“Come down, come down from your ivory tower Let love come into your heart Don’t lock yourself in an ivory tower Don’t keep us so far apart. . .It’s cold, so cold, in your ivory tower” Ivory Tower is a love song written by Jack Fulton and Lois Steele popularized in 1956.  Many of its lyrics remind me of the battle that some of us are engaged at Vanderbilt University where we confront what… [Continue Reading]

Jeremiah 29:11 ”For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. When I share my Christian testimony I often call myself the accidental professor because academia was not a career choice that I consciously sought. In the early years, when I earned my GED and started my education at a… [Continue Reading]

This article was published in The Blaze on October 4, 2011. Colleges and universities pride themselves as being vanguards of pluralism.  Nevertheless, in the past decade, more and more institutions have been quietly, but systematically, restricting freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and freedom of assembly under the guise of non-discrimination. The Supreme Court has only added to the confusion.  In a 5-4 decision, the Court allowed a public law school to… [Continue Reading]

(Published in The Tennessean 9/15/2011) Evangelical Christians are increasingly under attack for their biblically-based worldviews. Shortly after graduation last spring, Vanderbilt University’s Office of Religious Life quietly deferred its annual approval of several mostly conservative Christian organizations. Groups affected included the Christian Legal Society, InterVarsity and the graduate chapter of Campus Crusade. These organizations face an uncertain future because of a new policy that prohibits religious organizations from requiring that… [Continue Reading]

Below is a poem/song that my friend , J. Bernadette Williamson, penned for the 9/11 fallen and their families. Please enjoy!   MAYBE THE GEESE FLEW OVER THAT DAY   Maybe the geese flew over that day Maybe….maybe Did anyone see where they flew__which way Maybe….maybe Flying to where the world is warm And a rainbow shines after every storm Flying above the terror that morn Maybe…maybe   Did you feel the… [Continue Reading]

What I remember most about September 11, 2001, was the patriotism, the camaraderie and the brief period when churches were packed and newscasters unashamedly made references to God.  But what could have been a national revival ended all too quickly. Much of what we experienced seems to have been a momentary blip. Instead of revival, we have suffered the loss of commonsense at the highest levels of government.  Instead of… [Continue Reading]