鈥淭odos somos Marcos鈥 se convirti贸 en una popular frase en M茅xico y en muchos lugares del mundo. El primero de enero de 1994 el denominado Ej茅rcito Zapatista de Liberaci贸n Nacional inici贸 una lucha armada en el estado de Chiapas en el sur de M茅xico. El subcomandante Marcos era el l铆der de este movimiento que buscaba justicia, trabajo justo y equitativo entre otras demandas b谩sicas. El subcomandante Marcos se convirti贸 en un personaje carism谩tico y enigm谩tico porque ten铆a un pasamonta帽as que cubr铆a su identidad. Para protegerlo y para identificarse con las demandas de este movimiento muchas personas empezaron a decir 鈥渢odos somos Marcos鈥 y de esta manera borrar las diferencias entre esta persona y ellos mismos ...
Images of extreme poverty motivate those with financial resources to donate their money to help alleviate poverty; or that is what the producers of the images hope occurs. However, reducing the terrible and often deadly ramifications of poverty is not as simple as signing the ONE petition or buying RED products (both of which I have done). The problem is also not as straightforward as the global 1% of wealth (the 鈥渉aves鈥) giving of their means as handouts to the 鈥渉ave-nots.鈥 The position of wealth in the Global West often leads to a mentality that says we know what is best for the Global Rest 鈥 we assume that if they just do what we did then they will get the same results. However, this classification of foreign aid ignores the resources of the Global Poor and their local churches, and instead creates an unhealthy dependency on handouts undermining the dignity of the materially poor, while 鈥渢heir poverty is actually deepened by the very churches and organizations that are trying to help them鈥 (Fikkert & Mask, From Dependence to Dignity, 2015, p. 20) ...
Who has God brought into your life to teach you the Bible and help you grow in your faithfulness in following after Christ? Is it your pastor? Are there also others who have taught you the Scriptures, or who are teaching your friends or family members? In most churches, the Bible is being taught in a variety of places to different groups of different ages and stages of life. From children鈥檚 classes to youth group settings, to small group ministries, throughout the week God鈥檚 Word is opened and studied in churches around the world. This is one of the most powerful agents for change in our lives ...
At a recent luncheon, the Talbot faculty were reminded about the culture of academia, a culture that permeates Christian universities as well. The typical academic conducts research by herself or himself alone. Any paper or book that results may be reviewed by colleagues, but still the research is the product of one mind alone. Sometimes there are books that contain contributions by various researchers, but each article typically has also a single author. There are exceptions to the rule鈥攂ooks or articles that are co-authored. They are still exceptions, though, and not the rule ...
In light of Holocaust Remembrance Week and Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 5, professor Rick Langer shares what a swastika means to him. ... Likewise, the swastika, the twisted cross, is a distillation of all of Nazism. It proclaims 鈥渞acial purity鈥 and narratives of 鈥渟upermen鈥 and 鈥渓ives unworthy of living.鈥 Its jagged arms encompass a thousand crimes both large and small, and circumscribe many million corpses, named and unnamed, which lie in graves across the continent of Europe. But the swastika has also etched a personal meaning into countless souls. Some of these souls whisper stories from their graves, but others still walk among us. And for some, myself included, the stories of our fathers and mothers have been etched into our souls as well ...
En los Estados Unidos la frase 鈥渆l jard铆n del vecino siempre est谩 m谩s verde鈥 es muy com煤n porque ejemplifica correctamente la percepci贸n que la mayor铆a de la gente tiene de la realidad. No importa lo que uno haga siempre habr谩 otro que lo haga mejor; no importa lo que uno compre, siempre habr谩 otro que tenga algo mejor; no importa lo mucho que uno se esfuerce, siempre habr谩 alguien mejor en alguna 谩rea. Esta situaci贸n produce algo tan com煤n como destructivo en nosotros, la envidia ...
Paul鈥檚 discussion of the Old Testament law in Romans and Galatians connects well with a practical life concern: How do we effectively parent our children? In particular, one question parents regularly face has to do with what part rules play in raising children. Since Paul actually uses the raising of children as an analogy to explain the role of the law (Galatians 3:24-26; 4:1-7; Romans 8:14-17), perhaps we should turn the analogy on its head and ask if there is anything we can learn about raising children from Paul鈥檚 teaching about the law ...
Without any hesitation we can say that yes, God wants you to be happy. The Bible (as well as experience) tells us that the Christian is given happiness in an incredible number of ways. But Christ has actually sweetened the deal and offered us something even better. While happiness is used to describe a basic feeling of gladness and contentment, what Christ offers is joy, which includes happiness, but runs much deeper, lasts much longer, and is felt much more strongly than happiness. The word joy shows up roughly four hundred times in the Bible, and it is no coincidence. Christ wants you to experience the joy that comes from him ...
Todos los viernes en la tarde un grupo de estudiantes y maestros de la universidad cristiana en donde trabajo se re煤nen a jugar basquetbol. Hace unas semanas fui a jugar con ellos y lo que parec铆a un d铆a normal se convirti贸 en una experiencia que me ha impactado y que tambi茅n ha tenido el mismo efecto en much铆simas personas. Despu茅s de jugar por m谩s de una hora uno de mis alumnos del doctorado se dispon铆a a irse a su casa cuando le ped铆 que me esperara unos minutos porque necesitaba hablar con 茅l. Primero se sent贸 y despu茅s se recost贸 en el c茅sped a un lado de la cancha en lo que terminaba de jugar mi partido. En cuanto el juego termin贸 fui a hablar con 茅l y en ese momento me di cuanta que estaba inm贸vil, sin respirar y con una apariencia p谩lida y descolorida. Inmediatamente ped铆 ayuda y mientras algunos lo trataban de resucitar yo llam茅 a los servicios de emergencias. Gracias a Dios lograron que respirara otra vez y se lo llevaron a la sala de emergencias de un hospital cercano ...
This semester I am part of a professors鈥 reading group about the relationship of economics and Christian theology. We are reading several books and discussing relevant issues regarding a theology of work, stewardship, and economics. Obviously every author and participant has a unique perspective about different topics, but in our group we all come from a position of privilege, especially as we talk about poverty and ways to help those who are less fortunate. We have a tendency to talk about the poor as 鈥渢hey,鈥 as people different from us and not necessarily as peers who can also teach us and lead us into better paths as we immerse in their circumstances and perspectives ...
... Learning Management Systems (LMS) continue to make video conference sessions more user friendly with clear, strong connections conducive to conversations without video or audio delays. Many LMSs have this feature built into them, thus eliminating the need to use a program outside of the learning platform that instructors and students would have to download and install separately on their computers ...
... Collaborative learning focuses on both content and the process of learning. C.S. Lewis stated, 鈥淚t often happens that two schoolboys can solve difficulties in their work for one another better than the master can鈥 (Lewis, 1958). Participation, dialogue, and reciprocity are key elements necessary for students to sense and know they are included in something greater than themselves. Meaningful dialogue in a variety of formats inspires critical thinking and reflection, combats mental inertia, and fosters transformation. Students may come curious, but they leave inspired ...
... Character formation begins with a proper understanding of the heart and soul. The heart is often misrepresented in American culture, for the heart has much more to do with how we live than what we might be led to believe. Perhaps the closest we can come to this idea is when we speak of doing something 鈥渨hole-heartedly.鈥 In Proverbs 4:23, believers are warned: 鈥淕uard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life鈥 (HCSB). Mentioned nearly one thousand times in God鈥檚 word, it is clear that the heart is important to God. Three components make up the human heart: mind, emotion, and will (Coe, 2011). The mind, the thinking function of the heart, is where our thoughts are received, processed, and formed. Emotions are tied to thoughts as we have feelings about all thoughts. The will is an expression of what we actually do (or do not do) with our thoughts. Components of the heart鈥攎ind, emotion, and will鈥攁re often examined separately but were created to function together. They make up who we are. Our lives are our hearts in motion because the heart is the control center of the soul ...
Hace un par de semanas estuve en Guatemala para iniciar un curso semestral en un programa doctoral en educaci贸n teol贸gica. Este programa es singular en Latinoam茅rica y ense帽ar en 茅l me da la oportunidad de convivir con l铆deres de diferentes pa铆ses y tambi茅n aprender de ellos. A pesar de que este doctorado se enfoca principalmente en la educaci贸n teol贸gica formal a trav茅s de universidades y seminarios, la realidad es que todo nuestro entorno deber铆a tener un enfoque teol贸gico porque Dios es el creador del universo y el centro fundamental de toda la existencia. Por esto el conocimiento de Dios o educaci贸n teol贸gica nos deber铆a ayudar a 鈥減ensar teol贸gicamente鈥 sobre todas las 谩reas de la vida ...
This devotional is a reminder that God works through us as his instruments in ways we don鈥檛 choose. While there are many valuable things of research and teaching that God works through us in various ways, a primary mode of God鈥檚 work is easy to forget.
I have no intention of answering this specific question. (Do you think I鈥檓 crazy?!) But since this is a truly difficult question for many Christian parents, let me offer a suggestion about gift spending that might help you in the future. I know that you鈥檙e probably reading this post too late in the season to make any changes for this upcoming Christmas, but now may be the ideal time to formulate plans for the future ...
An Interview with Talbot's Dean, Dr. Clinton E. Arnold, and his son, Jeff Arnold, about their most recent book: Short Answers to Big Questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity.
The national pastime has become a sacred holiday: shopping on 鈥淏lack Friday.鈥 The day after Thanksgiving has developed into a manic state of sales and spending as retailers, seeking bigger holiday profits, offer new bargains and longer hours to lure holiday shoppers to good deals and great values on amazing products. The spending hype reaches fever pitch as stores open earlier and earlier each year, replacing the day dedicated to gratefulness with unashamed greed and giddiness for a purchase that is meant to show our love for another, bought in rushes of grabbing items that has led to fights, stampedes and debt. Many justify this intense season of shopping with the value of the purchase 鈥 the money saved on an item they would buy at a higher price later indicates this was a good value-based purchase ...
隆Animo! Es una exclamaci贸n que todos necesitamos escuchar con frecuencia. A pesar de la presi贸n popular que nos obliga a mostrar siempre nuestra mejor cara y a declarar que siempre estamos bien cuando alguien nos hace la tan com煤n pregunta 驴c贸mo est谩s?, la realidad es que todos batallamos con diferentes circunstancias y siempre necesitamos que alguien nos muestre su apoyo y nos anime. Es importante que tengamos personas cercanas que nos alienten a seguir adelante. 隆Todos necesitamos a alguien en nuestro equipo! ...
Every year, the week before Thanksgiving brings the annual scholarly conferences for biblical and theological studies. Like most years, Biola and Talbot professors and students are well represented at these meetings in a variety of ways ... The following list (mostly compiled by David Roberts) includes all those at Biola and Talbot participating in the meetings this year. As always, Biola professors and students are doing fascinating work in many different areas! ...
Classical Christian education programs are on the rise. I am heartened that so many parents want their children to get a strong education that draws upon all that is wonderful, winsome, and wise from the past. But Latin instead of Greek? Are you serious? Come on, teachers and parents. Feel free to add Latin later if you鈥檙e so inclined, but really you should start with Greek. Here are eight (well 鈥 sort-of eight) reasons why Greek ought to be the core language you teach in your Classical Christian education program instead of Latin ...
... Deeper than the recent history, we seem to be pushing against the same thing that Martin Luther identified as the theology of glory. Luther recommended to us the contrast of the theology of the cross ...
When speaking to seminary graduates from all across the U.S., I鈥檝e been noticing an increasing discomfort in students regarding their ability to preach and teach effectively from the Old Testament. Part of this is because the Old Testament comprises so much of the Bible, and there just isn鈥檛 enough space in a degree program to adequately cover all of the Old Testament (especially a degree that doesn鈥檛 concentrate solely on the Old Testament). The Old Testament is packed with a wide variety of genres and covers such an expansive amount of history ...
You know that part of your Bible where the gold leaf on the pages still looks pretty fresh? Some of the pages might still even be stuck together. Or, more au courant, the portion you rarely scroll to on your phone or iPad 鈥 That鈥檚 right, for most of us it鈥檚 that part of the Bible starting right after Psalms and going all the way to Matthew. A lot of prophets big and little, and a good bit of Israel鈥檚 Wisdom tradition鈥攂ut it just doesn鈥檛 get a lot of air-time in most evangelical churches or personal Bible-reading. Now, I鈥檓 the first to admit that last claim stems from my own highly subjective internal polling data, and I鈥檓 glad to be proven wrong; but I don鈥檛 think I am, because I know a good bit of it鈥檚 true in my own life ...
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