"Cheerful Courage and Compassion"

Here's an article in The Gospel Coalition on InterVarsity's response to challenges:

How Marginalization Can Empower Christians on Mission

An excerpt:
 "...because InterVarsity students did not see exaggerate their difficulties, they were better prepared to treat their opponents with respect and dignity. They overcame the temptation to resent the people who marginalized them. Even though they were taunted and shamed, accused of being intolerant bigots no better than white supremacists, they cheerfully served the people who maligned them. They brought water and doughnuts to LGBT groups protesting them. They took stands against LGBT bullying even while facing ideological bullies in university leadership. They prayed for their university leaders and found creative ways to support and strengthen the institutions that were bent on driving them out.

David French witnessed InterVarsity’s cheerful courage and compassion firsthand:

“With my own eyes I’ve seen young college students – kids who months before never imagined they’d be at the center of a national controversy – braving physical intimidation in deliberately darkened hallways, barred from entering campus hearing rooms to respectfully defend religious freedom. I’ve seen young women endure rape threats and death threats yet double down on their faith commitments and commitment to free speech for all. Young students have been subjected to Star Chamber-like proceedings in which furious campus administrators tried to hector them into doubting and denying their faith. And students have turned out by the hundreds, crowding campus buildings, to pray for their university and protest their unjust punishments.”

InterVarsity leaders challenged policies they believed were unwise or discriminatory, but whenever they lost, they submitted to the decisions and moved forward without campus recognition."

Is Christ "Just Another Theme" in the Old Testament?

Here is my brother, Dr. Scott Redd, pulled aside to discuss briefly with the Gospel Coalition how we can correctly understand Christ in the Old Testament. (Seven minutes so just short-enough for carpool line!)

I am not biased, right? But I think this may be enlightening and encouraging as one starting point for those who want to make sure they see Christ in the Old Testament without falling into the mistake of wrongly allegorizing every narrative and event.

Here is the 7-minute video

VIDEO

Here is an article:

ARTICLE

"The Poor" as a Reality, not a Concept

A typically well-researched and well-stated article from an old friend who has labored in the domestic policy realm for years; here's Jennifer A. Marshall on really helping "the poor."

(A renaissance woman, she now attends my brother's seminary, Reformed Theological Seminary of DC.)

LINK to article

Christ in the Old Testament

Here is a Gospel Coalition video of a panel discussion on Christ in the OT (including my brother, Scott Redd, President of Reformed Theological seminary in DC and professor of Old Testament)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5lt3S4qvAeY#!

Christ in the Old Testament

Here is my brother at The Gospel Coalition Blog discussing Christ in the Old Testament. (Scott has a doctorate in Semitic Languages and Literature.)

Christ Is Not Just Another Theme in the Old Testament