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This American Life at PSU

December 16, 2009 in Events, Miscellaneous by Ruthie | No comments

Ira came to campus and episode 396 of This American Life, “#1 Party School,” will air this weekend on WPSU 91.5. The episode will also be available streaming online at www.thisamericanlife.org.

The sypnosis from http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=396:

This year, The Princeton Review named Penn State the #1 Party School in America. It’s a rotating crown—last year it was University of Florida, before that it was West Virginia University. So we wondered: What is it like to be at the country’s top party school? This American Life producers spent a recent football weekend at Penn State to figure this out. There, we learned the definition of “fracket” (think frat plus jacket); the best way to clean up beer cans after a big party (snow shovel); and how hard it is to get college kids to drink less (really hard).

I’ll be listening.

Peter Kreeft: A Christian Ghandi Would Like

November 30, 2009 in Events by admin | No comments

by Natalie Plumb

peter-kreeft“I hope I’ve confused you a little bit.” Peter Kreeft intrigued the approximately 100-member audience with this concluding statement of his lecture titled “The Philosophy of Jesus.”

A philosopher and author of over 55 books, Kreeft was invited to speak the night of Nov. 6 by the Newman Catholic Association. The event was sponsored by Newman, but funded in part by the University Park Allocation Committee. The lecture was prompted by a list of 177 thought and study questions that were given to the audience.

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Questioning Christianity?

November 16, 2009 in Events by admin

0808-0712-3117-5830A special seminar called Questioning Christianity: Hard Questions, Real Answers  will be held on the Penn State University Park campus on the evening of Tuesday, November 17.  Anyone who has honest questions about the truthfulness of the historic Christian faith is encouraged to attend.

The forum will take place in the Memorial Lounge of the Pasquerilla Center from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.  It is hosted by Disciplemakers Christian Fellowship.  For more information, contact Brian Seay, seayb@dm.org.

Our Messy Bible

November 16, 2009 in Events by admin | 3 comments

by Joe Schafer

Last month, I attended a weekend forum sponsored by ACT 3, the ministry of my friend John Armstrong.  The forum was led by Peter Enns, who spoke on topic Reading the Old Testament as Jesus Did.

0801027306mEnns is the author of a popular but controversial book Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament (2005, Baker Academic).  In this book he addresses the difficult question of what Christians mean when they claim that the Bible, a book whose words were written by men, is also the inspired word of God.  Enns presents an incarnational model that upholds divine inspiration while acknowledging the contextual and cultural influences of the human writers.

Throughout the forum, Enns suggested that we approach the Old Testament as the writers of the New Testament did.  How did Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul and Peter handle the OT?  Not very well, if they are judged by standards of modern evangelical scholarship.  Suppose one of these NT authors was enrolled in a modern seminary that holds to the inerrancy of Scripture. And suppose he applied verses from the OT to Jesus  in the manner found throughout the NT.  What kind of grade would he receive?  He would fail.

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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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