that “we live in a world of colliding maps.” Dr. Philip W. Eaton, the president of Seattle Pacific University, understands this “world of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education
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Waiting for Superman: A Critical Rethink
Yesterday, I wrote a rather laudatory review of the 2010 documentary film, Waiting for Superman. Today I want to give you my second look at the film. Why? Shortly after seeing this worthwhile film I wrote the review that you … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Current Affairs, Education
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Waiting for Superman: A Must See Video
Whether you realize it or not our public education system is seriously broken. Some will admit it but very few, teachers or politicians, are ready to do much about it. Myths about the real problem abound but the recently released … Continue reading
Posted in America and Americanism, Culture, Education
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