October 4, 2013
Debate at Columbia University Features Apologist and Atheist
Belief in a supreme deity provides a solid foundation for embracing morality.Atheists, however, are only left with matter, energy, and the space-time continuum. Such elements are simply not enough to explain the existence of morality – or provide a basis for divine skeptics to claim atheism is compatible with the principles of objective morals.
Those were some of the key points from David Wood when the Christian apologist debated atheist Kile Jones May 6 at Columbia University. The debate was entitled, "Good without God: Is God Necessary for Morality?"
October 4, 2013
Dr. Ben Carson Says Political Correctness Is Damaging the United States
From low-income underachiever to prominent neurosurgeon, Dr. Ben Carson personifies the American dream. However, in his latest book, America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great, Carson, Yale '73, warns readers that the dream could become mere fantasy if freedom of speech is silenced by political correctness and the nation loses sight of the values, freedoms, and faith upon which it was founded.
October 4, 2013
Authors Tell Students to Defend Liberty, Speak the Truth in Love
In speeches during the spring semester, writers R.R. Reno, Yale PhD '90, and Eric Metaxas, Yale '84, exhorted college students and the nation to be aware of the growing sentiment against religious freedom.
"We're in the midst of climate change—one that's getting colder and colder toward religion," said Reno when he addressed students at Hillsdale College in Michigan.
October 4, 2013
Columbia Alumnae Document How Promiscuity Hurts Young People
Casual sexual contact poses a substantial threat to the psychological well-being of young individuals.
October 4, 2013
New Organization Offers Alternative to Hookup Culture at Princeton
A new student organization is spotlighting the dangers associated with the hookup culture that dominates Princeton University's social scene and offering counter-cultural alternatives.
During the spring semester, the university recognized The Alternative (antibiotics-antibacterials.net), which exists to expose the harmful realities of the hookup culture and encourage students to pursue an alternative lifestyle, reducing the social acceptability of promiscuous behavior.
October 1, 2013
Brown Survey Examines Students' Faith, or Lack of It
Almost half of surveyed Brown University students arrived without practicing a religion and remain faithless on campus, according to a recent poll by The Brown Daily Herald.
September 26, 2013
George Whitefield Influenced Founding of Penn, Princeton, Dartmouth
Nearly 300 years ago, George Whitefield was born in Gloucester near the mighty River Severn and the historic docks that serve as links to England's navigational legacy.
Just as the fast-flowing River Severn is famed as the longest waterway in the United Kingdom, one of its sons also is remembered for charting a far-reaching course that shaped the rich spiritual heritage of both the New and Old Worlds.
September 12, 2013
Serving Students through Ten Strategic Ministries
God is stirring up the hearts of men and women at some of America's leading universities, where Christian Union is working to develop Christian leaders. Involved students enjoy rigorous Bible courses, personal mentoring, coaching, leadership lecture series, and other events, and engaging outreach.
Christian Union's tailored approach serves in various ways that resonate with students at highly academic, deeply secular universities. Select a campus below to learn more.
The ministry provides biblical instruction and mentoring and resources for students to transform the culture of these campuses spiritually, intellectually, and socially. Christian Union's approach is designed specifically to connect with intellectually curious, highly motivated students and strongly emphasizes seeking God wholeheartedly.
The ministry currently serves students who attend the following institutions:
- Brown University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Harvard College
- Harvard Law
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- The University of Pennsylvania
- Yale University
Christian Union emphasizes: a seeking-God lifestyle; high-caliber ministry fellows; engaged and networked leaders; and organizational excellence.
September 12, 2013
Developing Christian Leaders In Strategic Cities
In City of God, Saint Augustine argues that within every city, two cities are simultaneously emerging: the city of good and the city of evil. He argues that everyone, at all times, is contributing to the emergence of one or the other.Unfortunately, in our nation’s most influential cities, the voice of those pursuing the city of good is a mere whisper. Those who more loudly lead in academia, business, entertainment, government, and legal institutions are predominantly secular.
This is why Christian Union launched its Cities ministry—to empower and equip Christian professionals in every field with a bold faith that steadily brings the city of good to bear. CU Cities helps professionals grow as godly influencers while expanding the network and impact of faithful believers.
Click here to learn more about Christian Union New York or here to read about how CU New York has been transforming lives.
September 6, 2013
Columbia Law School Alumna Founds E-Devotional
By Emily Belz, WORLD MagazineThe following story was reprinted with permission from WORLD Magazine (www.WorldMag.com).
Bethany Jenkins, an effervescent 32-year-old with a face for television, in 2009 was finishing at Columbia Law School and preparing to take the bar. She had three job offers. A prestigious New York law firm wanted her.
A federal judge offered her a clerkship. And MSNBC's Morning Joe, a top-rated cable news show, offered her a job as chief of staff. The recession was acute at the time, so one job offer was a luxury, let alone three. After a sleepless night, she turned all three down. Jenkins had decided instead to write a daily devotional. She passed the bar, but she prepared herself to work at a coffee shop.
"Am I crazy?" she asked a group of friends over lunch in Union Square the day after she turned down the jobs.
September 2, 2013
Alumni Panel
Brunch
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For questions about Christian Union Princeton Reunion 2013 activities, email Meghan.Foley@ChristianUnion.org.Visit the Princeton Alumni Association's Reunion 2013 website for the full schedule of events and activities.
May 14, 2013
By 2013, in just over 10 years of ministry at Princeton, by God's grace, Christian Union went from engaging three students in Bible courses to more than 400 students. The student Christian leadership organization resourced by Christian Union is the largest student group, religious or secular, on campus. Encouraging signs point to how God is changing lives at influential schools like Princeton. (5:29)
April 4, 2013
Ravi Zacharias Speaks before Capacity Crowd at Princeton University
A life without God is an existence without answers to some of its most penetrating questions and comfort for its most arduous challenges.Acclaimed author and broadcaster Ravi Zacharias shared those perspectives when the international minister appeared at Princeton University on April 4 at the invitation of eight campus organizations.
In a lecture entitled, Why I Am Not an Atheist, Zacharias said atheism leaves its followers with no moral absolutes and scant hope.
March 18, 2013
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November 13, 2012
Lessons from the 19th Century
In the 19th century, a member of British parliament, William Wilberforce, came to the life-altering conviction that God had placed him in a position of influence for a reason. After decades of toil, God used Wilberforce and an influential network of Christian believers working with him, dubbed the Clapham Circle, to not only end slavery in the British empire, but also to usher in an era that honored
November 5, 2012
Your spiritual vitality is a matter of national importance.
That may sound dramatic, but consider the reality – our culture is shaped by the daily decisions of industry leaders who either embrace secular values outright, or by believers who may not know how to integrate their faith and their profession, and so tacitly promote secular values.Let's take stock: How well are you equipped to bring your Christian faith and values into your profession and spheres of influence?
October 26, 2012
This talk, by Nick Nowalk on the book of Revelation, was given at Doxa, Harvard’s leadership lecture series. (49:41)
October 24, 2012
Students Spend Summer with Ministry in Uganda
Princeton students Blaire Bloxom '14 (below) and Amy Gonzalez '15 served with a humanitarian organization in Uganda this summer.
A pair of underclassmen who participate in Princeton Faith and Action, a Christian leadership development ministry resourced by Christian Union, spent part of their summer serving with a ministry that targets villages in the eastern region of Uganda.
