Dec 3, 2018 | Christian Living, The Bible
The idea of seeking the will of God has three broad meanings when we talk about it. (1) We often mean — what is God’s will for my life? (2) Or, we mean what is God’s will in a particular situation, one with a moral dilemma? (3) But, in Scripture, the will of the Lord...
Feb 7, 2018 | HBU Faith & College Series, Higher Education
You’ve probably heard that engineers make the highest salaries, on average, of all college graduates. But is that their purpose? Are students who go into engineering and other highly technical undergraduate degrees only there for the expected large paychecks? Some...
Dec 6, 2017 | College Tips, Family
The Christmas holidays are probably my favorite time of the year. The good long break allows me to do a lot of different things. Of course, Christmas, along with Easter, represents a high and sacred point of the Christian calendar, so the celebration of our Lord‘s...
Aug 2, 2017 | HBU Faith & College Series, Higher Education
Our series of blogs regarding a Christian university has touched on the various colleges and schools of HBU and how each of them fits within the larger Christian worldview that we affirm in our mission and vision statements, and indeed in the Preamble to the letters...
Nov 23, 2015 | Christian Living, Psalms, The Bible
Psalm 116 has much in common with other thanksgiving Psalms, but it also has an element that’s a bit unusual: the Psalmist identifies the specific reason for his thanksgiving. He was near death, he cried out to the Lord for rescue, and the God of covenant mercy,...