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  • The Secret’s Out: Great Books Education at Biola

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    Anthony Esolen has posted a blog entry over at Mere Comments regarding his recent visit to the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University: I’ve visited a lot of campuses in the last few years, including Princeton and Yale, and at only one school, the much maligned Patrick Henry College in Virginia, did I encounter quite…

  • Biola at 100: L.A. Times

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    2008 is Biola University’s centennial year, and this week saw the actual birthday. LA Times reporter Tiffany Hsu did a fine write-up of the celebration, and explained to Los Angeles what this Bible Institute-turned-into-a-university thing is all about. I’m quoted briefly. Click on through for the story, or see below. Biola evolves but stays the…

  • Anthony Esolen at Biola

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    On Tuesday Feb. 25, Dr. Anthony Esolen spoke to the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University. Dr. Esolen, professor of English at Providence College, is best known for his translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Esolen’s edition prints the original medieval Italian verse on the left-hand pages, with his vigorous English translation on facing right-hand pages,…

  • The Book of Biola: Rooted for One Hundred Years

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    Here is what I said (as best I can recall) at the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Feb 22 for the grand opening of Biola’s heritage room. The event was also the official release of the 100th anniversary commemorative book Rooted for One Hundred Years. I got to speak just after Dietrich Buss, history professor emeritus.…

  • Conference on Lewis, the Inklings, and Christian Community

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    On February 7-9, Azusa Pacific University is hosting a conference on the Inklings and Christian Community. Three plenary speakers are scheduled, and a selection of shorter papers will also be presented there, probably in parallel sessions. The website says it’s free, so if you’re near Azusa, come on by. Two members of the Scriptorium team…

  • Anna Dennis: “Expert, Devoted, and Beloved”

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    Somebody recently asked me about The First Female Bible Professor at Biola, suggesting that the title must belong to a fairly recent hire. While I don’t have a comprehensive history of Bible teachers on Biola’s faculty, I do know a candidate for one of the first: Anna Dennis was recruited by R. A. Torrey in…

  • The Gospel of Gush (T. C. Horton)

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    The Gospel of Grace and the Gospel of Gush How wide is the distinction beween the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and that other gospel of which Paul speaks, and which is indeed no gospel. The real Gospel —the true Gospel— centers in “Jesus Christ ad Him crucified.” It has to do with lost…

  • Everything is Interesting

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    Richard M. Weaver, a distinguished educator most famous for his visionary books like Ideas Have Consequences, also wrote a humble handbook of English composition: A Rhetoric and Handbook. It covers everything a college freshman could need to know about writing: from spelling and punctuation to the structure of arguments and the tone of an author’s…

  • Simply Crammed and Crammed

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    In 1917, R. A. Torrey preached a sermon to his congregation the Church of the Open Door in Los Angeles. His text was Psalm 1, and the sermon had the promising title: THE SECRET OF BLESSEDNESS IN HEART, BEAUTY IN CHARACTER, FRUITFULNESS IN SERVICE, AND PROSPERITY IN EVERYTHING. But despite the “How To Succeed” tone…

  • Frosty T. Snowman, deceased

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    Frosty Theophilus Snowman has melted away due to natural causes near The Village, just a few days after causing a major public disturbance. His exact age is unknown, but friends estimate that he was at least 57 years old. Frosty, remembered by friends as “a jolly, happy soul,” outlived his creators, Walter “Jack” Rollins, Gene…

  • Theologians Who Died in 2007

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    2007 saw the deaths of some major figures in contemporary theology and biblical studies. Here are the ones that I can remember. *T. F. Torrance (1913-2007). Time will tell exactly how high he ranks, but this Scottish theologian is somewhere near the top of the list of major twentieth century theologians. Torrance was a hard…

  • Scriptorium’s Greatest Hits for 2007

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    2007 has been a big year for The Scriptorium Daily. Intellectual celebrity J. P. Moreland and fellow professor Matt Jenson joined our team in April, and we have been posting at full power since then, adding our first podcasts and a very active “Noteworthy Links” section that provides three thought-provoking articles to click through to…