Christians assume various positions and attitudes towards culture and society. Karl will explore some of past expressions of these attitudes.

Andy Crouch's most recent book, Culture Making, is one of the top books off the press in 2008. Publisher's Weekly said, "Those who have struggled with the sacred-secular dichotomy will find this book life-giving; every Christian interested in changing culture should read it." We will interact with Andy live via web-conference about some of his […]

Institute of Biblical Studies  This year's Institute of Biblical Studies on the important topic of Identity kicks off Friday evening in Call Auditorium. Our guest is Rev. Dr. Richard Lints. Dr. Lints will continue this annual weekend conference all day Saturday (register here) and Sunday morning. Friday's lecture is free and open to the public. […]

Institute of Biblical Studies The annual Institute of Biblical Studies, sponsored by Chesterton House, Bethel Grove Bible Church, and New Life Presbyterian Church, is designed to teach from the Scriptures, challenging participants to deepen their knowledge and understanding of God’s Word. Past speakers have included Dr. D.A. Carson, Dr. Walter Kaiser, Dr. Roger Nicole, and Dr. Richard […]

Face2Face Improv presents an evening of comedy and improvisational theater: Face2Face, recently invited to perform with the Improv Olympics, a feature production of Second City Chicago, comes to Ithaca to perform as part of the annual Institute of Biblical Studies sponsored by New Life Presbyterian Church, Bethel Grove Bible Church and Chesterton House Center for […]

Institute of Biblical Studies In the final talk of this weekend conference, Rev. Lints will speak at a joint service of Bethel Grove Bible Church and New Life Presbyterian Church.  Services will be held at Bethel Grove at 9:00am and 10:45am.   Jesus: The Image of the Invisible God  (Colossians 1:15-20)  In this final talk, […]

Dr. Noll will join us for a special event at the Cornell Club in New York City. This is a ticketed event for Cornell alumni. If you are interested in being added to the invite list, please contact [email protected]. The title of Dr. Noll's lecture will be "Race, Religion, and the Ballot Box: How the Prophetic […]

Fredrick C. Wood Lecture Just over a century ago, Cornell's first president and co-founder Andrew Dickson White published a two-volume work entitled A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, a work that has been very influential in framing conversations about science and religion throughout the twentieth century.  Although the last thirty […]

Upstate NY Christian Graduate-Faculty Conference In 1994 Mark Noll published a seminal book entitled The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, which was an indictment of the failure of evangelicals to be good stewards of the life of the mind. Although it has become customary in some Christian circles to proclaim the lordship of Christ over every […]