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Upcoming Workshop, Pastor, Pew, and Public, July 21, A Short Video
Return to Workshop and Conference Home Page If you cannot attend this event live but would like the recording, contact rwoods@theccsn. If you would like access to other recorded summer workshops, learn more about our Summer Pass. Title: Pastor, Pew, and Public: Preaching Faithfully and Persuasively to a Diverse and Divided Public Lead Facilitator/Presenter: Brandon Knight, PhD, MDiv, William Carey University Keynote …
Quote of the Week, Our Heart’s Default Mode, by Timothy Keller
“A fundamental insight of Martin Luther’s was that ‘religion’ is the default mode of the human heart. Your computer operates automatically in a default mode unless you deliberately tell it to do something else. So Luther says that even after you are converted by the gospel your heart will go back to operating on other principles unless you deliberately, repeatedly …
A Prayer for Communication, by David and Jonathan Bennett
Lord, we ask for Your grace and blessing as we try to spread the gospel message through the various media available to us in our day. Through both word and deed, may we act like Your disciples and be an example of joy and hope to our beleaguered brothers and sisters. On social media and the internet, may we remember …
Workshop, July 21, How Do We Preach and Teach Persuasively to a Diverse and Divided Public?
Return to Workshop and Conference Home Page If you cannot attend this event live but would like the recording, contact rwoods@theccsn. If you would like access to other recorded summer workshops, learn more about our Summer Pass. Title: Pastor, Pew, and Public: Preaching Faithfully and Persuasively to a Diverse and Divided Public Lead Facilitator/Presenter: Brandon Knight, PhD, MDiv, William Carey University Keynote …
Devotional, Face Down: Body Language and the Shaping of Our Spiritual Experience, by Donna Elkins
Face Down: Body Language and the Shaping of our Spiritual Experience Then Abram fell face down and God spoke with him. Genesis 17:3 (CSB) Social psychologist Amy Cuddy became a sensation with her TED Talk about the benefits of “power posing.”[1] Her research, later published in the 2015, focuses on the impact our body language has on what we think …
Workshop, July 12, Best Practices for Teaching about Diversity and Social Justice, with John Hatch and Theon Hill
Return to Workshop and Conference Home Page If you cannot attend this event live but would like the recording, contact rwoods@theccsn. If you would like access to other recorded summer workshops, learn more about our Summer Pass. Title: Teaching Diversity and Social Justice in Christian Higher Education Lead Presenters/Facilitators: John Hatch, PhD (Eastern University, retired; CCSN Senior Fellow), and Theon …
A Prayer for the Holy Spirit to Protect Us, by Veit Dietrich
Grant Us Your Holy Spirit to Protect Us Lord God, heavenly Father, through your Son you promised us that whatever we ask in his name you will give us. Keep us in your Word and grant us your Holy Spirit, that he may govern us according to your will, protect us from the power of the devil, from false doctrine …
Quote of the Week, Technology and Authenticity, by Pope Francis
Modern technology is “a gift of God which involves a great responsibility. . . . It is not technology which determines whether or not communication is authentic, but rather the human heart and our capacity to use wisely the means at our disposal.”[i]—Pope Francis, Fiftieth World Communications Day, January 24, 2016 [i] John Dye, “Pope Francis Calls Texts, Internet, Social …
Workshop, July 12, Teaching Diversity and Social Justice, with John Hatch and Theon Hill
Return to Workshop and Conference Home Page Title: Teaching Diversity and Social Justice in Christian Higher Education Lead Presenters/Facilitators: John Hatch, PhD (Eastern University, retired; CCSN Senior Fellow), and Theon Hill, PhD (Wheaton College) Date/Time: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 | 11:30-3:00 pm EST REGISTER HERE Description: How can instructors disarm the defensiveness felt by some students when class material confronts …
