Not All Great Books Colleges Are Alike
Describes what distinguishes Gutenberg College's education from other "great books" colleges.
How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall: A Skill-Based Life
Makes the case that wise living is a skill acquired much like other skills.
Holding the Line Against Evil
Responds to Jack Crabtree's paper, "How to Follow Jesus When You Cannot Kill the Beast" (Summer Institute 2013), by addressing the question of how we keep from being "swept along" in a society that has turned its back on what is good.
An Algebra Apology: Or what has algebra got to do with anything anyway?
Explains why studying Algebra remains an important thing to do.
Four Dangerous Ideas
Discusses social and cultural beliefs that have become so ingrained in our cultural psyche that we cannot see them for what they are.
Is “Leftism” the Primary Cause of the “Beast”?
Responds to Jack Crabtree's paper, "How to Follow Jesus When You Cannot Kill the Beast" (Summer Institute 2013), by analyzing the meaning of "Leftism."
Religious and Intellectual Commitments
Responds to Jack Crabtree's paper, "How to Follow Jesus When You Cannot Kill the Beast" (Summer Institute 2013), by looking at factors that affect how people commit to their beliefs.
We Have Met the Beast, and He is Us
Responds to Jack Crabtree's paper, "How to Follow Jesus When You Cannot Kill the Beast" (Summer Institute 2013), by examining how all human beings are hostile to God. (PDF)
How to Follow Jesus When You Cannot Kill the Beast
Explores what it will look like to exist as a follower of Jesus in the emerging hostile society and how believers can prepare for such a future. (PDF)
A Dialog on Education: A Socratic Approach to Choosing the Right College
Discusses the nature of education by using a fictional conversation between friends.
Dismissed
Responds to the growing cultural trend of dismissing Christians and their beliefs as irrational and bigoted.
The Future of Higher Education
Describes the upheaval in higher education and speculates on its future.
Truth Detectors
Proposes that people are born truth-detectors and that they are very good at it.
Taking Gutenberg into the Future (2012 Student Graduation Talks)
Addresses the question of how Gutenberg graduates take Gutenberg into their futures lives.
Computer Passion and a Gutenberg Education
Reflects on the education received at Gutenberg College and the impact on the author’s life.
Gutenberg College and the Important Things in Life
Describes the author’s own experience to support the position that studying the liberal arts helps one to understand oneself.
In That Day, They Will Fast
Examines the Christian response to feeling disconnected from God.
When the Plot Is Lost: How Shakespeare, Descartes, and the Author of Kings Navigated Cultural Crises
Argues that narrative—story-telling—is necessary to give meaning to an information-glutted age.
The Way of Balaam
(2 Peter 2-3) Explores the story of Balaam to explain Peter’s teaching on false teachers.
God Give Me Courage to Be a Nut
Compares the “herd” mentality with that of an authentic follower of Jesus.