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Devotions: Bearing the Image of God (2)

May 18, 2014 by Carl Shank Leave a Comment

Genesis 3 tells the tragic story of the famous (or infamous) fall of the first humans into sin and corruption. Because of a choice that took them out of their assigned place in creation, under God but like God, their insistence on being “gods” distorted the image of God in them. Instead of derivative, yet creative knowledge, they disobeyed their “prime directive.” The penalty was not merely final physical death, but painful, hard-won work, struggling with creation instead of working with God's created order. Their … [Read more...] about Devotions: Bearing the Image of God (2)

Filed Under: Bearing the Image of God, Christ and the Academy, Devotional Tagged With: death, image of God, redemption, sin, Systematic Theology, the fall, Wayne Grudem

Devotions: Bearing the image of God (1)

May 11, 2014 by Carl Shank Leave a Comment

Thank-you to Carl Shank  for his earlier  Devotional series on Wisdom. I look forward to this Devotional series on Bearing the image of God, a topic which the Emerging Scholars Network will give focused attention to in the coming months as we frame A Theology of Higher Education. To God be the glory!  ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of the Emerging Scholars Network “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Genesis 1:26) The most Hebraic understanding of this Bible verse is that humankind was … [Read more...] about Devotions: Bearing the image of God (1)

Filed Under: Bearing the Image of God, Christ and the Academy, Devotional Tagged With: Entrepreneurial Leadership, image of God, In The Likeness of God, Paul Stevens, Richard Goosen, work

“Time” to be imitated?

April 17, 2014 by Mark Eckel 2 Comments

 The Marks of a Christian Scholar: A Vocational Description (Part Three)[1] Mark Eckel, ThM PhD, Professor of Leadership, Education & Discipleship Capital Seminary & Graduate School, Washington, D.C. By guiding attention we take in our hands the key to the formation and the development of personality and character. -- Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky[2] My first stint as an educator was chosen by a four letter word: time. My training was in pastoral studies. But I was being offered a position as a high … [Read more...] about “Time” to be imitated?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, The Marks of a Christian Scholar Tagged With: Albert Bandura, Christ, christian scholarship, Corinthians, discipleship, education, image of God, imitation, Paul, responsibility, student, teacher, Thessalonians, time, time management, Timothy, type

Owning education

April 10, 2014 by Mark Eckel Leave a Comment

 The Marks of a Christian Teacher: A Vocational Description (Part Two)[1] Mark Eckel, ThM PhD, Professor of Leadership, Education & Discipleship Capital Seminary & Graduate School, Washington, D.C. The true function of the teacher is to create the most favorable conditions for self-learning. True teaching is not that which gives knowledge, but that which stimulates pupils to gain it. One might say that he teaches best who teaches least.[2] “I do not want you to believe anything I tell you.”   My mantra was … [Read more...] about Owning education

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, The Marks of a Christian Scholar, The Purpose of Education Tagged With: A Student's Prayer, Bereans, bible, christian scholarship, common grace, creation, Creator, creature, education, image of God, knowledge, ownership, responsibility, student, teacher, truth

Getting a “Big Head”?

April 3, 2014 by Mark Eckel Leave a Comment

The Marks of a Christian Scholar: A Vocational Description (Part One) Mark Eckel, ThM PhD, Professor of Leadership, Education & Discipleship[1] Capital Seminary & Graduate School, Washington, D.C. “The Christian scholar-teacher must be a person who believes in Christian higher education, who is committed to the mission of his or her institution. It is not enough to hire faculty who happen to be Christians, even if they are fine scholars. We must find and keep faculty who are committed to the project.” … [Read more...] about Getting a “Big Head”?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, The Marks of a Christian Scholar Tagged With: bible, christian scholarship, common grace, creation, Creator, creature, fear of the Lord, humility, image of God, knowledge, nicholas wolterstorff, responsibility, sacred and secular, truth

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