“Forget the Ivory Towers: Seminaries and Their Challenges”
Read an Oct. 17, 2011, column at Patheos.com that discusses the effects of culture-shifts on seminaries.
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“The iSeminary Cometh”
Read an April 23, 2010, article in Christianity Today about the growth of church enrollment due to convenience brought by the internet.
Rockbridge Seminary
Rockbridge Seminary is the nation’s first online-only seminary. Its offices are in Springfield, Mo. It reports an enrollment rate growing at 29 percent. Contact through President Daryl Eldridge.
“Raw: White Smoke Signals New Pope”
The Associated Press posted a video on YouTube of the white smoke that signaled a decision had been made.
“Pope Francis I: First tweet is ‘HABEMUS PAPAM FRANCISCUM'”
The Los Angeles Times reported that the Vatican tweeted the big news within minutes of Francis’ balcony appearance.
“Building Mosques, Importing Jihad”
Read an interview at BeliefNet with Brian Glynn Williams, a historian of Islam, who says that “Islam is not the driving machine behind the Chechen resistance.”
“What to Read Now on Chechnya: The best background info on the Boston suspects”
The New Republic has a site with links to key background resources on Chechnya and the role it may have played in the lives of the Tsarnaev brothers.
“FRC Blames ‘Sexual Liberalism’ and ‘Family Breakdown’ for Mass Murders”
The Family Research Council, a leading advocacy group for social conservativism, drew fire for an email that seemed to blame liberal values for tragedies like the Boston Marathon bombing and gun attacks.
“Boy at Home in U.S., Swayed by One Who Wasn’t”
Read a New York Times story on the two brothers and what may have led them to abandon fairly normal lives for acts of terrorism.