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For sophomore volleyball player Melissa Bakke, John Brown University’s mission of putting Christ above all spills over into her life as an athlete. “For this upcoming season, my expectations are that every match our team plays will glorify God, and that it will be evident to our opponents and fans,” […]
Five games into the season, the Golden Eagles’ men’s soccer team has already had its share of thrilling games. The men’s soccer team is 3-2 after their win against Georgia Gwinnett on Sept. 7. For senior Luke Theimer, this season marks his last year as a player and as a […]
After helping with orientation this year and visiting with the new students, I had a grand epiphany about myself: I foolishly superimpose my own feelings of my freshman year onto freshmen! When I ask, “how is freshman year going so far?” my response is always, “ . . . really?” […]
Extra ecclesiam nulla salus: “outside the church there is no salvation.” At first glance this quote from Cyprian of Carthage may cause us to bristle at its arrogant and exclusive tone. It sounds like this third century bishop was on a power trip and wanted everyone to know it. In […]
Inebriated teddy bears, twerking and a skin colored bikini seem to be the only things anyone remembers from the 30th annual VMA’s. And if you’re Miley Cyrus, that means mission accomplished. The competition between generic artists to decide who can be the trashiest has reached a gladiatorial state, and we […]
Miley Cyrus has received a lot of media attention in the past few weeks since her performance at the VMA’s this year. She sang a collaboration of her song “We Can’t Stop” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines.” Both songs talk about partying and “living for pleasure” without a single care […]
Editor’s Note: OneJBU is an outside organization led by JBU alumni. Human sexuality is a topic that has generated much debate at JBU over the years. This spring, I announced the formation of a group called OneJBU. OneJBU was started by several alumni in 2012, and now has over 150 […]
In late August, John Brown University became the first university in Arkansas to have a facility dedicated to play therapy. The new C.A.R.E clinic, located directly across from the old building, aids hundreds of kids, while training graduate students to be play therapy certified. “Play therapy is a form of […]
For hundreds of years, evangelicals, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians have been at odds over doctrine. Two professors want to make John Brown University a place where they can come together. The Paradosis Center for Theology and Scripture is a research center focused on fostering dialogue between different branches of Christianity. […]
Tim Gilmour, assistant professor of engineering at John Brown University, had the opportunity to teach a class in a North Korean university over the summer. Gilmour has spent a lot of time in Asia, and jumped at the chance to teach and to build relationships in this hard-to-reach area. Though […]