Aspects of a Christian Worldview, Part 1; The Secret Benefit of Fasting and more, in this issue of Christian Union's bi-monthly email brief.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
— Proverbs 25:11
The Art of One-on-One Conversation
By Sherif Girgis
From Stanford Anscombe Society
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Sherif Girgis, Princeton '08, Doctoral Candidate in Philosophy, Princeton University; JD, Yale Law School, co-wrote the book What is Marriage?. In 2014, Girgis addressed Stanford's Anscombe Society, sharing his experience and insight on how to thoughtfully and constructively engage in conversation on hot-button topics. |
He Gave His Life For a Stranger
By Kevin Antlitz
From Patheos.com
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Kevin Antlitz, a Christian Union ministry fellow at Princeton, recently wrote the following about a carjacking in France. |
Not Meant to Be Alone
By James K.A. Smith
From Comment
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Tackling the western epidemic of social isolation, James K.A. Smith writes, "We shut out incursions of the divine and demonic to carve out a privatized space to be free on our own terms. But we didn’t realize the extent to which we were shutting ourselves in. Congratulations, modern man! You liberated yourself by locking out transcendence; the price was sealing yourself in a cell. We thought we were our own liberators; turns out we might be our own jailors..." |
Aspects of a Christian Worldview, Part 1
By James M. Garretson
From ChristianUnion.org
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What does it mean to speak of a Christian “worldview”? If such a view exists, how does one determine what makes a view “Christian” in the true sense of the word? Is it even possible to find consensus on such a subject? After all, academicians have debated the topic for centuries... |
The Secret Benefit of Fasting
By David Mathis
From DesiringGod.org
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BWe’re prone to think of fasting in negative terms. It’s understandable. Fasting is abstaining. It’s going without food and drink, or some other otherwise good gift from God. Perhaps the reason so many of us fast so infrequently is because we think of fasting mainly as what we’re going without rather... |
Prayer Requests
UNIVERSITY MINISTRIES
Please pray for those graduating from Christian Union ministries — that God would richly bless their next steps; that they'd connect with a community of believers who will continue to encourage them in their faith; and that they'd continue to run the race well, entering into this next exciting phase with their eyes firmly set on Jesus, the author and perfector of their faith.
CITY MINISTRIES
Please pray for the preparations underway for the CU Cities conference, June 22-23, in NYC. It will bring together professionals across many industries, as well as graduate students, who are interested in the relevance of faith to every facet of life. Pray the conference would be used by God to encourage and equip attendees to be a part of God's redemptive plan.
DAY & NIGHT
Pray for the over 2,000 participants in The Great Experiment. Pray that they would energetically seek God and boldly live for Jesus in public.
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