Posted on April 20, 2020
Rebuilding the Local Church, Six Feet Apart
Churches across the country have quickly shifted operations to accommodate the new reality in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two alumni pastors share how their congregations are "refocusing on what's important."
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Posted on March 27, 2020
When Anxiety, Fear and Despair Surround Us, Practice Remembering
Right now, we are God’s people whose despair can find glimpses of hope when our imaginations break out into trust-filled declarations that God will be faithful even when we don’t yet know what that looks like.
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Posted on February 24, 2020
4 Ways to Live with More Wisdom
Drawing from the words of Dr. Elaine Phillips, who spoke at last week's CFI Wisdom Lecture, here are four ways we can go about living wisely and, by extension, encourage others to do the same.
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Posted on January 2, 2020
Top 19 Posts of ’19
We’re starting 2020 by taking a quick look back at the highlights of 2019. In case you missed it, here are the 19 most-read articles of the year.
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Posted on June 17, 2019
From Boston to Rwanda: Initial Steps of the Class of 2019
Before packing up and leaving campus for good, several graduates let The Bell know where they’d be taking their first postgraduate steps.
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Posted on March 1, 2019
Alumnus Tackles Crisis in the Immigrant Church
The youth pastor of Arabic Evangelical Baptist Church in West Roxbury, MA, Karim (Kika) Ghobrial '16 feels compelled by his Egyptian roots to address an important phenomenon that he has witnessed in the immigrant church.
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Posted on February 26, 2019
Making a Difference on—and in—the Court
Wally King ’71B was a basketball star at Barrington College, but he didn’t anticipate that a strange overlap of “courts”—that of basketball and that of law—would play major, intertwining roles in his long, varied and often dangerous career.
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Posted on January 15, 2019
Roger Green to Lead Special Version of Holy Land Trip
In 2020, Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Theological Studies Roger Green will lead a special trip to the Holy Land, Austria and Germany, culminating in the world-famous Oberammergau Passion Play.
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Posted on November 7, 2018
Missiologist to Join Department of Biblical Studies and Christian Ministries
Rev. Dr. Daniel S.H. Ahn is Gordon’s newest professor of biblical studies and Christian ministries. As a missiologist, he has trained missionaries and taught theology in more than six countries from East Asia to North Africa.
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Posted on June 25, 2018
Sabbatical Sojourns: Elaine Phillips
Sabbatical for Elaine Phillips meant trotting the globe—she conducted research and taught stateside, in England and in Israel.
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Posted on May 24, 2018
Celebrating our Retiring ‘Scribbler on the ’Teuch’
During a night of Fiddler on the Roof parodies, Old Testament one-liners, Yiddish slang, Hebrew prayers and words from friends, the Gordon community celebrated the retirement of Dr. Marv Wilson (biblical studies and Christian ministries) with a tribute program to honor his 55-plus years at Gordon.
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Posted on May 23, 2018
Gordon's 126th Commencement—Remember, Renew and Reach
The 126th Commencement at Gordon took place on Saturday, May 19. There were 352 baccalaureate degrees conferred in the arts and sciences, and 93 graduate degrees in Education, Music Education and Leadership.
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