Fides Quaerens Intellectum

Millions of young Christ-followers began their university journey this month.  How will they fare with regard to their worldview and overall approach to life?  Statistics

Marana (my wife) and I recently returned from a cruise vacation to the Bahamas, the purpose of which was to celebrate the completion of the Ph.D. that I started back in the fall of 2000.  Fantastic experience (the cruise, that is); ready to go back.  One afternoon a small advertisement on the wall of the [...]

Each year Del Tackett, author of the Truth Project, comes to facilitate student learning.  I’m always struck by his genuine concern for the millennial generation and the unique challenges faced by its emerging leaders.  Here are his reflections following his spring 2010 visit.

About a year ago one of our students asked me a question that I thought ranked fairly high on the profundity scale, especially given that she was only 18 years old.  “What are the things we do on this earth that we will take with us into eternity?”  As she clarified her question, I discovered [...]

Church-related liberal arts colleges historically tack to the left and eventually separate from their founding denominations.  James Burtchaell, a Catholic scholar and author of The Dying of the Light:  The Disengagement of Colleges and Universities from Their Christian Churches (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1998), has outlined the way in which this usually takes place.  How [...]

“As the minimum function of the administrator is ordering the means, so his highest function is discovering and clarifying and holding before his institution the vision of the end. As the qualifications for the administrator’s minimum function are courage, fortitude, justice, and prudence, so the qualification for his highest function is philosophical wisdom. It is [...]

“…a cultural life will exist outside the Church whether it exists inside or not.  To be ignorant and simple now–not to be able to meet enemies on their own ground–would be to throw down our weapons, and to betray our uneducated brethren who have, under God, no defence but us against the intellectual attacks of [...]

I was at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America last week in Dallas. Had a great time catching up with old friends and acquaintances while having the opportunity to share about IMPACT 360. One thing I’m always challenged by in talking with interested parents, prospective students, and pastors is what kind of [...]

It’s no secret that academia is, and has been, dominated by politically and socially left-tilting faculty members. For years now David Horowitz has been the most prominent voice on this issue, and indeed at times has been a voice crying in the wilderness. This is not an argument for conservatives to avoid higher education or [...]

This past week at IMPACT 360 (www.impact360.net) saw the awakening of students’ critical thinking capacities as those were brought to bear on the subject of ethics. Too broad? For sure. This was an introductory module to ethics–specifically an introduction to the major systems of ethics, including deontology, utilitarianism and virtue ethics. We also covered moral [...]