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Cho's World was rooted in a Christian Tradition
In the Aug. 26 Roanoke Times, reporter Duncan Adams had a news story that succinctly wrapped up what we knew about Seung-Hui Cho at that point, before the Virginia Tech Independent Review Panel released its final report. The article, "There was…
Tags: cho, christianity, crusades, medieval, violence
Cho's Violent Crusade Ripped from the Middle Ages
As a medieval historian, one rarely feels that his expertise can shed some light on a current debate. But I teach at Virginia Tech.
Now that the semester is over and there is time to reflect, I have been struck by how "medieval" the events of this…
Now that the semester is over and there is time to reflect, I have been struck by how "medieval" the events of this…
Tags: cho, christianity, crusades, middle ages, midieval, violence
Peace in a World of Massacre
What Jesus calls us to when we're most frightened.
Mark Galli | posted 4/17/2007 11:35AM
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews,…
Mark Galli | posted 4/17/2007 11:35AM
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews,…
Asking Why
Christian fellowship helps survivors of the Virginia Tech shootings deal with larger issues.
Deann Alford in Blacksburg, Virginia | posted 4/23/2007 09:50AM
Four former Columbine students worshiped with Virginia Tech's New Life Christian…
Deann Alford in Blacksburg, Virginia | posted 4/23/2007 09:50AM
Four former Columbine students worshiped with Virginia Tech's New Life Christian…
Tags: christian, christianity, fellowship, nlcf
Where Is God When It Hurts?
A sermon given on the Virginia Tech campus two weeks after the shootings.
Philip Yancey | posted 6/06/2007 05:31PM
We gather here still trying to make sense of what happened in Blacksburg, still trying to process the unprocessable. We come…
Philip Yancey | posted 6/06/2007 05:31PM
We gather here still trying to make sense of what happened in Blacksburg, still trying to process the unprocessable. We come…
Tags: christian, christianity, sermon
A Gray Haze over Everything
Campus life after the tragedy at Virginia Tech.
Philip Yancey | posted 6/06/2007 08:01AM
"April is the cruellest month." When T. S. Eliot penned that opening line to "The Waste Land" in 1921, he had no idea how it would resound in modern…
Philip Yancey | posted 6/06/2007 08:01AM
"April is the cruellest month." When T. S. Eliot penned that opening line to "The Waste Land" in 1921, he had no idea how it would resound in modern…
Tags: christian, christianity, nlcf
'Nightmare of Nightmares'
Virginia Tech's Korean Christians wrestle with the aftermath of a massacre.
Deann Alford | posted 6/06/2007 08:02AM
The alert that two students had been shot on campus blipped into Jong Nam Lee's e-mail inbox around 9:30 that fateful…
Deann Alford | posted 6/06/2007 08:02AM
The alert that two students had been shot on campus blipped into Jong Nam Lee's e-mail inbox around 9:30 that fateful…
Weeping At The Mount
Weeping At the Mount
The Lord is weeping at the mount
What has happened to his dreams?
He prayed and prayed for a single purpose
That we would live in peace
After generations and generations we have forgotten
That little thing called…
The Lord is weeping at the mount
What has happened to his dreams?
He prayed and prayed for a single purpose
That we would live in peace
After generations and generations we have forgotten
That little thing called…
Tags: christian, christianity, death, forgiveness, jesus, murder, poem, poetry
