Christian Law Association
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Growing Godly Leaders
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EVANGELISTIC GOSPEL PIANO!
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A professor explains why examining a school's doctrinal statement isn't enough.When I speak at churches around the country, the conversation after my talks often turns to the state of Christian higher education. I’m a professor at a Christian institution, and Christian parents and grandparents want to know where high school graduates can go to have their faith deepened rather than undermined. These concerns have only become more pressing given the ongoing rise in young people wandering away from the church and describing their religious convictions as “nothing in particular.”The question many Christians have for me is which colleges are “safe” or “real” Christian schools, which usually means those that have a truly conservative theological ethos. For those who aren’t familiar with the world of Christian higher ed, it can be difficult to identify these schools from outside the campus community, and parents often (reasonably) conclude an institution’s stance on human sexuality is the simplest indicator of a college’s commitment to Christian orthodoxy.LGBTQ questions are indeed important, and they can serve as a proxy for an institution’s broader theology. But by itself, this isn’t a reliable formula for finding a good Christian college. A school may stake out a bold position on sexuality and yet capitulate to what I’d suggest is the most overlooked and therefore most insidious threat to Christian education in America right now.It’s not progressive theology. It’s a pervasive consumerist anthropology.Theological anthropology concerns our assumptions about the nature and purpose of humanity. And by “consumerist anthropology” I mean the belief—often subconsciously held—that ...Continue reading...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Everything Good, the highly anticipated new recording from Dove and Singing News? Fan Award-nominated husband/wife duo Zane & Donna King, bows May 31? from StowTown Records. Carrying overarching themes of joy and peace, the album is a testimony to God's faithfulness in the couple's lives following a difficult season of walking with two of their children Read More
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Gingrich Says Johnson Has the Most Difficult Speakership 'since the Civil War'...
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To hold people accountable for their actions and decisions, and especially for the harm done to others, even in view of the difficulties and mental struggles that contributed, is to treat them and others with dignity.
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AP Editor’s Note: Well, it’s not difficult to see the sinister applications of AI technology that autonomously selects who to fire on. Now it’s home...AI surveillance robot uses facial recognition to decide who to blast with paintballs
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