Theology Central

Theology Central exists as a place of conversation and information for faculty and friends of Central Baptist Theological Seminary. Posts include seminary news, information, and opinion pieces about ministry, theology, and scholarship.

Central Student Saves Life of US President

Yep, you read that right. In addition to our for-credit students, we also have many individuals who audit or even visit classes. Several years ago, we had several men from Rochester who would drive up to audit night classes. One of them, Haidong Dong, was a research physician for the Mayo system.

Dr. Dong has been looking for ways to treat cancer. His team developed the drug that was used on President Jimmy Carter. Want to know more? Here’s the story from Mayo Clinic, and here is the story from a Rochester television station.

We are grateful for the contribution that Dr. Dong has made, and we congratulate him on the recognition that he is receiving.

How the Left Thinks

Gretta Vosper has been a minister of the United Church of Canada. The UCC has been an openly liberal denomination on a whole range of issues, but it has a problem with Vosper. She is an outspoken atheist, and a group within the UCC is challenging her qualifications to continue in its ministry. The Humanist magazine accuses the United Church of Canada of burying its head in the sand by “ignoring [the] growing body of secular spiritual seekers.”

No matter how far to the Left you go, there’s always somebody who is further Left, ready to accuse you of being a fundamentalist. You might just as well become a real fundamentalist to begin with.

Plagiarism

It’s an ongoing problem, particularly for those who read much and write much. I admit to living in nearly pathological fear that something I write will turn out to be something I once read, which then became part of my mental furniture, and which I then repeated without ever remembering that the idea was not mine. Randy Alcorn discusses plagiarism here.

Warren Throckmorton on David Barton (Again)

I’ve occasionally written and spoken against David Barton’s largely fictional account of American history. Particularly egregious is Barton’s book, The Jefferson Lies, which was challenged by Warren Throckmorton and Michael Coulter in Getting Jefferson Right: Fact Checking Claims About Our Third President. Barton has been at it again, claiming a conspiracy to remove Christianity from American history. Throckmorton responds on his blog.