College education has changed a lot in the past two decades. While the demand for bachelor’s degrees has ballooned, many institutions have struggled to keep enrollment up in an increasingly aggressive market. Extension campuses and online/modular classes have made it possible for larger universities to poach student pools who previously attended local colleges. T.V., websites, andContinueContinue reading “The Deterioration of the Teacher & Student Relationship”
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My English Teachers Equipped Me To Be A Pastor
A twenty-eight year-old does not have much hindsight. I admit that. Even so, as I look back it’s impossible not to see many of the ways and means God has used to mold me. For the past three years, I’ve pastored a church in Newberry, SC, and it is strange how even basic summer jobs ofContinueContinue reading “My English Teachers Equipped Me To Be A Pastor”
On Grove City College and Fostering a Liberal Arts Culture
It’s a shame when I hear people speak with lackluster tone about their Alma maters. It’s almost as though college was a place they merely tolerated. They put their heads down and plowed through to that graduation stage where they were granted the wages for all of their efforts: a diploma. The classes were easyContinueContinue reading “On Grove City College and Fostering a Liberal Arts Culture”
So You Are Thinking about Seminary?
[Robbie Schmidtberger is the Church Planting Resident at Grace and Peace Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, PA.] Not too long ago I was hired by my Alma Mater to be a part-time admissions counselor. And let me tell you what: it is a blast! Every conversation I have is kingdom-minded. I get to talk to congregations,ContinueContinue reading “So You Are Thinking about Seminary?”
A Modest Proposal: Don’t Indoctrinate Your Kids
There is a great and intolerable evil lurking in homes across America. It is a conspiracy of indoctrination occurring on such a large scale that the fact it has gone unnoticed until now is bewildering. It is taught at home even beginning in the early months of a child’s life, reinforced throughout grade school, andContinueContinue reading “A Modest Proposal: Don’t Indoctrinate Your Kids”
Youch! Putting the Spurs to Students…
To be brief, I am wrestling with Dr. T. David Gordon’s heavy arguments in a small book entitled Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns. As my mind to this point has spent much energy trying to justify my current views and to find exceptions to the author’s arguments, he made this statement about contemporary educational methods: NotContinueContinue reading “Youch! Putting the Spurs to Students…”