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Modest No More

November 11, 2009 in Commentary by admin | 2 comments

by Caitie Hutton

nice-girlLess is not always more. Especially when it comes to clothing on a Friday night. More and more college women are wearing next to nothing in an effort to stand out and “look hott.” Instead of rejecting the sex-symbol stereotypes about women in the media and pop culture, young women are reinforcing them.

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My Amazing Professor

November 10, 2009 in Commentary by admin

by Susan Hong

[Editor's note: This article was written by a graduate student at a medium-sized private university.  The original post can be viewed at Susan's blog.]

I lucked out with having one of the most amazing, personable departments ever. Most students tell me about how apathetic, cold, and sometimes even spiteful their professors can be. I realize that I am blessed. God blessed me with the BEST professors and advisors- we’re talking incredibly accomplished people in their field, Harvard Ph.D’s who are on the frontlines of social science, medicine/epidemiology, public health, and political science research. Not only are they accomplished, but they are NICE!

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How Should We Evangelize?

November 9, 2009 in Videos by admin | 3 comments

This skit is hilarious…

Reflections on Christianity in the Korean-American Community

November 7, 2009 in Commentary by admin | 4 comments

churchsteeple2by Andrew Kim

A majority of Korean-Americans identify themselves as Christian.  If they attend church on a weekly basis, one would assume that they did so because of their faith.  But faith is not the sole reason that Korean-Americans spend their Sundays in God’s house.  Upon their arrival in America, many Koreans speak very little English.  One of the few escapes from this strange new world in which they are submerged is the church.  Church becomes a place not only for prayer but a haven where Koreans can feel comfortable, surrounded by people who resemble them.

About 40% of Korean-American Christians became Christian after their arrival in United States.  The church became an important place for social gathering. It makes us wonder how many of these “conversions” are real. Do they see themselves as Christians because they began to identify with a new social group? Or did they truly see the light through the preaching of the gospel and having their hearts changed by God?

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Peter Kreeft is Coming

November 4, 2009 in Events by admin | 8 comments

by Seed staffpeter-kreeft
 

Peter Kreeft, one of the most widely respected Christian apologists of our day, is coming to Penn State to speak on Friday, November 6.

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Dr Kreeft is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College.  He also serves on the faculty at Kings College in New York City. He has published more than 50 books, including the classic text Handbook of Christian Apologetics (1994, InterVarsity Press) which he coauthored with Ronald K. Tacelli.  Kreeft is Roman Catholic, but his work is widely read and valued by Christians of all traditions.  He became a primary source for Lee Strobel’s The Case for Faith (2000, Zondervan), in which he helps Strobel to wrestle with the age-old question, “How can an  all-powerful and loving God allow the existence of evil?”

Dr. Kreeft will speak at 7 pm in  121 Sparks. His visit is sponsored by the Newman Catholic Student Association. Come out and listen to him, and tell us what you think.

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The Next Evangelicalism

November 3, 2009 in Books by admin | 3 comments

the-next-evangelicalismby Joe Schafer

A review of The Next Evangelicalism by Soong-Chan Rah (2009, InterVarsity Press)

At the risk of sounding overly harsh, I feel compelled to counterbalance the glowing recommendations this book has received from Philip Jenkins and Scot McKnight (whom I admire) and many others.

Rah’s contention is that the western Church needs to be rescued from its “white cultural captivity” in three key areas: individualism, materialism and racism. This is a serious and important topic.

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Welcome to Our New Website!

November 3, 2009 in Seed by admin | 7 comments

by Seed staff

The first issue of Seed was a 12-page full color magazine released at the end of the 2009 Spring semester.  This fall, we have decided to move from print media to blogging.  We chose to do this for the following reasons.

Cost.  Producing  a magazine is expensive.   Raising funds to cover printing costs takes time and energy that we would rather spend doing the things we love, such as meeting new people, thinking, discussing and writing.

Circulation.  With a blog, we can reach an unlimited number of readers.

Timeliness.  Now we can publish as often as we like.  We hope to generate new pieces every week, or even more often.

Interactivity.  Readers can join in the discussion by leaving comments.

Bottom line:  In the long run, a blog is a much more effective way of accomplishing what we want to do, which is “to promote creative expression and thoughtful, non-confrontational discussion of spiritual issues.”

We hope you enjoy this website.  Feel free to join the discussion. Spread the word about us.  And come back and visit us often.

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The Pilgrims

April 22, 2009 in Fiction by admin

by Ryan Prins
 
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Before me lay a vast desert. How long it had been since that wilderness had last seen rain, I could not say. Three years perhaps, or four. Long fissures reached like fingers across the clay-baked expanse. A few sun-scorched crags were the jealous residents of that wasteland. Allowing no creatures, no living things to share their kingdom, they were disturbed only by a light sand, swept by a fiery wind.

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What is a Bible-believing Christian?

April 22, 2009 in Commentary by admin

by Oleg Shklyaev
 
 

Holy Bible

Christians of different denominations read different Bibles.  The collection of texts known as the Bible has changed over time.  The earliest Christians had the Old Testament, some letters from the apostles and oral tradition. A list of 22 books of the New Testament appeared in the Muratorian Canon around AD 180. In AD 365, Athanasius of Alexandria listed 27 books. A Latin edition of the Bible called the Vulgate appeared in AD 383 and became the standard for the Western world. In addition to the 66 books found in the current Protestant Bible, the Vulgate also had the so-called deuterocanonical books and apocrypha. Some differences persist today. For instance, the Ethiopian “narrow” canon includes 81 books.

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Submit to Love

April 22, 2009 in Poetry by admin | 1 comment

by Andy Wagner

Love is such a humbling thingDLF Logo
Like water, supple and soft
Quiet or talkative
Drink it in you’re sure to be refreshed
Become immersed and you will surely drown
Like love, water comforts as well as strikes
Either as a flood carrying off a mountain
Or slowly carving
Love can humble
But it is met with such opposition
We know we must practice it
But we don’t understand it at all
Subconsciously we resist it
And like the mountains
We are carved into

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