Archive for the 'Litfin' Category
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I just got back from Rudyard’s inauguration as the new president of our University and I’m very, very afraid for the future of our University. Rudyard seems to be going out of his way to be the opposite of my hero Duane Litfin.
Rudyard’s seemed to be going out of his way to directly contradict the [...]
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I never thought I would say this but I was, at first, a bit critical of Duane Litfin’s Wheaton College chapel sermon of December 14, 2007. This was, fortunately, his shortest and most content-free sermon of the semester so I am not going to say much about it.
Here’s why I was critical at first. [...]
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This is my third post in a series covering Duane Litfin’s sermons at Wheaton College’s chapel last year. Today, I’m excited to tell you about his sermon of November 19, 2007.
His goal in this sermon was to convince us that the role of the church in this age between [...]
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In this post, I want to bring your attention to Duane Litfin’s sermon at Wheaton Chapel of October, 29, 2007.
The differences between the sides of the watershed
In his sermon, he was talking about the major watershed again. That is, the period of time between Jesus’ resurrection and Pentecost. [...]
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I’m beginning a new series of blog posts! I have been so inspired by Duane Litfin’s chapel sermon series in Wheaton College’s chapel that I must share the love!
He started his series of sermons on Acts 1 on August 29, 2007. I’m celebrating the anniversary of that beginning by beginning a new series [...]
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I am noticing a disturbing trend both at our University and at another school dear to my heart: Wheaton College. I’ll start here.
Problems here
Another faculty retreat has come and gone at our University. This was, in my mind, the worst ever. I can’t complain about the efficiency with which it was run. [...]
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I’m sad to say that this will probably be my last blog on Duane Litfin’s book, “Conceiving the Christian College”. It has been a source of joy and encouragement for me and, I know, all of its readers.
Chapter 12 is called “Our Place in the Academy: CHALLENGE: To [...]
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Chapter 11 of Duane Litfin’s book, “Conceiving the Christian College”, is an elaboration of his argument for why colleges like Wheaton should resist any kind of change. The main reason is that if they change, then they will be different from the way they are now. “Thus it [...]
