AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi In a historic turn of events after a 13 month-long election, the country of Malawi has elected the leader of the Malawi Congress Party, Lazarus Chakwera (DMin ’00), as its president. After reports of vote-tampering in last year’s May election, Chakwera won against the former president Peter Mutharika (2014–2020) by 58 percent […]

reflection on Ravi from TEDS Professor John D. Woodbridge   From Indonesia to India to Indiana, millions of persons throughout the world benefited enormously from listening in person, or through radio broadcasts or videos, or through reading the wise Christian counsel of evangelist-apologist Ravi Zacharias. They could trust the teaching of this brilliant, humble and […]

reflection on Ravi from RZIM staff member and TEDS alumnus KJ Johnson   Ravi Zacharias is, in large part, the reason I found myself in a TEDS classroom on Aug. 22, 2012. I’d just retired after twenty years of active duty service as an officer in the Marine Corps, and most of the class was […]

reflections on evangelist and apologist Ravi Zacharias   It is with sadness and heavy hearts that we heard of the passing of Ravi Zacharias on Tuesday, May 19. He had spent the past 46 years commending the Christian faith and addressing life’s great existential questions of origin, meaning, morality, and destiny with eloquence and grace. […]

On May 7, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker issued an order essentially extending the state-wide restrictions through the end of May. This not-unexpected move means that as a society we are not yet out of the woods or, more exactly, not yet out of the house. Still, there have been a few brighter moments where  the […]

Despite national economic statistics trending higher at the close of 2019 (GDP, personal income, etc.),  the pinch continues to be felt across the nation in many sectors, not least among the broad spectrum of middle-class Americans. While for that segment of the population a liberal arts education remains highly valued, the costs associated with attending […]