#10 Hospitality Biblical acceptance of others into our lives is more than a welcome mat at the front door “Seek to show hospitality” (Romans 12:13) Idea #10 demonstrates a longstanding biblical commitment to “the stranger” SO WHAT? Getting attention, interest, “buy in” “Porching” became a verb around Indianapolis when Joanna Taft (Executive Director, Harrison Center
Government: Once Taken, Control is Never Given Back Proverbs 28:2, “When a land transgresses, it has many rulers.” This week’s Idea #9 is crucial to the sustenance of a free people. SO WHAT? Getting attention, interest, “buy in” “Government’s Role in a Free Nation” (here) is captured in our two-minute Truth in Two. Alexsandr
Words: Whoever Controls the Definition, Controls the Conversation John 5:47, If you don’t believe Moses’ words, how will you believe me? This week’s Idea #8 is a very basic language component: the label we give to ideas, things, people, or places that give meaning or sense to an object. SO WHAT? Getting attention, interest,
Ethics: The Answer to “Should?” The only basis for ethics (what one should or ought to do) is the eternal. This week’s Idea #7 is for everyone everywhere: “should” is universal. SO WHAT? Getting attention, interest, “buy in” Gratitude is the source of and standard for ethics. Find the latest Truth in Two video here.
Righteous Justice “Social justice,” “racial justice,” or “economic justice” are empty phrases unless there is a “RIGHTEOUS JUSTICE” whereby humans judge any kind of injustice. This week’s Idea #6 is on behalf of all who have been and are treated unjustly. SO WHAT? Getting attention, interest, “buy in” I am a BIG fan of The
Educating Educators “The Levites and priests taught the people the Book of the Law” (2 Chronicles 17:1-9) This week’s Idea #5 is for teachers and students who want to be teachers. SO WHAT? Getting attention, interest, “buy in” I’m a BIG believer in cookies, both to eat and to use in teaching. Use the free
You only have two choices. Give me a minute to explain. Everyone believes something. That belief will drive their lives. Many will be glad to explain what they believe. What they often miss, however, is the foundation from which those beliefs arise. Two basic assumptions exist. Either you believe matter is eternal or God is
This page is for IACE faculty, the project being announced by the promotional video to the series: The Christian Professors Project The following link is the 3000 word curricular piece that accompanies the video by the same name below: Assumptions – Worldviews The following IACE videos are now available: Assumptions – Worldviews Coherence – Integration
Why do you think evil is God’s fault? Give me a minute to ask questions in response. When unbelieving students confronted me with questions concerning the problem of evil in my days at public university, I asked them if humans bore any responsibility for evil. I said, “Have you considered your own belief in a God-less origin
Math is one of the great markers of apologetics. Give me a minute to explain. It was the mathematicians who stayed after to talk in my biblical integration teaching at Liberty University. The math department was especially interested in my quote from Herbert E. Huntley, The Divine Proportion: A Study in Mathematical Beauty In the
There are only two choices. Give me a minute to explain. “Humanly speaking,” “not necessarily,” and “it does not automatically follow” are phrases we use to admit our best plans, policies, and practices are ultimately outside our control. Our individual, limited viewpoint – we are all fallen, fallible, finite – leaves us with only two
This speech was delivered during the 2025 Research Week Awards Ceremony (30 April 2025). Many thanks for the kind invitation from Jeremy McGinness, Associate Dean, Research, Instruction, and Collections. Further thanks is owed to Dr. John Eller whose three-volume biography of Ray Bradbury I mined for background information. In addition, I thank The Ray Bradbury