Category Archives: University students

Worship Video

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Wisdomforlife

Check out the video that they played last night at Navs to prepare for worship:
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Challenges and Opportunities

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Wisdomforlife

As the culture moves further from God, we have an even greater opportunity live out the identity Jesus assigned when he said,…. Continue reading →

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Confusing faith and science

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Wisdomforlife

When teachers suggest that the science of evolution leads to the philosophy of naturalism, they give students the misleading impression that the science of evolution offers more than it is capable of telling us. Continue reading →

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Faith in the Science Department

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Wisdomforlife

Many young people attending universities assume that there professors are right when they stretch science into philosophy and suggest that it is an evidenced-based path to a strictly material understanding of the universe. Continue reading →

Posted in Academy, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheists, Belief, Campus ministry, Christian worldview, Christianity, Ethics, Evil in the world, Evolution, Faith, Intelligent Design, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Problem of evil, Richard Dawkins, Science, University students, Worldview | 3 Comments

Myth about the First Amendment

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Wisdomforlife

Our Sunday News recently asked me to be a voice to balance the weekly columns of the assistant editor. He generates the most reader response for the paper but writes from more of a left-side, liberal perspective (labels I am a … Continue reading →

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Campus Ministry Resources

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Wisdomforlife

For more than 27 years, my pastoral ministry has been in a University town. I love interaction with students and faculty! But those who follow Christ in a university context face some significant challenges. This is why I am always looking for … Continue reading →

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Using resentment and envy to win the Presidency

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Wisdomforlife

I was recently interviewed by a University student as a project for his class on diversity. I told him how thankful I am that I don’t have any inclination to view people as better or worse based on race or … Continue reading →

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Stay out of the pews if you can’t fill the plate?

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Wisdomforlife

27 years ago, when we came to Millersville, Pennsylvania to plant a Church, a cynical pastor of another Church told me, “You have to do weird things to get students to come to Church.” This was probably his excuse for … Continue reading →

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10 guidelines for ministry to 18-29 yr olds

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Wisdomforlife

  Why would large groups of young people who have been force-fed large doses of tolerance want to listen to preachers like Mark Driscoll? Is it his raspy voice, black skateboarder’s jacket and white T-shirt? Or, Is it his “no-nonsense, in-your-face, I’ll … Continue reading →

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