Sex and the Soul: Inside Higher Education

There is an interesting article about the findings of Donna Freitas in her book Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America’s College Campuses (Oxford University Press):

The article begins like this: "On matters sexual and soulful, colleges can be divided into two categories, the “spiritual” and the “evangelical” — the former the domain of hookup culture, the latter of purity culture, according to Donna Freitas, an assistant professor of religion at Boston University..."

Read the whole article here.

Messages from the Desiring God Conference called "The Pastor as Father and Son"

Here are the messages from the Desiring God Conference called "The Pastor as Father and Son" with reflections by Tyler Kenney and Abraham Piper.

Session 1: "The Pastor as Son of the Heavenly Father" - D. A. Carson (video, audio, reflections by Abraham Piper)

Session 2: "The Call to Courage" (Joshua 1:1-9) - Crawford Loritts (video, audio, read, reflections by Tyler Kenney)

Session 3: "The Pastor as Son of an Earthly Father" (Exodus 20:1-17) - D. A. Carson (video, audio, read, reflections by Tyler Kenney)

Session 4: "Evangelist Bill Piper: Fundamentalist full of Grace and Joy" - John Piper (video, audio, read, reflections by Tyler Kenney)

Session 5: "The Pastor as Father to His Family and Flock" (1 Timothy 3:1-7) - D. A. Carson (audio, read, reflections by Tyler Kenney)

Session 6: "Fathering a Pioneer Mission Ministry" - Greg Livingstone (video, audio, reflections by Tyler Kenney)

Session 7: "Questions and Answers" (video, audio, read, reflections by Tyler Kenney)

Interesting Posts Related to the Conference:

• Marc Heinrich with the "Top 10 Things I Look Forward To at the Desiring God Conference for Pastors"
• Gregg Harris offers a strategy for fatherhood
• An interview with Matt Lund about the bookstore
• Noel Piper talks about having the conference speakers over for supper every year
• Learn about the higher education opportunities available through the Bethlehem Institute.
• Monroe Brewer draws out some lessons from the Moravian church on educating children.
• My introduction to my dad's message
• Scott Anderson with some final conference thoughts