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The Best Mirror

Chesterton House - 111 and 115 The Knoll

Dr. Drew Trotter, an advisory board member of Chesterton House, will preach at New Life's morning worship service. The text will be John 15:12-17.

Neo-Calvinism On Trial

Chesterton House - 111 and 115 The Knoll

In response to the criticism that some people are "so heavenly minded as to be no earthly good," some Christian groups and organizations now speak of "changing culture," "transforming society," or "repairing (or redeeming) the world." This emphasis on humans as agents of redemption has roots in a theological movement known as Neo-Calvinism, which Time […]

Making the Most of College

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

This talk is aimed primarily at college students, prospective college students, and parents of prospective college students, but will also of interest more generally to all those concerned about moral and spiritual formation during the college years.  Location:We will meet at The Falls Church, 115 E. Fairfax Street, Falls Church, VA in the New Fellowship […]

Faith in Action

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

Please join us for a fascinating discussion with Jim Crawford '78, the founding director of Community Faith Partners. CFP is a local organization that mobilizes volunteers (including students) to bring Christian care to the least among us - including inmates of the Tompkins County jail. A former government major at Cornell, Jim now believes that […]

The Church and Food

411 Willard Straight Hall

As Christians, we believe that God created the world for both celebration and stewardhip. Although Christians have not always taken that charge seriously, and the dominance of technology has led to indifference about the choices we make concerning food, there is a resurgent interest in thinking carefully and Christianly about our food choices. Prior to […]

Secularization, Religion, and the University’s Critics

Corson-Mudd Hall

Alan T. and Linda M. Beimfohr Lecture We are very pleased to announce our first named lecture, the Alan T. and Linda M. Beimfohr Lecture, which will be given by University of Florida historian C. John Sommerville. This lecture is a gift of Carl '76 and Elaine Neuss of Laguna Niguel, CA, in honor of […]

Natural Theology – Panel Discussion

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

What is Natural Theology and Why Does it Matter?  Come let us reason together!  Natural theology aims at establishing truths or acquiring knowledge about God using only our natural cognitive resources...it relies on standard techniques of reasoning and facts or truths in principle available to all human beings just in virtue of their possessing reason […]

Chemist as Complementarian

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

Robert C. Fay has been a visiting professor at Harvard University and the University of Bologna, an NSF Science Faculty Fellow at the University of East Anglia and the University of Sussex, and a NATO/Heineman Senior Fellow at Oxford University. His interests include the history of Christianity and its connections to science. See his article, Science […]

The Historical Case for the Resurrection of Jesus

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

Christianity is built upon an historical event--the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But what is the evidence for that event? Historian Mike Licona will provide an overview of that evidence. Mike Licona has a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies (University of Pretoria), which he completed with distinction. He is the author of numerous books including The Resurrection […]

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