Posted by
David C. Innes on Friday, August 07, 2009 9:48:05 AM
The lion is on the move in New York City. I don't mean either of the lions from the New York Public Library. And I don't mean simply the King's College lion, but the Lion of Judah to whom he points.
This spring, two editors from
The Economist published
God is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World
(Penguin 2009). John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge distinguish
themselves among their associates in the scribbling class with their
appreciation for those who are restrained and directed by religious
faith, especially the Christian faith.
Of particular interest to
me and many readers of this blog is the special mention they give to
The King's College in the conclusion.
The Empire
State Building...is an embodiment of technological prowess and an icon
of modern pop culture, the building where King Kong met his tragic end.
Yet this icon of modernity is also home to one of America's leading
seats of Evangelical learning. King's College, which moved into the
building in 1999, now occupies two floors of the skyscraper.
They quote the college President, Stan Oakes, saying,
For
all the sophistication and prestige of the secular colleges, almost all
of their professors traffic in spent ideas that do not work--bad ideas
that have had a myriad of disastrous consequences in our generation.
They are wrong about God, human nature, wealth, power, marriage,
poverty, family, sex, America, liberty, peace and many other decisive
issues.
They point out that The King's College is not just about great ideas, but also about the great city that the college inhabits.
Many
Christians deliberately retreat from the temptations of the big city,
attending Bible schools and Christian universities in small
towns....King's College deliberately brings young Christians to the
heart of the beast. ... [W]here better to train people to exercise
influence on the world than the capital of the media and financial
world, not to mention the home of the United Nations?
Here are reviews from
The New York Times,
FoxNews,
The New Statesman, and
the Washington Post.