The public is invited to an evening of celebration and fellowship at the annual Reformation Banquet hosted by New Aberdeen College. For Protestants, the Reformation marks the recovery of the doctrines of grace and a renewed commitment to a faith grounded in Scripture. Outside of the Christian calendar, there is hardly a more important festivity!…
Last weekend I watched The Return to the Hiding Place, a film tracing college students’ role in the Dutch Resistance during World War II. The movie contains a powerful scene in which a German officer confronts and threatens the student body president. The Nazi’s dictum struck a chord: “As goes the will of the students,…
He is currently writing a Systematic Theology as well as a Doctrine of God for Baker Academic. He is the author of Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit(Baker), which won the Christianity Today Book of the Year award in theology and ethics. He is also the author of many other books such as The Reformation as…
Contributed by Josslyn Ervin, Incoming Freshman When Macy Moon Elizabeth Howell arrived on July 6, 2016, she was a tiny baby, full of joy. Born at twenty-nine weeks, she weighed three pounds, two ounces, and was seventeen inches long. Two weeks later, Graham and Libby Howell stood together before a crib. They were about to…
By Josh Pauling, Guest Contributor In the summer of 2024, Open AI, a leading company in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), released its latest version of ChatGPT, called GPT-4o, where the “o” stands for “omni,” meaning all. This “omni-tool” can generate text, audio, and images, speak in a human voice, and perceive and interpret…
Dr. Ryan Smith Diligent study. Pursuit of Christ. Service to others. But what else can you expect as a student at New Aberdeen? A vibrant student life is crucial for a positive college experience. This is how you develop deeper friendships, relieve stress, discover new interests, and for some, find a spouse. Pursuing wisdom includes…
Both Scripture and biology provide objective standards for understanding our sexualityBy Dr. Ryan Smith “If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you…” From Rudyard Kipling, “If” Kipling’s insight is nowhere more evident than in the news that St. Philip’s College in San Antonio, Texas, fired Dr….