As I finish my master’s thesis, two particular pages online have been the most efficient way of getting the right citation information (without having to buy Turabian’s actual book): one for The Master’s Seminary students (here), and another random one here. (Why anyone still uses MLA and APA these days is beyond me…they’ve always annoyed [...]

How can a secular organization be qualified to judge the competence of a school for Christian ministry? In my judgment, the only organization qualified to judge the performance of a seminary is the church. It is, I think, legitimate for seminaries to seek outside help to warrant their financial accountability, and secular affirmations of the [...]

I meant to post this a few days ago but was too busy with other things. A few days ago I had the privilege of introducing four middle-school classes to the cell. DNA. Membranes. Chloroplasts. Mitochondria. All the fun stuff (and I indulged a bit in drawing pictures of the flaggelar motor, explaining molecular machines, and [...]

Is it any surprise that sin has messed up society so much that we don’t even remember why we go to school? What is the purpose for each level of education, college to doctoral? And, what is “accreditation,” and what is it really worth? Below is a black and white, systematic answer to these questions [...]

Seminary education is no little decision. Deciding who and what and where your mind will be influenced has always played an irreplaceable role in the historical lives of educators, ministers, leaders, heroes, and heretics. After some hard thought about where money, time, and energy should be spent, I’ve come to have a thorough change of [...]

What takes the place of our worldview when Genesis 1-2 is dismissed? One of Christianity’s greatest minds gives an introductory answer to that question: …In these days a very different construction is put upon these things, and this is done in the name of science and allegedly with the authority of science. And as this [...]

I was doing some research into Herman Bavinck’s view of inspiration and inerrancy, when I came across yet another prophetic blurb by Bavinck: He who takes into account the lesson of evolution quickly comes to the conclusion that the present-day system of education is one great error. Up to now men have given almost exclusive [...]