As the leaves on Liberty Mountain begin to take on orange and yellow tints, the air grows colder, and the sun makes shorter appearances, I begin to develop a familiar somberness. For many, these signs are the tidings of beginning seasonal depression. For me, they represent a mix of things. Once the first day of fall hits, my family pulls […]
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Gaming is a worldwide pastime. According to the statistics site Exploding Topics, in just seven years the number of gamers has increased by one billion. There are over three billion active video game players in the world today, and that number is only expected to grow. In the U.S., two out of every three people play some sort of video […]
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Shall I ruin a classic Christian children’s song for you? I think I will. Let’s sing along to the refrain of “Jesus Loves Me, This I Know”: “Yes, Jesus loves me / Yes, Jesus loves me / Yes, Jesus loves me / The Bible tells me so.” How many of us would sing these lines with annoyance now? I mean, […]
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Dignity does not decrease for those who sleep more. Still, rest and the Sabbath are two of the most transparently ignored and often discouraged observances in American culture. The standard college campus is perhaps plagued by this attitude worse than most places. Educational facilities hold all the information in the world, and yet, the notion that proper sleep is […]
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THEN From Tony Virostko’s “Perspective determines success or failure in life” (Vol. 3, No. 2; September 1985): Perspective. What could be more difficult, especially at a place like Liberty University? … You can’t be successful until you put your life into the right perspective. Now look at where you want to go. See where God wants to put you. Difficult? […]
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Let me describe what my educational experience looks like as a biomedical sciences major. I go to a lecture. I listen to information I don’t understand and am not expected to understand. I try to capture the words on the PowerPoint as much as possible. I memorize the words and images on 250 slides of PowerPoints for this unit’s test. […]
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Heart pounding, knees shaking, I listened to my EVAN 101 professor outline the assignment requirements for the evangelism paper. My forehead wrinkled and eyes directed to the floor, something within me didn’t feel right as I began to prepare myself for approaching and talking to an unbelieving stranger. I took EVAN 101 in the fall semester of my freshman year […]
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Dear Lord, As you are, of course, my Lord. In fact, it’s hard to think of you in any other way but as my Lord or King. Sometimes it’s very difficult to see you as other things, like my friend. To me, with a friend, I can complain. To you, I don’t believe I have the right. I’m just the […]
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Have you heard the new Olivia Rodrigo album? I have heard this question a lot lately from unbelievers and Christians alike. Christians are called to not conform to the world (Romans 12:1-3) yet they care about the same cultural questions as those who do not know Jesus. Often, when we Christians grow tired of worldly messaging in pop music, we […]
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When you hear the word “grace,” what comes to mind? I automatically think of all the times that I’ve harmed someone or been thoughtless in intention, word and deed. The crushing weight of knowing that I couldn’t retreat from an ill-made decision was remedied by the overwhelming relief of hearing the person I had wronged tell me that all was […]
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THEN From Bruce Stanton’s “Bruce … on Liberty” (Vol. 5, No. 9; October 1987): “It sure is … uh … different, isn’t it?” my semi-shell-shocked mom (Ada) said upon first seeing the LU campus when my parents brought me up here nine weeks ago. … She knew things would be different up here, but not like this. You see, Mom […]
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Droughts, climate change, war and government corruption are the four main causes of food insecurity in third-world countries. Ethiopia, however, is unlike any other country, as its citizens are enduring the repercussions of government fraud, a recent civil war and an ongoing drought. The fallout of these events has resulted in the starvation of over 20 million Ethiopians. A 2023 […]
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With the increase in attention to the transgender movement, there have been growing conversations among the political right about whether someone can stand for the acceptance of homosexual rights while standing against the transgender movement. Organizations like Gays Against Groomers and activists like Dave Rubin argue that conservatives can stand for gay marriage and the L, G and B while […]
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For those who were at Liberty when Jay Lowder came in 2021, you’ll remember the murmurs of excitement for how many people came up to the stage that day to get saved or to rededicate their lives to Christ. Perhaps you too were excited for the hundreds of students. Well, I was rather depressed about it. “Why on earth,” you […]
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The 2024 presidential election is in full swing, with primaries on both sides firing up. As the Iowa caucus quickly approaches on Jan. 15, 2024, many voters are wondering who the strongest candidate on both sides of the aisle will be. Before we dive into detail, we need to define what I mean by “strongest” in this analysis. There are […]
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