February 20, 2017
Scientific and Ethical ConsiderationsStanford University Medical School professor Dr. William Hurlbut was the featured speaker at Christian Union New York's Forum on February 7, 2017. Listen or download audio of talk
February 10, 2017
Released in January, Martin Scorsese’s latest movie, Silence, is set in the year 1639, during the Japanese persecution of Christians. The film is a moving mediation on suffering in the Christian tradition, particularly what it means that Jesus Christ, a “man of sorrows and acquainted with grief,” is “God with us” when we are weak, doubting and wracked with pain ourselves.
February 10, 2017
We live in a society that behaves as though truth and love are incompatible. Those who would err on the side of love may even prefer to manipulate the truth to avoid offending others. We may even excuse such actions as evidence of neighborly love. Why?
February 8, 2017
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For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. — Luke 11:10
February 2, 2017
A Student's Perspective
Aimee Knaus, Class of 2017, is involved with Christian Union's ministry at the University of Pennsylvania. The international studies and business management major feels she has two hometowns: Lynchburg, Virginia, and Amman, Jordan. Her campus activities include: Christian Union at Penn; the Penn Arab Student Society; and the Undergraduate Assembly."I grew up in an American family in Jordan and the Togolese Republic. I've found God is using my international upbringing to aid refugees in very tangible ways.
February 1, 2017
Students Deliver Sandwiches, and Christian Insights, to Peers
February 1, 2017
Christian Union NYC Impacts, Networks Young Professionals
by Catherine Elvy, Staff WriterYoung professional believers are eager to integrate their faith into their careers.To help them assimilate into the workforce and thrive there, the director of Christian Union's ministry for professionals in New York City is expanding the organization's slate of community groups, which focus upon biblical study and leadership training."There's definitely a strong desire to link what they're studying to their daily lives," said Scott Crosby, director of Christian Union New York City (NYCU). "Now that they are spending 12 to 14 hours a day at work, their questions are less theoretical and, more and more, 'where does this apply and how does this work out?'"February 1, 2017
Qin '19 Inspired by Christian Union at Brown
February 1, 2017
Ministry Hosts Author of 'Revival Stories'
February 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
Christian Union Purchases Historic Building
by Catherine Elvy, staff writerChristian Union is preparing to open the doors to the Robert L. Melrose Center for Christian Leadership, just a block from Princeton University.The facility will provide office space for Christian Union's ministry team at Princeton, as well as meeting space for Bible courses, mentoring and prayer sessions, alumni events, and other gatherings."It will be a great place off campus for students to feel like they are hosted in a really warm, welcoming space," said Jon Nielson, Christian Union's director of ministry at Princeton.In October, Christian Union purchased the historic home at 19 Vandeventer Avenue, a block north of Firestone Library.February 1, 2017
Foreign Missionary Was Influenced by Brainerd, Carey, and the Word
February 1, 2017
A Christian Union: The Magazine Interview
February 1, 2017
J. Christy Wilson, Jr. and His Impact on World Evangelization
January 26, 2017
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Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. — Psalm 25:5
January 12, 2017
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Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. — Psalm 119:105
January 4, 2017
Recent graduates and professionals come together for a weekend of compelling speakers and dynamic worship.
April 7-9, 2017Samford MarriotSamford, ConnecticutBringing together recent graduates and professionals from various professions and locations for a life-changing weekend of dynamic worship and compelling ideas about faith and its relevance to our work and culture in light of what it means to change the world.
January 4, 2017
No one wants to be criticized, regardless of whether the criticism is intended to be constructive or derisive. Nonetheless, criticism is a component of culture: we see criticism everywhere, from the comments section of a news article to exchanges in the workplace. How then, are we to deal with criticism? Naturally, we are tempted to turn and defend ourselves, often times wanting to prove we are “better” in some manner than our criticizers. But is this the best way to react? In a blogpost, Timothy Keller expounds sage advice on how we are to deal with criticism from a Christian perspective.
January 3, 2017
A Student's Perspective
Kylen Soriano, Class of 2018, is one of the students involved with Christian Union's ministry at Brown. The biology major hails from Los Angeles, California. His campus activities include: Christian Union (2015-16 Co-President); Club Basketball; Undergraduate Research in Regenerative Medicine (Biotechnology); and First-Year Advising. "Because I am attending Brown, my faith has grown more in the last two years than during the rest of my life as a believer. I grew up in the church, went to youth group and led worship. I lived in a Christian bubble and didn't really know what kids my age actually did. Brown couldn't have been more of an eye-opener.
January 2, 2017
The intake of Scripture and the practice of prayer are both spiritual disciplines Christians are called to engage in daily and diligently. Should we ever combine the two and pray about our Bible reading? Writer Kristen Wetherell, in "Unlocking the Bible," suggests that we can and should pray before we begin our study of the Bible. She writes, "Reading the Bible before praying is like putting the cart before the horse. The proverbial horse is the Holy Spirit of God, who empowers and enlightens our Bible reading as we mine the depths of his Word. The proverbial cart makes up our willing eyes and hungry hearts, the Spirit-led choice to crack open our Bibles and pursue his everlasting truth. The cart must be pulled by the horse; our efforts to read must be motivated and helped by God’s grace and power. Christians come to God’s Word willing and hungry because he first made us willing and hungry to receive—but only he can enable us to receive. This is why we ask for help before we start reading." Following this explanation, Wetherell offers 22 different prayers from Psalm 119 to help us focus on the incredible gift of God’s Word: 1. Pray for wholehearted seeking: Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! 2. Pray for protection from sin: I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. 3. Pray for opened eyes: Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. 4. Pray for spiritual strength: My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. 5. Pray for delight and longing: Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain…Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life. 6. Pray to fight lies: Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise; then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me, for I trust in your word. 7. Pray to live with trust in God’s promises: This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life. 8. Pray for quick obedience: I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments. 9. Pray for good judgment and knowledge: Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. 10. Pray for God’s comfort: Let your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to your servant. 11. Pray for endurance against the enemy: All your commandments are sure; my enemies persecute me with falsehood; help me! 12. Pray to depend on God’s enduring Word: Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens… I am yours; save me, for I have sought your precepts. 13. Pray for continual meditation: Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day. 14. Pray for God’s light to guide you: Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 15. Pray for fear of the Lord: My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments. 16. Pray for trust in the Lord’s justice: I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies! It is time for the Lord to act, for your law has been broken. 17. Pray for victory over sin: Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me. 18. Pray for joy in trouble: Trouble and anguish have found me out, but your commandments are my delight. 19. Pray for God to hear you: Hear my voice according to your steadfast love; O Lord, according to your justice give me life. 20. Pray for mercy: Great is your mercy, O Lord; give me life according to your rules. 21. Pray to abhor falsehood: I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law. 22. Pray for a soul of praise: Let my soul live and praise you, and let your rules help me. Lastly, Wetherell leaves us with this exhortation, "The cart may be ready, but apart from the horse’s strength, it goes nowhere. May we bring our eagerness and hunger for Bible reading to God in prayer, trusting him to strengthen us for every gift we will receive when we open our Bibles, and depending on him to change us in the process."Scripture ministers to us like nothing else in the world can as we engage with God through its pages. Let us put down our phones in 2024 and pick up His Word each morning to "be transformed by the renewing of our mind" (Romans 12:2). As we seek God in our daily lives, it is essential that we ask Him to guide us in all matters, perhaps even in our study of Scripture. Asking God for guidance as we open this gift from Him each day holds the potential to align our hearts and minds with the heart and mind of Christ Jesus. How utterly amazing of a gift this is! Read Witherall's full article here. Learn more about a Biblical perspective on the importance of a massive intake of Scripture from Christian Union's "Seven Keys to Kingdom Advancement" Online Teaching Series here.
