2009 News & Views Articles Now Online

All the articles printed in 2009 in our monthly News & Views newsletter are now available on the McKenzie Study Center website.

• R. Wesley Hurd explores the definition, language, process, and effect of art in his article “Thoughts on Art and Its Making.”
• Earle Craig looks at God’s promises and covenants to makes a case for Christianity being Jewish in his article “The Jewishness of Christianity.” And in a second article, “A Well-rounded Christianity: Revelation 2 & 3,” he looks at the seven letters to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3 to argue that Christians need to be well-rounded in their Christianity in order for it to be authentic.
• Jonathan Carraher describes what he found at Gutenberg College that made him a “full-fledged supporter” in his article “Journey Through Gutenberg.”
• Nancy Scott reflects on the Book of Job and what it reveals about God’s response to human suffering in her article “The Grace of Job.”
• Tim McIntosh presents historian/philosopher René Girard’s observations about human beings’ “mimetic desire” that leads to finding scapegoats in his article “Is the Gospel Just Another Ancient Myth? René Girard on Desire and the Uniqueness of the Gospels.”
• Jack Crabtree discusses the importance of Jesus’ resurrection and addresses the question, “Who will follow the resurrected Jesus into Life?” in his article “Following Jesus on the Trail to Life.” And in a second article, “Perseverance: The Meaning of Christmas,” he proposes that the meaning of Christmas lies in the certainty that God will fulfill His promises.
• David Crabtree describes the education students receive at Gutenberg College and how it differs from most other colleges in his article “Fifteen Years of Gutenberg.”
• Toby Johnston addresses the 2009 Gutenberg graduates on the subject of faith and the contexts in which it is made manifest in his article “2009 Commencement Address: The Comic Tragedian Simply Speaking.”
• Ron Julian clarifies Jesus’ teaching in the Parable of the Friend at Midnight and how that teaching relates to prayer in his article “The Friend at Midnight.”
• Chris Swanson discusses two important aspects of persuasion—trust and evidence—and the relationship between them in his article “Persuasion.”
• Kasey Pilcher describes her experience at Gutenberg College to explain what education at Gutenberg is like in her article “Why Come to Gutenberg?”

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