This week’s Time magazine (April 2, 2007) features the image of CliffsNotes of the Bible. To your surprise, you discover that the cover article explores the reasons why courses on the Bible are rising rapidly throughout the US.
The article claims that Bible curriculum is being studied in 460 school districts across thirty-seven states. Read and [...]
I visited with Ray Clendenen at Broadman & Holman several weeks ago over coffee, and he shared with me his vision for the Academic division that he now chairs.
If you wonder where he would like to see B&H move, then you should read this recent statement reflecting his hopes in the SBC and the future [...]
Worship Services and church sponsored special events commemorate the contributions of William Wilberforce, leading abolitionist of the early 19th century.
Christianity Today highlights Wilberforce’s efforts in the anti-slave trade movement. Wilberforce credited his Christian faith as the driving force behind his focus on the 20-year campaign that fought to see the slave trade end.
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So much for academic freedom. In this article (here), science professors from several departments are upset about a conference and its presentation of “Intelligent Design.” Many “fired blistering letters to the administration,” asking that the event be shut down, the article explains.
So far, the adminstration has upheld their decision to allow the conference to continue. [...]
Conference announcement:
Join New York Times bestselling author Lee Strobel and leading scientists and philosophers as they explore the growing scientific evidence that life and the universe were intelligently designed at this two-day event on April 13 and 14 in the McFarlin Auditorium on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Featured speakers include:
Lee Strobel, [...]
As Britain marks the 200 year anniversary of abolition of the slave trade, Sierra Leone has decided to transform the streets of its capital, Freetown. Streets that once bore the names of British families are now being replaced with the names of Africans who fought in the abolition movement.
Sierra Leone now stands where the [...]
In the wake of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of British slavery, the BBC has devoted considerable press to the event and its commemoration. In this brief, Steve Martin, a writer and historian of black history, explains that “we still cannot agree on the very basics of what the slave trade did to the [...]
In a previous post (here), I mentioned the charges filed against Estevam Hernandes and his wife, Sonia, mega-televangelists from Brazil. This week, they appeared in court to answer the indictment, while Brazilian authorities, charging the couple with money laundering and fraud, are seeking extradition.
Read the update here.
Stephen Prothero, chairman of the religion department at Boston University, argues in the LA Times that Biblical illiteracy is tanking America–both in the spiritual and civic realm. It should be taught in public schools, he argues, because of the Bible’s transformational role in the the history of Western Civilization.
Here’s a taste, “According to a study [...]
In a cut-n-paste society, university campuses are dealing more than ever with term papers, which consist more of “search” than “research.” The problem–plagiarism.
The article explains, “Plagiarism on campus grabbed the state’s attention in 2001 when a University of Virginia physics professor, acting on a tip, checked student papers using a homemade computer program. The school [...]
