by Christina M.H. Powell, PhD (InterVarsity Press, 2014)
by Christina M.H. Powell, PhD (InterVarsity Press, 2014)
If you ever tried to find your way around a mall or an amusement park, you might have discovered one of those useful vertical maps with a drawing of stores or amusement park attractions and a helpful circle or arrow informing you that “you are here.” Once you found your current location, you could easily […]
Faith may be unchanging, but each generation is influenced by the current events they experience as they become young adults. The current generation of university students have had their views on the world we live in shaped by the global pandemic, new international conflicts, and our political environment. Of course, each generation is also influenced […]
Photos or it never happened – I left you pondering the question of what you consider strong evidence to authenticate people from antiquity. In particular, I asked what evidence do we have for the existence of Socrates, Aristotle, or Cleopatra? You are reading a blog post not an exhaustive history text book, so we’ll keep […]
Bought the Colossal Alaskan King crab legs and prepared them for dinner? Shook hands with the President of the United States? Climbed to the top of Mount Everest? Prove it- photos or it never happened. We live in the age of the luxury of instant authentication: live news feeds of ongoing tornados, videos of marriage […]
More than twenty years ago, when I was training to become a minister shortly after I obtained my doctoral degree from Harvard University, I learned an important concept still applicable today. In preparing a sermon to preach, the minister studies in two ways: one way to prepare the sermon, the other to prepare the preacher. […]
A new year brings new opportunities for achievements, for joy, for receiving blessings and bestowing blessings on others (Psalms 126). For many people, 2020 was a difficult year, and 2021 brings the promise of a better future. The sun sets on New Year’s Eve and rises on New Year’s Day, and one year turns into […]
Today marks the end of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the United States. In a world that has experienced the challenges of a pandemic this year, words like thankful, grateful, and blessed may seen foreign. Holidays are filled with traditions and expectations, but no one year tells the story of a holiday celebration. Similarly, no […]
Confidence is a necessary item, especially in young people. Looking over a few of the press clippings from when I was an undergraduate at Penn State University, I found my response to a newspaper editorial when I was only twenty years old and freshly appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania to serve on a University […]
