While they were at Lystra, Paul and Barnabas came upon a man with crippled feet. He had been that way from birth, so he had never walked. He was sitting and listening as Paul preached. Looking straight at him, Paul realized he had faith to be healed. So Paul called to him in a loud voice, “Stand
09.4.2010| The Fish Tank | Judith Huang
2 CommentsJust a quick word of encouragement to any Christian students at Harvard who may be reading this. Many of us who are a part of the various Christian ministries at Harvard are currently engaged with high intensity and focus on reaching out to the incoming class of freshmen. It's a crazy time--ma
09.1.2010| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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Last week, my mom invited my uncle over for dinner so that he and I could continue our four-part debate on God, Christ, and the Bible. One of the more frustrating aspects of our debate was that he would conflate many issues. We would start out discussing free will and foreknowledge, and suddenly my
07.27.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
5 CommentsChristianity is marked by the boldness of thousands throughout history. The Apostle Peter preached before men of every nation on the day of Pentecost, bringing three thousand men to Christ and sowing the seeds of the gospel all across the Middle East. Martin Luther nailed the Ninety-Five Theses
06.13.2010| Opinions, Volume 6, Issue 1 | Tony Shen
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I have a confession to make. I am a coward. A bumbling, trembling, miserable coward consumed by fear. I fear facing God. I know that my faith isn't where it needs to be, but I don't know how to get it there. I know that the only way to even start to resolve the problem is a long, deep, inte
06.1.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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In the most recent issue of the Ichthus, student writer Tony Shen takes up the issue of boldness and Christianity--namely, the question of how one can or should evangelize as a Christian. He aptly points readers to Christ's example, pointing out that Christ pushed himself to essentially do things th
04.28.2010| The Fish Tank | Chelsea Carlson
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In my last post, I promised that I would be discussing why what I've said so far matters. After all, the Bible never uses the phrases "disconfirmation bias" or "intellectual dishonesty" or "engaging the opposition." The number of times the word "reason" is used in the NIV - at least in this context
02.23.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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