No secular or Christian teacher, preacher or writer ever told me that the great universities of Oxford and Cambridge began as Augustinian monasteries. That is why a chapel is the most important building in every Oxbridge college. Earlier, students and staff gathered in these chapels five-times-a-day to worship, pray and hear God’s word. Most of …
In two decades, a billion Christians will make Africa global Christianity’s center of gravity. But will a transformed Africa radiate God’s glory?In two decades, a billion Christians will make Africa global Christianity’s center of gravity. But will a transformed Africa radiate God’s glory? Consider: Kenya’s very first university began only in our generation — in …
Middle Class Indians are very proud that even though the “Middle Class” did not exist during the Indian “Middle Ages,” India was one of the world’s “richest countries.” Our wealth kept attracting foreign invaders, even if it did nothing to make us militarily strong. In April 29th’s FB post I mentioned that in 1858, when …
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Prophet Isaiah never read the “American” version of John 3:16 which says, “For God so loved individual ‘souls’ that He sent His only begotten son . . .” Had the Gospel been available in the 8th Century BC, Isaiah would have read God’s love for the world through the OT lens: God called Abraham, not …
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How can police and politicians proactively support criminals persecuting innocent citizens for practicing their faith? Please zoom with us on Thursday May 13 at 9 pm IST And explore India’s “Rule of Law” with and without the Bible: Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89929183268?fbclid=IwAR0Y2txC5vSQSlmiO-c4iPhniMrxm3ytqEyCD7lmEtWw1dZaSrZ6eMo2BBw Meeting ID: 899 2918 3268, Passcode: 140150 In January 1976, National Emergency had enveloped Delhi …
Bhudev Mukhopadhyay (1827-94) was the first Indian to write a history of India. He called it “India’s History Revealed in a Dream.” He was an educated man, a teacher who went on to become a Class I “Inspector of Schools.” Until then that position had been occupied only by Englishmen. Other educated Bengalis found it …
Why are native Americans “Indians?” “Oh, because Columbus thought that America is India.” Well . . . once he found out that he was wrong, why did they keep calling Americans “Indians”? In any case, why did they call native Australians “Indians” up until the beginning of the 20th century? And why on earth is, …
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India’s DNA Was Forged In Fort William College Which trained Civil Servants and Translated the Bible in Indian Languages (#7: How The Bible Created Modern India) Three days a week William Carey taught in Fort William College in Calcutta. It trained civil servants. Vernacular Bibles were their primary text book. The College hired Pundits to …
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INDIA In 2014, one of my students took me on a 30-minute bicycle ride to visit the slum which was right across the Yamuna river from my home. I was pleasantly surprised to find a 16-17 year old young man teaching a group of 20 or so poor kids in the open air. His students …
(The following essay was written in 2013 for the Gospel and Plow School of Theology (GPST) at the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (Then SHIATS) at Allahabad. It has now been published in “Don’t Let Schooling Stand in the Way of Education: A Biblical Response to the Crisis in Public Education” (2021 …
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Dr. David Marshall is an educator who has taught in America, China, Japan and Taiwan. He has lectured in many countries, and often writes at The Stream.David Marshall returned to Seattle from teaching Chinese students how to do research in January 2020, and was then stranded by Covid.After riots broke out in late spring, he wrote an ebook entitled “Letter to a ‘Racist’ Nation, explaining the Woke movement from the perspectives of culture, education, and religious history, with added background supplied by his 40-year police veteran older brother, Steve Marshall.
Prof. Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi studied philosophy in Indian universities, Hindu Ashrams and L’abri Fellowship in Switzerland. Along with his wife, Ruth, he founded a community to serve the rural poor in central India and organized lower castes as a political force. Several of Vishal’s 21 books have been translated into 16 languages. Six of them have been taught at university level. William Carey International University honored him as a Legum Doctor. From 2014-16, he served as an Honorary Professor of Applied Theology at the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences in Allahabad (UP) India. Vishal and Ruth have two daughters and six grandchildren.
