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Rap You Must Listen To: “Through Hymn” on Church History
Steve Forst, one of my students at Boyce College, just clued me in to a rapper I had never heard of: Through Hymn. He specializes in hip-hop on church history. You never know what to expect with under-the-radar rappers. It … Continue reading
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Reviewing Rapper Trip Lee’s New Album
Just published a review of rapper Trip Lee’s new album (out today), The Good Life. Head over to the Gospel Coalition to check it out. Here’s a teaser: The rappers used to sit on the periphery of evangelical life. Now they’ve … Continue reading
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How to Learn from a Demon: Panel on Screwtape Letters
This from Theolatte, the blog of Dan DeWitt, the dean of Boyce College: Today at Boyce College we hosted a panel discussion on the impact of Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters in light of the seventy year anniversary of its publication. The participants … Continue reading
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Jeremy Lin, The Basketball Star Nobody Wanted: A Gospel Coalition Essay
Just had a new theological essay posted over at the Gospel Coalition. It’s entitled “The Basketball Star No One Wanted: Jeremy Lin’s Unlikely Triumph.” In it, I weave in my own experience with the game as I talk about what … Continue reading
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Your Yale Education 2011: A Class on NYC Clubbing and “Nightlife Culture”
Ah, the rich merits of the Ivy League education, the plush learning it affords. Like this Yale University class in the American Studies department: “Dance Music and Nightlife Culture in New York City.” Behold the rich harvest of learning that … Continue reading
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Mark Zuckerberg and the Need for (Collegiate) Gospel Entrepreneurs
I’m not a big fan of the Huffington Post, but a slideshow on the top ten college entrepreneurs caught my eye. Normally I avoid slideshows, but number nine in the presentation caught my eye. I had not heard of Fred … Continue reading
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Preaching We Need: Scroggins on Forgiveness
This last part of the “Preaching We Need” mini-series comes from one of Southern Seminary’s finest preachers, Dr. Jimmy Scroggins. The dean of Boyce College, the undergraduate school of the seminary, Scroggins is a born preacher and a personal friend. … Continue reading
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