The biweekly eNewsletter from Christian Union
Prayer: How to Do the Humanly Impossible
By John Piper
From DesiringGod.com
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If prayer is not the visible engine of our ministry, we are communicating to our people and to the world that what we do — not what God does — is decisive. We may not believe that, but we are communicating exactly that where prayer is not visibly woven into the fabric of the ministry and the family... |
The Role of the Church During the Civil Rights Movement and Today
By Catherine Elvy
From Christian Union
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God will supply for His beloved servants, even in the midst of forbidding circumstances. Rev. Lincoln Bingham spoke of this assurance at Princeton in the spring when the longtime pastor and grandson of a slave encouraged students to embrace faith and confidence in God throughout the pursuit of racial equality... |
Highlights from Nexus 2016
By Nexus 2016
From Christian Union
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Hundreds of students, representing Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, Harvard Law, Penn, Princeton, and Yale converged in the spring at Nexus 2016. Nexus challenged students to think deeply about their faith, to consider how they might put that faith into action on their campuses, and to recognize how God can use them in their future vocation for His glory. Hear first-hand what attendees said about Nexus... |
Congress Should Protect Conscience Rights for Medical Students Like Me
By Ana Maria Dumitru
From Public Discourse
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Writing in support of the just-passed Conscience Protection Act of 2016 (S. 304), a Dartmouth medical student lays out the compelling case for why freedom of speech and religious freedom should be valued and protected. "I entered the MD/PhD Program at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine in the fall of 2011. I am deeply committed to the sanctity of every human life, and I knew going into Dartmouth that many of my classmates and professors would disagree with my genuinely held beliefs. However, Dartmouth is..." |
Seven Ways to Deal with Doubt
By Michael Patton
From The Gospel Coalition
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"Do you ever struggle with doubt? You do if you’re honest. Doubt affects the lives of many believers. The reality is that no one’s faith is ever perfect in this life. That includes you. And if your faith is not perfect, then it can..." |
Prayer Requests
As Christian Union continues to prepare for the return of students to the universities where it ministers, and as the city ministry in New York gears up for the fall, the most urgent prayer need is for several key hires that must be made by the ministry in the coming weeks. Please pray for Christian Union — and for the applicants — during this process, that God would raise up exactly the right people for roles that would fulfill and challenge them.
