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Which Bible do you use?

June 14, 2011 by Micheal Hickerson 7 Comments

Bibles

At church on Sunday, a friend leaned over and asked me what Bible I was using. It happened to be the ESV Study Bible; she asked because of the many (and long) footnotes, margin references, etc., but this is only one of the Bibles that I use on a regular basis. In my experience, academic […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: bible, church, esv, gender, niv, spiritual disciplines, spiritualformation, study bibles, urbana

Best Books on Knowing Yourself?

March 15, 2011 by Micheal Hickerson 3 Comments

Self-portrait in mirror

Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. — John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 1, Chapter 1, Section 1, Paragraph 1 I’ve been wrestling with some personal decisions lately, so I decided […]

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Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: books, calling, discernment, self-knowledge, spiritualformation, vocation

Too Good to Be True?

February 15, 2011 by Micheal Hickerson No Comments

“Confession” isn’t the right word for what I’m about to write, because I’m not sure sin is involved and I doubt that real confession involves broadcasting to anonymous hordes, so I’ll call this an “admission” instead: I fear my own death. I’ve struggled with this fear off and on for about five years — basically, […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: christianity, jesus, spiritualformation

Bobby Gross: Living the Christian Year

November 23, 2009 by Micheal Hickerson 4 Comments

Interview of Bobby Gross, VP InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries about his book: Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God.

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Filed Under: Advent, Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Interview, Resources for ESN Members Tagged With: Advent, bobby gross, christian year, interviews, spiritualformation

Announcing a Few Changes Around Here (Updated)

May 5, 2009 by Micheal Hickerson 1 Comment

When Tom Grosh and I launched the Emerging Scholars Blog last August, we had some ideas about what we wanted to write about, but very few ideas about what others would want to read or discuss. After 9 months and over 150 posts, we have a much better idea about what topics resonate with the […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, housekeeping Tagged With: academicvocations, integration, schedule, spiritualformation

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