by David Agron, Ph.D. | May 10, 2017 | 2017, Last WORD, Spring
Sadly, on rare occasions I have served with people who were more interested in building their own kingdoms than the Kingdom of God. Still, they do some good. Even Judas only took some of the money from the bag with which he had been entrusted. Might there someday...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | May 10, 2017 | 2017, Board, Presidents, Spiritual Life, Spring
What do Christian colleges have in common with corporate America? Mission drift. So pervasive is this problem that it got the attention of the witty writers at The Onion, a satirical “news” publication. In a 2012 article, a fictitious CEO explains that his “company...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | May 9, 2017 | 2017, Conference Profile, Spring
The mission of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities is: “To advance the cause of Christ-centered higher education and to help our institutions transform lives by faithfully relating scholarship and service to biblical truth.” The CCCU is...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | Jan 25, 2017 | 2017, Board, Presidents, Spiritual Life, Winter
Safeguarding against Mission Drift In the Middle Ages, kind-hearted Franciscan monks developed a charity model to make sure the poor could buy food and wisely manage their money. This model, called Montes Pietatius, was also intended to help protect the poor from...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | Jan 25, 2017 | 2017, Board, Presidents, Public Policy, Winter
“As your President, I will be the nation’s biggest cheerleader for school choice.” – Donald Trump Were these just words? Not anymore. Our 45th president nominated Betsy DeVos to head the U.S. Department of Education. The daughter-in-Law of billionaire...