Wheaton College

September 11, 2018

‘For your freedom and ours’: Mari-Ann Kelam and Estonia’s Singing Revolution

WHEATON, IL—When I asked Mari-Ann Kelam about the seven-hour delay she endured on an airport runway coming to speak at an Acton Institute event at Wheaton College, she evinced no hint of irritation. Continue Reading...

July 19, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Chris Armstrong on medieval wisdom; Upstream on Monterey Pop at 50

On today’s Radio Free Acton we share an interview from Acton University with Chris Armstrong, Wheaton College Professor and author of the new book book Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians: Finding Authentic Faith in a Forgotten Age with C.S. Continue Reading...

May 12, 2015

L’Engle and the Church

This week the University Bookman published an essay in which I reflect on some of the lessons we can learn from Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, especially related to the recent discovery of an excised section. Continue Reading...

January 27, 2015

C.S. Lewis on Mere Liberty and the Evils of Statism

David J. Theroux, founder and president of The Independent Institute and the C.S. Lewis Society of California, discusses the writings of C.S. Lewis and Lewis’s views on liberty, natural law and statism. Continue Reading...

August 22, 2014

Obama Administration to Revise HHS Contraceptive Mandate Rule

Today the Department of Health and Human Services issued yet another revision regarding its contraception mandate. Details on the new regulations should be announced within a month. According to the Wall Street Journal: Justice Department lawyers said in a brief filed Tuesday with the U.S. Continue Reading...

December 20, 2012

Court: Justice Dept. Can’t Just Say ‘Trust Us, Changes Are Coming’

“There is no, ‘Trust us, changes are coming’ clause in the Constitution,” wrote Judge Brian Cogan in his ruling issued two weeks ago against a Justice Department motion to dismiss the Archdiocese of New York’s lawsuit against the HHS mandate. Continue Reading...

April 03, 2012

Conversations on Christian Unity

Wheaton College recently hosted “A Conversation on Unity in Christ’s Mission” with pastor John Armstrong, founder and president of ACT 3, and Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago. The dialogue between Pastor Armstrong and Cardinal George explored the common ground and current challenges that face Catholics and evangelical Protestants in Christian faith and mission. Continue Reading...

October 04, 2011

Announcing Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art

I’m pleased to announce that the first fruits of the Kuyper Common Grace Translation project are forthcoming, in the form of Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art. Continue Reading...

October 27, 2010

Oct. 28 – Jim Wallis and Arthur Brooks to debate: Does Capitalism Have a Soul?

The Hastert Center at Wheaton College will host a debate tomorrow night between Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, and Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, on the question, “Does Capitalism Have a Soul?” Continue Reading...