A Tale of Two Christian Colleges — Two Christian colleges, both founded in 1906, both about the same size, have gone in different directions. College of the Ozarks has opted for being a bit peculiar and is thriving. Louisiana College tried the conventional and is struggling.
The Link Between Religious Freedom and National Security
The Link Between Religious Freedom and National Security — An interview with Thomas F. Farr, Director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and former diplomat, and his concern about a lack of interest in religious liberty in the State Dept. and why it matters.
The Dignity Deniers
The Dignity Deniers — Dominant cultural voices argue that an individual’s moral worth should be predicated upon his or her individual capacities of the moment. This view is most acutely expressed in bioethics, the field that wields tremendous influence over health-care public policies and in the ethical protocols of medicine.
Private Schools for the Public Good
Private Schools for the Public Good — The Cardus Think Tank has released its 2014 education survey which presents evidence that non-public and particularly parochial schools promote the public good even above public schools and that school choice should become part of education policy.
Bigger Love: Debating Marriage and Sex Beyond Morality
Bigger Love: Debating Marriage and Sex Beyond Morality — Bret Mavrich argues that the current marriage disputes, including impending polygamy, should be addressed as a prophetic issues of the ways the old Adam seeks to centralize power and eclipse God’s greater love and call for justice.
The Full This-Worldliness of Life
The Full This-Worldliness of Life — Dietrich Bonhoeffer continues to receive attention and study as perhaps the twentieth century’s chief voice and case study on the two kingdoms. This review examines Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Charles Marsh (Knopf, 2014), widely regarded as a solid contribution to the literature.
Why Christian Education
Why Christian Education — Jim Drexel at Covenant Colleges offers a rationale for Christian Education, examining the usual pro and con views and citing Luther and Calvin with attention to the two kingdoms.
Captialism and the Common Good
Capitalism and the Common Good — A discussion of market efficiencies, market externalities, market moralities, and theologies that ignore one kingdom or the other. This essay offers several themes for undergrad or non-economics grad student to consider.
Wielding the Word: Luther’s Two-Kingdoms Take on the Economy
Wielding the Word: Luther’s Two-Kingdoms Take on the Economy — A survey of Luther’s active two-kingdoms critique of economic trends and abuses in the church and civil affairs of his times with attention to misreadings of Luther in our times.
Student Religious Groups Removed at 23 CSU Campuses
Student Religious Groups Removed at 23 CSU Campuses Over Leadership Issue — Intervarsity Fellowship and other student organizations have been, in modern campus terminology, “derecognized” by California State University schools. They will no longer be a recognized campus organization on any of the 23 schools in that system. This article offers analysis of this developing […]
