Events

Fellowship Meeting. Topic TBD.

Chesterton House will be holding a small dessert gathering for parents of incoming freshmen.  If you are interested in meeting other parents and Chesterton House staff, please email [email protected]    

Interested in seeing what Christian Ministries exist at Cornell? Come to the Christian Fellowship Fair and find out--and meet Chesterton House while you're at it!

Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) is a hermit living deep in the woods. He is strange--or at least estranged. He is suspected of murdering a man.  Did he? WATCH TRAILER The film turns on Bush's "funeral"--which he plans and plans to attend. In fact, he invites the whole town. Funeral parlor owner Frank Quinn (Bill Murray) helps […]

Mark can be thought of as "the Quenten Tarantino of the gospel writers."  One moment Mark is racing through the story and the next he seems to stop time and focus our gaze on Jesus.  Come and learn more about this gospel, its skillful author, and its divine subject. This 2-credit course* will explore Mark […]

Come meet and hear from biblical scholar Dr. Ryan O'Dowd.  O'Dowd is the author of many articles and books, including Old Testament Wisdom Literature: A Theological Introduction (InterVarsity Academic Press, 2011), and Proverbs (Zondervan, forthcoming 2015).  Read more about Dr. O'Dowd.  

There are plenty of tough questions. They arise in class, the dorm, the newspaper, and beyond. What do Christians do when they get stumped by those tough questions? Hear Pastor Santosh Ninan of Bethel Grove Church and Dr. Jonathan Butcher, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, address the conundrum when the questions get too tough. Come for discussion followed by […]

This is the Fall kick-off meeting of the Johnson Christian Fellowship.  Karl will be speaking on the topic of power, drawing from Andy Crouch's recent book Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power.

What are we to do with God's good earth? Have Christians been the cause of pollution and exploitation? Come hear Dr. Steven Hall, Christian, department chair of biological and agricultural engineering at LSU, and environmental activist, speak about matters pertaining to Christian stewardship of creation. Join us for discussion followed by pizza.   Steven Hall, PhD, […]