The Gospel and the University: Why the University Matters
Back in September of 2018 I had the opportunity to speak at Colorado Christian University. Don Sweeting is the President, and I had a great time at the school, addressing the faculty. I gave a talk titled: "The Gospel and the University: Why the University Matters." The talk can be accessed here.
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Excellentia et Humilitas: Excellence and Humility in the Christian Intellectual Quest
This is my Fall 2005 convocation address, given at Augustine School. In this talk I try to outline a proper understanding of excellence and its relation to humility.
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- Published: 04 September 2009 04 September 2009
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Amor et Artes: Augustine, Love, and Learning
This is my convocation address given at Augustine School in the Fall of 2006. The theme was Augustine and love and the nature of education. The ideas presented here have been expanded into an article in the Fall 2009 edition of Churchman, and is available elsewhere on this site.
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Intellectus, Christus, et Crux: The Life of the Mind in Light of Christ and the Cross
This address was the first convocation address given at Augustine School, given in 2004. The themes of this address are being fleshed out in more detail for my forthcoming book with Crossway Publishers (www.crossway.org), The Cross and the Mind: The Recovery and Shaping of the Intellectual Life.
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Sapientia et Virtus: Wisdom and Virtue and the Formation of Persons
For five out of the last six years I have had the honor of giving the Fall Convocation address at Augustine School. This address was given in August of 2008, and in it I discuss how education should ultimately be concerned with the formation of a certain type of person, and that we should always be thinking about the ultimate ends of education.
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A Talk on Richard Weaver, the Gospel, and the Restoration of Culture
To the right on the web page is a talk I have given on Richard Weaver and the gospel. I have had a long-time interest in the thought of Richard Weaver. Like many persons, somewhere along the way I discovered his book Ideas Have Consequences, . . .
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