I have well-meaning Christian friends from outside the Cornerstone orbit who advise me to get off this negative topic. I’m inclined to take their advice, but then I meet a Cornerstone person at a church event, or at the grocery store, or I get an email from an alumnus/a. It’s uncanny how they all say the same thing, “Keep on writing about the school, someone has to tell the sad story.” So here I go again.
Discover the Word: Prophecy, Prophets, and Jesus
What comes to mind when you hear the words “prophet” and “prophecy?” Often we think of someone who is a spiritual meteorologist who forecasts history and writes it down before it happens. But bottom line, prophets and prophetesses in the Bible delivered a message from God that many people weren’t very excited to hear. Jesus was Israel’s last prophet. How will we respond to his message?
A Stakeholder Analyzes the Closing of Clarks Summit University
This post features the detailed, candid analysis of Pastor Lee Kliewer (with his permission). CSU constituents who want to better understand what happened to their school will do well to read Kliewer’s discussion. It serves as a cautionary tale to higher education professionals, and to all who keep abreast of the current difficulties faced by evangelical institutions of higher education. “Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.” (Prov 27:6 NLT)
Cornerstone Conversations Continue
This is not going away soon. Cornerstone conversations are continuing. They focus on the administration’s culture of intimidation, politically-oriented values, and market-driven strategy. As this continues, the new CU will soon bear little resemblance to the school whose historic identity and values have been embraced by faculty, staff, alumni/ae, and stakeholders since 1941.
Wendy Widder’s Daniel Commentaries
Daniel was written to encourage Israel during its exile in Babylon. That original message of encouragement still speaks powerfully to God’s pilgrim people today. Though they live in a different sort of exile, they still look forward to a city whose builder and maker is God (Heb 11:8-16). You will find no better guide to Daniel than Wendy Widder’s two volumes.
Cornerstone University Defends Firing Humanities Faculty
By all available indicators, Cornerstone University is currently doubling down on the recent ruthless firing of eight professors, including virtually the entire humanities faculty. This is only the latest example of a pattern of dictatorial leadership. Is this how CU stakeholders want their university to be governed?