As part of his Doctor of Ministry (DMin) in Ministry to Emerging Generations (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), Tom's written a number of book responses and given several short presentations (personal and group). In this series he not only "shares the wealth," but also looks forward to your feedback as he refines his project: An argument for vocational discernment for graduate studies in the context of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (Stay tuned to learn more!). Earlier posts on the program: Ministry to Emerging … [Read more...] about Book Response: Christ and Culture, by H. Richard Niebuhr
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What Books Should We Suggest at Urbana 12?
In only 15 days, ESN will be joining 18,000 of our closest friends at Urbana 12, InterVarsity's triennial missions conference. As in years past, we'll have an exhibitor table, and I'll be hosting a seminar on "Serving Christ as a Professor." One of my favorite things about conferences is learning about new books —or, even better, old books that I somehow hadn't known about. Most of the attendees at Urbana are undergraduates, so the conference is a great opportunity to send them away with a fresh reading list for … [Read more...] about What Books Should We Suggest at Urbana 12?
Prayerful consideration & Discussion: Vanderbilt Town Mtg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5CGrBVUnMU Yesterday afternoon/evening I took the 3+ hours necessary to watch the Youtube video of the Vanderbilt Town Meeting (1/31/2012)*. I cried, laughed, yelled, verbally processed, emailed, posted on G+, tried to explain some of the material to one of my daughters, called out to the Lord for discernment for those called to be part of the Vanderbilt community & others called to be on campuses across our nation. Honestly I'm still churning over the material and not … [Read more...] about Prayerful consideration & Discussion: Vanderbilt Town Mtg.
Evangelical Scholarship and the Pursuit of Excellence
A Review of Andreas Köstenberger's Excellence When posted, guest contributor and ESN member David Leonard had recently completed a Ph.D. in philosophy and was teaching a wide range of courses at several universities in the Twin Cities. His project at the time involved developing a taxonomy of the intellectual virtues to be used in college-level philosophy courses. David's scholarship on virtue gave him particular insight to review the book under consideration, Excellence: The Character of God and the … [Read more...] about Evangelical Scholarship and the Pursuit of Excellence
Marsden and Ono on Renewing the Campus
I've written about Dr. George Marsden's recent talk to InterVarsity staff, and now you can hear it for yourself. We've posted all of the talks from the conference on InterVarsity's audio page, but here are the direct links. All links go to mp3 audio files. If you want to download them for later listening, right-click on each link and choose "Save Link As..." to save them to your computer. Graduate and Faculty Ministries Director Bobby Gross: Opening remarks on 1 Peter and renewing the campus Dr. George Marsden: … [Read more...] about Marsden and Ono on Renewing the Campus