Beckwith Returns to Roman Catholic Church and Resigns from ETS

I haven't gone to many ETS (Evangelical Theological Society) meetings. The last one I attended was in 1999 in the Boston area. Generally I would run into my friends from College Press Publishing at such events. Generally, the College Press rep (in those days) was John Hunter, who now is working as Reference Librarian at OCC's Seth Wilson Library. John introduced me to a couple of evangelical guys who had written books published by College Press, namely Gary Habermas and Francis Beckwith.

Beckwith, until May 5, was the president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He resigned on May 5 because he has returned to full communion within the Roman Catholic Church. He gives his own account of this spiritual journey on a blog for which he wrote, called Right Reason. There are many comments under that post, from those who applaud his decision, and those who do not. He remains as a tenured professor at Baylor University in Waco, TX.

DGF

Christian TEch.

Ahh.. so I just finished Jewell's book... not bad. It does inspire me to work more on ministry-related technology. I mean, seriously, he was right when he said that 95% of church websites might as well just be taken down... they look terrible and have less functionality than my tonsils! When I look at sites like Islamacity, I think... c'mon Christians, we can do better than this! If Islam is using technology to spread their message efficiently and effectively, so can we! (of course it's not about the medium, it's about the message)...

anyway... hope everyone is doing well

Readers' choice for Sexiest Man Alive in Christ 2007

*Qualification uncertain

Student who chose Bible college over Yale now feels 'royally screwed'

MOORHEAD — A college freshman who stood on principle and chose a Bible college over Yale now considers himself "royally screwed," and says he may very well have ruined his career. "I'm stuck at this tiny campus in Minnesota with a room overlooking a vast, snowy plain, surrounded by people whose highest aspiration is to be an associate pastor or church accountant," Paul Denerbain says in a phone interview from his dormitory room. "They don't even have my major here. I thought I was standing up for God, but I've devastated any chance I have for success." Denerbain, a straight-A student and National Merit Scholar, made his bold decision last spring after visiting Yale and observing what he calls its "loose moral atmosphere." His church rallied around him, and his pastor called him a modern-day Martin Luther. But after moving to the North Fork Bible College campus and attending classes for a semester, Denerbain felt "overwhelming desperation to leave." He wrote to Yale and asked if they'd re-consider letting him in, but Yale is no longer interested. "He wrote us a scathing letter," says an admissions officer. "It's curious that he now wants to attend 'the crucible of Hades.' We suggest he delve into the Bible for more answers. Ha ha." •

April 5, 2007, What a Tragedy!!!!

It was a day that I would sure love to forget. I know it's a day for Fish that bells rang at the announcement. A day that left the state of Kansas in a sate of awe. Here are the famous tragic words, "Huggins Leaving K-State for West Virginia." Some of you don't understand the tragedy I've gone through, its taken me 15 days to write about this tragic event.

Next Semester

Are you guys going to be here next semester? I will be.

I am taking the following:
7:00 Timothy & Titus w/Lawson
8:00 Greek 1a w/Ragsdale
9:00 OT Intro w/Pechawer
10:00 Spanish 1 w/Fish

Messianic Prophecy Distance Learning w/Pechawer

I haven't had Lawson yet and I don't really know what to expect there. I've had Ragsdale before, but I will be taking two language courses at the same time... hope I don't get things mixed up. OT Intro should be pretty neat.

What's your teaching schedule like Mr. Fish?


Moodle is coming along well at work. We are doing some training sessions with the Distance Learning professors this coming week and for the two following, it's kind of intimidating teaching the teachers. I'm looking forward to getting Moodle up and running for all the summer DL courses, two months ahead of schedule. Anyway, the server is live now but the courses aren't really in any presentable form but you can take a look if you want.




Later...

-e

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