In the column “Mean what you sing,” published two weeks ago here in the Threefold, contributor Shane Bauxman was talking about how much he disagrees with the way we worship in chapel at JBU, and how it shouldn’t be about me, myself or I. He thinks that all of our […]

Surprise. Surprise. A pop star has tried to use the hallowed imagery of the church to grab headlines and dollars. Madonna? Nope. Lady Gaga? Nope. It was hip-hop Barbie Nicki Minaj scraping the bottom of the communion cup for every last religious cliché. There were the scarlet monk robes, the […]

Gentlemen, think about all the women in the world there are to choose from. We ladies proudly represent a wide variety for you to pick through when it comes to picking out “The One.” The cheerleader, the goth, the musician, the intellect, the homemaker, the butcher, the baker, the candlestick […]

Dear American friends: I am the carrier of a disease so dangerous that threatens to bring down your entire nation. You should avoid me at the school cafeteria and the hallways. Run. How could I enter your country in the first place? I have started to wonder that myself. But […]

Why do you do the things you do? Media and society today are very good at telling us what is “cool.” What you should buy or what you should wear to stay up to date. Many people nowadays will go out and get that haircut or pierce that place on […]

Have you ever considered the great advantage you have as an MK? You have a very unique legacy. Those “You know you’re an MK when…” lists are fabulous indicators of this. You see, we MKs have been just about everywhere and seen just about everything. This is a gross exaggeration, […]

Gossip is easy, addicting, and—we have to admit—a lot of fun. And just because we are enrolled in a Christian university doesn’t mean we are exempt from it. JBU is home to its very own Gossip Girl. The tacky Twitter account goes so far as to point fingers and call […]

College bills – it’s something we all know is a big problem. In order to be successful in life, people have to go deeply into debt to get a slip of paper that “proves” they know what someone else thinks is important. But should the process really be as expensive […]

By As a Christian, I believe our ultimate goal on Earth is to worship God and give him glory. It sounds pretty boring when you put it that way, but it’s not. There are so many amazing ways we can praise God. We can praise him by picking up trash, […]

If you live on campus, then this is a recurrent scene: you walk by the dorms common area or the “Mayfield bench” and you see the couples. Ring-by-spring, gotta-get-a-Christian-wife-or-parents-will-kill-me; call it what you will, it can be seen everywhere on campus. I do not want to talk about the dating […]