The biweekly eNewsletter from Christian Union
For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
— Psalm 47:2
Simply Good News
By N.T. Wright
From Talks at Google
The Morning After
By Charles Drew
From Center for Christian Civics
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Some of us are jubilant about the results of November 8. Some of us are despondent. Both reactions need to be tempered. Jubilation needs to be tempered by humility. Despondency needs to be tempered by hope. In both cases King Jesus must do the tempering. |
Double Duty
By Eileen Scott, Senior Writer
From Christian Union
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Rob Hendricks, a member of Christian Union's ministry at Cornell, has become the first undergraduate ever to be accepted to the Cornell Law School. He is simultaneously a senior at Cornell and a first-year law student. |
A Grieving Pastor's Thoughts on Grieving
By Erik Schmidt
From The Federalist
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Grief makes no sense. I mean, of course grief makes sense, in that something so precious, so beautiful, something we just took for granted that would always be there, was ripped away from us. We are not meant to be torn apart by sin, death, and the devil, but we are. We are not whole, so we grieve when we suffer genuine loss... |
4 Cultural Trends Leading to the Decline of Religious Liberty
By Trevin Wax
From The Gospel Coalition
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Religious liberty, America's "first freedom," has fallen on hard times lately. A few years ago, a survey showed that nearly 40 percent of Americans believed the First Amendment's protections "go too far." That number has decreased in later surveys (thankfully), but it's still a troubling sign... |
Prayer Requests
CHRISTIAN UNION UNIVERSITY MINISTRIES
Christian Union is interviewing and considering candidates for several key positions, including the vice president of university ministries, and ministry faculty roles at Yale, Dartmouth and Harvard Law. Please pray for the Lord's guidance and wisdom — that each person hired would be a perfect fit.
CHRISTIAN UNION NEW YORK CITY MINISTRY
There are many ways in which we sharpen each other in the body of Christ, and the role of older men and women modeling faithfulness and counseling younger ones is one highlighted both in Scripture and history. Please pray for those in our New York mentoring program, both those serving as mentors and those being mentored. Pray for wisdom, discernment and courage to speak, hear and apply truth and godly counsel.
