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Marriage, Trinity, & the Imago Dei
Some thoughts and musings on traditional marriage, human sexuality, the Trinity and the Image of God… The US 6th Circuit Court upheld state bans on gay marriage. In all likelihood, this will result in the Supreme Court taking up the question now that contradictory rulings have come down from the federal circuit courts. So why this definition? Why…
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4C Quality Faculty Model for Higher Education
Something I’ve been working on for Oklahoma Wesleyan University… The 4CQ Faculty Model attempts to describe the broader “universe” of what a faculty member does as a teacher in a classroom. Much of the literature on online and adult learning up until the last couple of years has emphasized the student side of the equation…
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Obama: Fathers Matter…Unless, Apparently, You Have Two Mothers
Obama (unwittingly?) makes the case for the traditional definition of marriage: “Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important foundation. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are…
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Post-modernism & Moral Relativism
I hear it a lot: post-moderns (pomos) are moral relativists; they don’t believe that there is any absolute truth.I don’t buy that, at least not in full measure. It’s far too simplistic and naive for one thing. Among younger pomos (15-30), there is a resurgence in spirituality and religious interest. 20 somethings are far more…
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Solomon’s Request: The Humility of Biblical Leadership
God appears to Solomon in a dream and says He will give Solomon whatever he asks for (1 Kings 3:7-9). Solomon’s request, perhaps unusual in a young man having just assumed a king’s crown, provides a snapshot of a fundamental truth of Biblical leadership: humility and human weakness seeking God’s wisdom and presence. “Now, O…
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Redemptive Leadership: Jesus as Servant, Jesus as Ransom
The ‘Jesus-as-servant’ motif of leadership undeniably takes us beyond a secular, humanistic perspective on relationships and social structure. We have to go further still. You will be hard-pressed to find a “Christian model” or view of leadership that gives serious attention to the REST of the passage about Jesus coming to serve rather than be served.…
