Kent Gramm is a popular English professor at Wheaton College; he has taught there for two decades, and been married to his wife for three decades. Now he and his wife are getting divorced. Wheaton allows divorced faculty members to retain employment “when there is reasonable evidence that the circumstances that led to the final dissolution of the marriage related to desertion or adultery on the part of the other partner." Dr. Gramm, however is retiring; as he told the Chicago Sun-Times last week: "I think it's wrong to have to accuse your spouse and to discuss with your employer your per... [read more]

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This past weekend there was an alumni symposium held at Wheaton College regarding the evangelical church of the past 40 years; it consisted of a conversation between Nathan Hatch, Mark Noll, and John Piper (all of whom graduated from Wheaton in 1968).If you click the link below you can hear the audio from their conversation (10-minute open statements, interactions, and Q&A). 1968, A Year in Crisis: Evangelical Churches Then and Now A Conversation with Dr. Nathan Hatch '68, Dr. Mark Noll '68, and Dr. John Piper '68 ... [read more]

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Os Guinness will be Al Mohler's guest tonight on Mohler's radio program, where they will discuss the Evangelical Manifesto. You can listen to lit live online.Advertising:

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Congratulations to Jim Hamilton, recently appointed as associate professor of biblical theology at Southern Seminary.Advertising:

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A friend passes along some first-hand accounts of what is going on in Myanmar in terms of getting aid to those in need. I post this (with permission) to encourage your prayers that relief would find its way to those who need it:As they were sitting in the airport waiting to board their plane they saw the international aid arrive on big planes. Then they saw the army's helicopters arrive, fill up with loot and fly away. They promptly came back after 30 minutes to fill up again. Others confirmed that the aid went to a government warehouse.On Myanmar TV and maybe on your own TV you have seen t... [read more]

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Al Mohler has a lengthy, thoughtful response to the Evangelical Manifesto. Read the whole thing; here's the conclusion:In the end, I must judge "An Evangelical Manifesto" to be too expansive in terms of public relations and too thin in terms of theology. I admire so much of what this document states and represents, but I cannot accept it as a whole. I want it to be even more theological, and to be far more specific about the Gospel, I agree with the framers that Evangelicals should be defined theologically, rather than politically, culturally, or socially. This document will have to be ... [read more]

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Stan Guthrie interviews an emergency communications officer for World Vision about the situation on the ground, regarding the red tape and what readers can do to help. Here's the final answer:One of the things that makes World Vision unique as an NGO is that we are "child-centric." We were founded with the biblical call to work with women and children—to protect them and to be an advocate for them. And we're very concerned about the children that we have.We have about 10,000 children in the center of the destruction in the five regions that have been marked as the hardest hit, and we have... [read more]

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I noticed tonight on the Gospel Coalition website that a number of the council members answered that question. Here are some of the answers:D. A. Carson:Much depends on the context of the question. If the context is hunting for a universal need, such that the phrase “in America today” assumes that whatever the local phenomena we should focus on human needs that are found everywhere (including “in America today”), then we must return to fundamentals: the most urgent need is to know God as he has disclosed himself, by the means he has given to know him, and thus be reconciled to him, ... [read more]

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If you've ever wanted to learn more about theology, check out this new course on Introduction to Theology, which starts next month. I recommend the work of the Theology Program and the folks at Reclaiming the Mind Ministries.Advertising:

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A very wise and helpful post here by Sean Lucas for anyone considering a PhD--and why many students enter seminary planning to be a pastor and leave wanting to be a professor.Advertising:

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