Seat Of The Scornful

John Marson Dunaway, French and Interdisciplinary Studies, Mercer University [Nov. 28, 2010] — As I recently read the beginning of Through the Psalms with Derek Prince, I was struck with his meditation on Ps 1:1-3, which I had memorized over twenty years ago....

You’ve Got What It Takes

Tim Davis, Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department, University of Florida [Oct. 24, 2010] — “We just want to get to the root of the problem and find out where the tentacles are.” That’s how my friend described the agenda for a meeting called...

Caring

Mary Pedersen, Associate Dean College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo [Sept. 26, 2010] — How could they think I don’t care about them? We have a lot of different components on our student evaluation forms and for years I...

This Professor Is A ROFLcopter

Samuel E. Matteson Physics University of North Texas, [August 29, 2010]— I stared at the student comment I held in my hand and scratched my head with the other. “This professor is a ROFLcopter,” it read. I wondered what this obscure expression meant until I...

It’s Not Natural, Lord!

Samuel E Matteson Physics, University of North Texas [March 28, 2010]— Jesus pronounced some commandments that sometimes I wish He had not. Like doing good to those who want to harm you – loving your enemies. “That’s just not natural,” I say to myself. God seems...

Forgiven

Mark G. White Director and Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr. Endowed Chair Mississippi State University [Nov. 16, 2009] — Several years ago, I had a remarkable office visit. A former student who had graduated more than a decade earlier from my prior university stopped...