June 5, 2018
Overcoming Blocks to Intimacy with God
On June 5, 2018 CU New York was delighted to feature chair of the board of Christian Healing Ministries, Lee Ann Rummell, for a powerful night of encouragement to align our lives with God’s ways.June 4, 2018
by Geoff SackettPerhaps you have had a serious doubt about a particular Christian truth claim. You continue to believe, say, that Jesus is God incarnate, but you also seriously question that belief. Some of the doubts we experience can be easily brushed aside. We brush aside “light” doubts every day. But the kind of doubts I have in mind in this brief post are ones that are persistent and not easy to brush aside.
What is doubt?
May 26, 2018
Led by Dr. Stamenka Antonova
Christian Union New York hosted salon tours of the Met on May 25 and June 1, 2018 titled, "The Cradle of Early Christianity: Ancient Mediterranean Culture and Religious Art at the Met."Dr. Stamenka Antonova shared rich insight into the museum's ancient exhibits. Professionals and graduate students in New York connected with fellow Christians during an evening of lively conversation and learning.May 23, 2018
The Nature of Christian Scholarship; Preparing for Public Service; A Matter of Identity; Aspects of a Christian Worldview, Part 2; Having Your Smartphone Nearby Takes a Toll on Your Thinking and more, in this issue of Christian Union's bi-monthly email brief.
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”— Luke 10:27
May 22, 2018
May 21, 2018
by James M. GarretsonRead part one of this post here.Formation of a Christian worldview is ultimately rooted in a Christian’s relationship with Christ. The bible teaches that our nature, by virtue of physical birth, is one of spiritual death and alienation from God. Any parent knows that they do not need to teach their children to do wrong; even the youngest child can act in a sinful manner by instinct and disposition. Sinful behavior only multiplies throughout our lives.Sin is both a condition and an activity. In the words of a sixteenth century Protestant catechism, “sin is any want of conformity to, or transgression of, the law of God.” Every part of our nature has been infected by sin; our minds are described by scripture as darkened and our consciences hardened in our natural state. Mankind, scripture announces, is dead in sin and trespasses.
May 17, 2018
Care Net CEO Honored at Nexus Conference
May 17, 2018
Christian Union New York Hosts Os Guinness
May 17, 2018
Conference Is Refreshing for Dartmouth Students
May 17, 2018
Hein ’20 Is Persistent in Pursuing God
May 17, 2018
Beck and Curtis Are Interns in Washington, D.C.
May 17, 2018
Retreat Has Special Meaning for Christian Union at Brown
May 17, 2018
Kao ’18 Reflects on Stellar Swimming Season, Spiritual Growth
May 17, 2018
Students Cheer on Classmates at Nexus
May 17, 2018
Christian Union Hosts Nexus Student Conference
May 9, 2018
A Call for Prayer Revival
On May 9, 2018, Christian Union New York gathered graduate students and professionals in New York City for an hour of prayer. The prayer time was led by Pastor Dimas Salaberrios, Bill Hwang, Matt Bennett and Eric Metaxas.May 9, 2018
The Art of One-on-One Conversation; He Gave His Life For a Stranger; Not Meant to Be AloneAspects 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
May 7, 2018
by James M. GarretsonMost Christians give little consideration to formation of a Christian worldview.In the absence of formal training at a Christian college or lack of familiarity with Christian authors who have written extensively on the topic such as Francis Schaeffer or Arthur Holmes, interest in the subject is often limited to questions of personal morality or public policy that supports, even if it does not endorse, Christian values.
April 26, 2018
Are Human Embryos Human Beings? Are They 'Persons'?; A Power With (Part 2); How History's Revivals Teach Us to Pray; A Feast of Grace: Art, Faith, and Generosity in Babette’s Feast; The Blindness of Social Wealth; Yes, California Is on the Verge of Banning Some Christian Books, Here’s How and more, in this issue of Christian Union's bi-monthly email brief.
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.— Hebrews 5:7
April 23, 2018
By Justin Doyle
We'll scorch the earth
Set fire to the sky
We stoop so low
to reach so high
A link is lost
The chain undone
We wait all day
For night to come
And it comes
Like a hunter child
- Bono
(Christ Jesus) had equal status with God but didn’t think so much
of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no
matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges
of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human!
...He lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless,
obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion.
- Phil. 2:6-8 (The Message)
In part one of this post, I began to explore the meaning of the subdue/rule language of the Creation Mandate in Genesis 1:26-28 with the help of Richard Middleton’s book, The Liberating Image: The Imago Dei in Genesis 1. If you haven’t already done so, I invite you to take a few minutes to go back and read that post and catch up before continuing with this post.
