This is the second of a four part series of posts in which David Williams shares some historical and theological observations on the Bible passages studied in the Urbana12 business track. The first post of the series is The Call (Luke 5:1-11). The third post is The Lost (Luke 15:1-10). The final post is The Found (Luke 19:1-10). ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of ESN. … [Read more...] about The Kingdom (Luke 10:1-24)
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Overcoming The Paternalism of The Informed: Calisto Odede on Luke 5
This is the second post in an Urbana12 series by J. Nathan Matias (@natematias), Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab Center for Civic Media. This post in original form can be found here. Thank-you Nathan! Great to have you contributing material to the ESN Blog. Your work is much appreciated. ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of ESN. ---------------------- This weekend, I'm at Urbana, a gathering of Christian students interested in the work of the church worldwide. Over the next few days, I will be blogging two … [Read more...] about Overcoming The Paternalism of The Informed: Calisto Odede on Luke 5
Unpacking the Missions Statement of Jesus in Luke 4, Urbana 2012 Opening Session
J. Nathan Matias (@natematias), Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab Center for Civic Media, makes art, software and social processes which empower people to become more creative, more effective, and more informed. His recent projects include the Festival of Learning, research on gender representation in the news, and tablet tech for social checkups. He's an intentional polymath and range widely across the arts, tech, charities, ideas, and education. Before MIT, he worked in UK startups SwiftKey, Dressipi, and Texperts, … [Read more...] about Unpacking the Missions Statement of Jesus in Luke 4, Urbana 2012 Opening Session
The Call (Luke 5:1-11)
This is the first post of a four part series of posts in which David Williams shares some historical and theological observations on the Bible passages studied in the Urbana12 business track. The second post of the series is The Kingdom (Luke 10:1-24). The third post is The Lost (Luke 15:1-10). The final post is The Found (Luke 19:1-10). ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of ESN. … [Read more...] about The Call (Luke 5:1-11)
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?