Cornerstone Life Matters, Personnel Matters, Teaching Matters
Recently I read an article in which a well-known German pastor shared about his father’s life. He, too had been a well-known and much respected man, but unknown to many had abused little girls—even his own granddaughters. Reading the article you sense a bit of the...
Culture Matters, Mission REALLY Matters, Teaching Matters
It was so good to visit the Bible and theology teaching ministry in the Middle East of which we were an integral part for many years. They celebrated 25 years of existence and had invited us back to join the celebrations. Of course it was great to see old colleagues...
Culture Matters, Mission REALLY Matters, Teaching Matters
A few days ago I was interviewed by a journalist about my involvement with refugees–we met as a result of a seminar I had given to people who want to help refugees. Among other things we touched on migration and the causes for it. “The world would be a better...
Culture Matters, Mission REALLY Matters, Teaching Matters
Together with a Muslim scholar I am working on a “Muslim-Christian Comparative Dictionary of Religious Terms”. We recently had an interesting debate on the word “Allah”, which I wanted to translate as “God”. My co-writer...
Cornerstone Life Matters, Personnel Matters, Teaching Matters
The world is changing rapidly and therefore as Cornerstone staff and faculty we need to constantly keep learning in order to be relevant and up-to-date in our teaching and on the ball in the practical areas of the college. For the practical staff this means refresher...