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In the course of 20 years Operation Christmas Child has given away over 100 million shoeboxes to children in 100 different countries who would have never received the resources without the project Created by Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child provides international relief to countries experiencing poverty, famine, disease, natural disasters […]
This summer, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes announced that five of John Brown University‘s athletic teams received Scholar-Team Awards for 2013-2014. Women’s tennis, volleyball, women’s cross country, men’s cross country and women’s soccer all received the honorable title. In order for a team to even be considered for the […]
Everyone’s got them: five little words from a test that you likely took in Gateway your freshman year. Some of these words are long, like Individualization, and some are quite short — WOO! Some are very concrete, like Command, and some are more abstract, like Connectedness. Some are self-explanatory, like […]
Ken Hahn, the new professor of physics at John Brown University, says that his life has been defined by teachers. In fifth grade, Hahn had a science teacher named Mr. Pendleton. “He was really, really strict,” said Hahn. “You lost five points on a test every time you crossed something […]
When most people think about Northwest Arkansas, they often think of Walmart and the University of Arkansas, businesses that have made big impacts on the communities around them. Alice Walton, daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, decided that she wanted to make an impact on the Northwest Arkansas community too. […]
ISIS makes front-page news on a weekly basis. Understanding ISIS requires understanding a wealth of background in Middle Eastern politics and Muslim history. ISIS stands for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIL or simply Islamic State. The organization works less as a terrorist group and […]
It is a common goal for most people to achieve some sort of happiness. In fact, it is an idea that most Americans see as their ultimate dream. We are often told to do more of what brings us pleasure. It is a nice thought: to pursue what makes us […]
With the worst Ebola outbreak in history having now infected almost 5,000 people and killed nearly half, immediate relief efforts are desperately needed. Though the crisis has been escalating exponentially in the past several weeks — half of the infections and deaths occurred in the past 21 days, according to […]
“I’m colorblind.” This is something I often hear from students and faculty when hard discussions of race come up. And, since I teach early American history, the history of slavery and African history here at JBU, the topic of race comes up often. “I’m colorblind” is a sentence that I […]
With the advent of the Paradosis Center on the JBU campus, there is now interest and opportunity to compare notes between Evangelicals and Roman Catholics. As a 35 year veteran of the Bible faculty, I have had a long-time interest in this project. I taught the history of Christian doctrine […]