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Jubilee Launch at Cornell

411 Willard Straight Hall

“There is not one square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!” ― Abraham Kuyper The Jubilee Conference is about living faithfully in every area of life.  For over 40 years, thousands of college students have been invited to Pittsburgh to talk, learn, […]

Beauty, Drama & the Gospel of Mark

Chesterton House - Residence 111 The Knoll Rd, Ithaca, New York

Showing selections of a dramatic, single performer presentation of the Gospel of Mark, Dr. Voelz will raise the challenges and insights such a performance offers. Dr. Ryan O'Dowd will facilitate the discussion. Dr. Voelz is the Dr. Jack Dean Kingsbury Professor of New Testament Theology at Concordia Seminary. Cosponsored with Trinity Lutheran Church

13th Movie Showing

Chesterton House - Residence 111 The Knoll Rd, Ithaca, New York

Chesterton House and Veritas Forum at Cornell are co-hosting a showing of the movie 13th, which is on the topic of racial inequality with a special focus on mass incarceration. There will be small group discussion afterward. The movie will be shown in Uris G01.

Can I Smoke Pot?

411 Willard Straight Hall

Chances are, you or someone you know has asked this very question. The problem is, the Bible never mentions marijuana. Drawing from his book, Tom Breedan will discuss how scripture can still help people make wise and God-honoring desicions about marijuana use.  Tom Breeden received an M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. and is […]

Wisdom & Worldview in Proverbs – Class 1

105 Ives Hall

Taught by Chesterton House Senior Scholar, Dr. Ryan O'Dowd: This course is founded on the assumption that people who lived almost three millennia ago are enough like us that their wisdom writings have value for us today.  We seek, therefore, not only to understand their writings but to find modern relevance for their ideas about […]

Wisdom & Worldview in Proverbs – Class 2

105 Ives Hall

Taught by Chesterton House Senior Scholar, Dr. Ryan O'Dowd: This course is founded on the assumption that people who lived almost three millennia ago are enough like us that their wisdom writings have value for us today.  We seek, therefore, not only to understand their writings but to find modern relevance for their ideas about […]

“Harmony: Music and Peace-Building”

411 Willard Straight Hall

Attention to various senses and types of musical harmony can do much to illuminate and clarify different conceptions of peace and peace-building already in use, as well as generate fresh and perhaps neglected ways of conceiving them and practicing peacemaking in the future.

“‘Out of this World?’ Why the Arts Matter to Faith”

Chesterton House - Residence 111 The Knoll Rd, Ithaca, New York

Livestream Jeremy Begbie Lecture Why do the arts matter so much to people of religious faith? It is often assumed that the arts are mainly concerned with pulling us out of this world of space and time into some completely different, supposedly superior world, and that this is why they are so appealing to people […]

Chesterton House Painting