BCOM Preview: Interview with Student
Freshman Andrew Funderburk, who does his PT in the marketing department, interviewed Kenzie Johnson, a classmate of his who gave her experience of coming to BCOM’s campus visit event now called BCOM Preview.
Archive for September, 2010
Intern Profile: Sarah in France
Sarah Beth has gladly contributed to the blog with a list of her experiences as a global intern in France. Here are her thoughts:
Why You Shouldn’t Read Your Bible
We, as believers, know the value behind the Bible. It’s a fascinating collection of manuscripts that have endured through many historical persecutions and moral travesties. More than that, it’s the divinely inspired word of God, the creator of all things! But why shouldn’t you read it?
The Merry-Go-Round of Evil
Throughout human history, mankind has sought to solve the problem of evil. Though evil is perceived differently from nation to nation, there has always been a feeling of wrong in the world. Many, in fact everyone, has posited what they think the solution looks like.
From the SRC: Don Richardson’s Lords of the Earth (chapter 4-6)
Someone recommended that I continue posting about Don Richardson’s book in groups of chapters instead of individually. This seems like a good idea, so I decided to read chapters 4-6. These are some reflections on these last three chapters of part 1.
Hearing the Call, by Katrina
Katrina is currently a freshman working in the Student Resource Center. Thanks Katrina!
Two Discipleship Principles
Two principles that will put you light-years ahead of even the most eloquent speakers…
From the SRC: Don Richardson’s Lords of the Earth (chapter 3)
1. Thou shalt not commit incest on pain of death. 2. Thou shalt not steal thy neighbor’s wife, land, pigs, or produce. 3. Thou shalt not marry before thy beard appears. 4. When thou art on a ridge, and thine enemy is in the valley, kill two or three men.
Sorry Jesus but I Quit!
Have you ever felt like quitting your pursuit of knowing Jesus? Have you ever wanted to take a break from God and the path he is leading you to walk? Have you wanted to just stop being the light of the world or the salt of the earth?
From the SRC: Don Richardson’s Lords of the Earth (chapter 2)
Chapter 2 of Richardson’s book is centered on the raid spoken about in the previous chapter.
We Say NO to Burning Qurans on 9/11
We at BCOM and Bethany International do not side with the burning of Qur’ans which will happen on 9/11/10 in Gainsfield, Florida. We are in no way supportive of this bigotry which will stain the population’s view of Christianity
From the SRC: Don Richardson’s Lords of the Earth (chapter 1)
Chapter 1 of Lords of the Earth begins with great details on the Yali people of the Irian Jayan jungle. The Yali culture was a very male-dominated culture steeped in cannibalism and spiritism.
Can We Know?
Professor Tom Shetler recently authored Can We Know, a 300+ page work on answering two questions: ‘Is there a God?’and ‘Can we know Him?’. In chapter 5, Shetler refuted naturalism and ‘evolution by chance’ by divulging its improbability.
From the SRC: Don Richardson’s Lords of the Earth (intro)
Hello blog readers, Jarred Spengler here. For the next few weeks, I will be reading Don Richardson’s book, Lords of the Earth and writing an overview of each chapter.
Normal Christianity = Discipleship
There are two kinds of people in the world: people moving closer to Jesus (disciples) and people moving farther away from Jesus (the lost). Discipleship is not a right of passage into the Christian life, it is the Christian life, the normal Christian life.
