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May 30, 2017

Christian Union Celebrates Fifteen Years of Ministry

On Saturday night, April 8, Christian Union celebrated its 15th anniversary with a huge cake served to all the attendees of its Nexus Conference at the Marriott Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut. Approximately 250 students from some of the leading universities in the United States joined marketplace professionals and Christian Union's faculty and staff for a sweet time of jubilation and thankfulness to the grace of God.

May 30, 2017

Harvard Law Student Will Work in JAG Corps

by Tom CampisiGregory Escobar, a third-year student at Harvard Law School and a member of Christian Union's ministry, is ready for deployment.Escobar will graduate in May and has accepted a position with the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps as a staff officer in the United States Navy. It's a law career and a calling."One of the big reasons I am in the military is that I believe, as Christians, we are called to serve," Escobar said.

May 17, 2017
The biweekly eNewsletter from Christian Union Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ. — Ephesians 4:15

May 17, 2017
Christian Union New York May Salon On Saturday, May 6, 2017, Christian Union hosted its May Salon at Archegos Capital/Grace and Mercy Foundation Office, in The New York Times building. Attendees heard from Bob Doll, Chief Equity Strategist, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. In his talk, Doll explores what redemptive finance might mean here in New York.

May 15, 2017

Christian Union Hosts Annual Conference for Students, Professionals

This spring, approximately 250 students from some of the nation's leading universities and marketplace professionals from key cities gathered for Christian Union's Nexus Conference to "draw near to the throne of grace." The conference, based on Hebrews 4:16, was held April 7-9 at the Marriott Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut.Attendees entered into powerful worship, heard from an array of dynamic speakers, and participated in breakout sessions and seminars that examined how faith and culture intersect.

May 8, 2017
Jim Black, Christian Union's Ministry Director at Columbia University, spoke at an event in Phoenix, Arizona, as a featured Bible teacher. During his talk, he delved into the concept of God’s grace, conveying that it is not just a source of deliverance, but a source of strength in times of strife. 

May 4, 2017
The biweekly eNewsletter from Christian Union How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, 'Your God reigns.' — Isaiah 52:7

April 20, 2017
The biweekly eNewsletter from Christian Union Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. — John 14:27

April 18, 2017
A Student's Perspective Josh Alexakos is a senior at Darmouth who hails from Hingham, Massachusetts. The government major keeps busy with his involvement in the Beta Alpha Omega Fraternity, Club Basketball, and as a Dream Mentor. Josh is also involved in Christian Union at Dartmouth. Recently he shared:"I am so thankful for the mentorship and Christian teaching that Christian Union has provided for me. It has helped me to grow so much as a man, and more importantly

April 14, 2017
The core of Christian ideology is grounded in the knowledge that Jesus came to reconcile the world with His Father, and died on the cross to open to us the glory of salvation. However, many of us forget that Christ’s disciples were entirely unprepared for this approach to kingship. According to a piece on RZIM: 

April 12, 2017
As Christians we possess a fundamental understanding that each person has inherent worth, since we are made in the image and likeness of God. However, we often stand alone in this belief, as movements within our culture try to lead us to believe that worth is based on the usefulness of a person, and not upon the inherent fact that they are God’s creation. They teach that the old, the unborn, and those with physical or mental disabilities are not worthy of life, since they do not contribute to personal or societal gain. 

April 5, 2017
The biweekly eNewsletter from Christian Union Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. — Romans 12:12

March 23, 2017
The biweekly eNewsletter from Christian Union Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. — Hosea 14:9

March 8, 2017
The biweekly eNewsletter from Christian Union I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith... — Philippians 3:8-9

February 23, 2017
It’s not too late to join in the 40-day-fast now underway, from February 13 to March 24. The concept of fasting has been somewhat lost on our modern culture, especially here in America, where we experience so much bounty. However, it is a practice which warrants being re-introduced into our lives and the lives of those around us.

February 22, 2017
The biweekly eNewsletter from Christian Union The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. — Lamentations 3:25-26

February 20, 2017
Scientific and Ethical ConsiderationsStanford University Medical School professor Dr. William Hurlbut was the featured speaker at Christian Union New York's Forum on February 7, 2017. Listen or download audio of talk 

February 10, 2017
Released in January, Martin Scorsese’s latest movie, Silence, is set in the year 1639, during the Japanese persecution of Christians. The film is a moving mediation on suffering in the Christian tradition, particularly what it means that Jesus Christ, a “man of sorrows and acquainted with grief,” is “God with us” when we are weak, doubting and wracked with pain ourselves.

February 10, 2017
We live in a society that behaves as though truth and love are incompatible. Those who would err on the side of love may even prefer to manipulate the truth to avoid offending others. We may even excuse such actions as evidence of neighborly love. Why?

February 8, 2017
The biweekly eNewsletter from Christian Union For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. — Luke 11:10