A variety of contributions made by various members of C-A-N- to share thoughts and encourage one another.
The opening beatitudes taught by Jesus’ on the mount had such authority and brought a completely unexpected but world changing message to the onlookers. For the religious leaders the message was sharper than a double edge sword and piercing every point of defence they sought to find inside of themselves. It was frustrating them even…
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The living area God cleared for us Recently, my 2yr 9mth grandson drew a picture inside my birthday card with just clouds along the upper edge and a squiggle along the lower edge which he said was sea. The blank between neatly fitted my birthday greetings on the facing page. It was as though he…
A theological stance on universities in the UK God’s book of creation The so-called secularisation of British universities is better understood, my paper for the 2005 C-A-N- Conference argued (q.v.), as God’s exposure to unbelievers of much more of the culture and biology of humanity that he has created and upholds. Nature, society and individual…
Conversation across boundaries By: Frank Furedi My experiences during a visit to St Norbert College in Wisconsin have provoked continuing reflections on their relevance to British universities. Ideas matter St Norbert is small liberal arts college just a few miles down the road from Green Bay. What struck me most about this institution was the seriousness…
Nearly everyone in the corporate world has heard of Lean, which comes from the Toyota Production System, and which dramatically accelerated the performance of Toyota and countless other companies. Due to its impact, Lean has spread from automobiles to aircraft to nearly every industry. But it is not so well known and even less practiced…
How do people get to hear the Christian message within our circles of influence? “It is very striking in the book of Acts how much of the apostles’ testimony came as a prophetic comment on some in breaking of the Spirit which had just taken place. Acts 3:12 is one of many such examples: “When Peter saw…
The Church, the Clergy and Political Power I write the following because many people either take the view that there should be a separation of religion and state, as in America or France,or that they should be one as in some Muslim nations. Actually I believe both these opposite views are mistaken as I hope…
Christian theology is “the laughing stock of the arts faculty” In English universities. This is said to be the result of institutional secularism, to which an answer would be the founding of church-run universities in the UK. Doubt has been expressed though that British universities are in themselves anti-Christian or against religion. For example, many…
“The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in God protects you from that.” Proverbs 29:25 (Message Bible) Looking back on my years in the academy, I believe many times failure to mention our faith to our students and colleagues is because of fearing the possible consequences (e.g., rejection, ridicule, persecution). Satan uses this to keep us…