Andrew Fuller Ridiculed for His Baptism
Eighteenth Century Baptist Andrew Fuller movingly recounts being ridiculed for his baptism: “Within a day or two after I had been baptized, as I was riding through the fields, I met a company of young men. One of them, especially on my having passed them, called after me, in very abusive language, and cursed me for having been ‘dipped.’ My heart instantly rose in a way of resentment: but, though the fire burned, I held my peace; for,...
Announcement: “Reflections”
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines the word Reflections in multiple ways. Two are as follows: “a thought, idea, or opinion formed or a remark made as a result of meditation; consideration of some subject matter, idea, or purpose.” Throughout the human experience we have ample opportunities to reflect on ideas, major life transitions and big decisions, among many other things. Those who are bibliophiles, like us, have enjoyed the...
Resolved
Too often I think we think of Jonathan Edwards as being that “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” guy. In fact, he was much more. I once heard an interviewee on NPR remark that Edwards was one of the top five intellectual persons that America has ever produced. He wrote the following when he was just nineteen-years-old: “Resolved, to endeavor to my utmost to deny whatever is not most agreeable to a good, and universally sweet and...
Don’t Overlook the Ascension
I’ve always had difficulty in contemplating the theological implications of the ascension of Christ, much less its ecclesial implications–until I read this recently from Chris Ganski: Ascension means the church is the kind of institution that is simultaneously drawn upward in worship and pushed outward in mission. These are not opposing movements. Unfortunately, too many churches today see it that way. Ascension forbids...
C. S. Lewis on Curricula
In this quote Lewis clearly shows the importance of every educational decision, especially those concerning curricula. When writing a text book ethics, theology, and politics inevitably become wrapped up in the instruction. “Their words are that we ‘appear to be saying something very important’ when in reality we are ‘only saying something about our own feelings.’ No schoolboy will be able to resist the suggestion brought to bear upon...
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