November 18, 2011
The Rhetoric of Chastity Making Abstinence SexyEvangelical abstinence campaigns have shifted their emphasis from "just say no" to sex before marriage to "just say yes"—within marriage. A Christianity Today interview with Christine Gardner, communication professor and author of Making Chastity Sexy .
November 17, 2011
'Twilight' grows up with the release of 'Breaking Dawn Part 1'"'Breaking Dawn' was what got me interested enough in 'Twilight' to write a book," said Beth Felker Jones, a professor of Christian theology at Wheaton College in Illinois and author of "Touched by a Vampire: Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga."
November 17, 2011
Wheaton College gospel choir celebrates 25 yearsThe clapping and voices filled Wheaton College’s Barrows Auditorium on Tuesday night, but this was no concert. The group of 75 students were only rehearsing as they danced around the stage and sang in harmony to prepare for the Wheaton College Gospel Choir’s 25th annual fall concert on Friday...
November 11, 2011
John Stott's Lasting Impact on American EvangelicalismThe American memorial service for the British Christian leader John Stott took place in Wheaton. The setting was plainer than St. Paul's, but Stott would be happy to be remembered there. For Stott was an evangelical, and Wheaton, with its 150 year-old Christian college, has long been an evangelical stronghold....