The Embodiment of Perfect Love
When I was in 7th grade, my class took a trip to New York City, and I was determined to buy an “I ♥ NY” t-shirt. I’d never been to New York, yet I searched every gift shop for that cliché, cheap t-shirt—probably just wanting to be trendy or prove I’d been there to others back home. I laugh at that now, but it…
The Deep Purpose of a College Education
In his book The Idea of a College (1959), educator and Harvard chaplain D. Elton Trueblood identified the American cultural assumption regarding the purpose of higher education: “Millions, when they think of college, think primarily of one thing—how can the student be prepared most perfectly or most quickly to do the work associated with his…
Knowing and Believing Your Worldview
Dr. Gentry, a professor from Columbia International University, joined us this week from October 15 through October 18 to teach us about worldview, and how all of ours are wrong. His point was that God’s worldview is the only correct one, and because of the fall, we each take in the world around us in…
