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A Prayer for Graduate Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

June 22, 2021 by Rebecca Gerdes No Comments

We appear to be emerging from the pandemic. But we are still living with its effects on our lives and work and plenty of uncertainty about our future. We are grateful to Rebecca Gerdes for sharing this prayer for us. We hope this prayer might be a helpful guide to prayer for grad students and […]

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Filed Under: Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Pandemic, Prayer, Scholar's Compass

Scholar’s Compass: Starting with the Kingdom in Mind

December 30, 2018 by Alexis Grant No Comments

Today, we’re happy to welcome Alexis Grant in her first post for Scholar’s Compass, our devotional for academics. For more of Scholar’s Compass, explore our archives here. To read more of Alexis Grant’s work, visit her personal blog, Wonders of His Word. 

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Kingdom of God, new year, Scholar's Compass, self-centered

Palm Sunday’s Short-Lived Praise (Scholar’s Compass)

March 25, 2018 by Amy Davis Abdallah No Comments

Palm Branch

Human praise is short-lived. Whether it’s my students, the conference organizers, or publishers, praise is not always on their lips. And we see the same happening for Jesus.

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Filed Under: Devotional, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: lent, Lent 2018, Palm Sunday, Praise, Scholar's Compass, Suffering

Do I Really Need a Sabbath? (Scholar’s Compass)

March 18, 2018 by Amy Davis Abdallah 5 Comments

The key to Sabbath is to trust God rather than ourselves.

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Filed Under: Devotional, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: lent, Lent 2018, Remembering Sabbath, sabbath, sabbath-keeping, Scholar's Compass

Defensiveness

March 2, 2018 by Mark Eckel No Comments

Our “identity” as Christians is in Christ (Galatians 2:20). Breaking into adversarial groups should not be a part of Christian conduct (1 Corinthians 3:1-9).

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Comenius Institute, conversation, identity, learning to live together, Scholar's Compass

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