March « 2009 « Between The Times

Global Context (China): Chinese Lessons

Mar 6th, 2009 by Bruce Ashford

Global Context (East Asia-China): Chinese Lessons
By: Bruce Riley Ashford
This series of posts deals with the global context in its many dimensions-historical, social, cultural, political, economic, and religious. We will provide book notices, book reviews, and brief essays on these topics. We hope that you will find this series helpful as you live and bear witness in a complex and increasingly hyper-connected world.
Chinese Lessons is a lively, witty, and intimate portrait of five Chinese nationals who … [Read More]

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Global Context (Afghanistan) A Thousand Splendid Suns

Mar 4th, 2009 by Bruce Ashford

Global Context (Afghanistan): A Thousand Splendid Suns
Reviewed by: Bruce Riley Ashford
This series of posts deals with the global context in its historical, social, cultural, political, economic, demographic, and religious dimensions in particular. We will provide book notices, book reviews, and brief essays on these topics. We hope that you will find this series helpful as you live and bear witness in a complex and increasingly hyper-connected world.
Khaled Hosseini’s second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, is a … [Read More]

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Pastoral Leadership, Part 7: Communication

Mar 3rd, 2009 by Daniel Akin

I have the joy of teaching in our Doctor of Ministry Program at Southeastern Seminary. It is an outstanding program of study with majors in Expository Preaching, Leadership, Biblical Counseling, Faith and Culture, and Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth. You can learn more about the program by going here or by phone at 919-761-2216.
Recently, I received a very fine paper from one of my students on “Leadership in the Local Church.” The author is a … [Read More]

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Audio Available for the Making Men Moral Conference

Mar 2nd, 2009 by Nathan Finn

Last week Union University hosted a conference titled Making Men Moral: The Public Square and the Role of Moral Judgment. The purpose of the conference was to honor the 15th anniversary of Robert P. George’s Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality. If you are unfamiliar with Prof. George, he is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He is also … [Read More]

Global Context (China): Chinese Lessons

Global Context (Afghanistan) A Thousand Splendid Suns

Pastoral Leadership, Part 7: Communication

Audio Available for the Making Men Moral Conference

Pastoral Leadership, Part 6: Competence