Fall has finally come to the campus. The Hoosier heat and humidity have receded into memory, and now cool winds blow the colorful leaves off the trees. Included in this issue is a review of Dr. Placher’s final book, Mark, which was just published this past August. Zach Churney ’14 presents an interesting [...]

Theology has received a poor reputation in modern times. The accusations usually fall in two strands: either theology is some anachronistic game that scholars played in past ages, or it is a pharisaic exercise that distracts from the Christian life and the gospel. As churches have moved away from teaching doctrine and have emphasized the [...]

by David S. Blix, ’70
Editor’s Note: With all of the talk about changing traditions during this year’s homecoming, I felt it would be fitting to publish this, one of my favorite Chapel Talks on the subject. Dr. Blix graciously agreed, and the following are excerpts of his talk, delivered originally on September 13, 2007.
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During the first few years of my career at Wabash, back in the early nineties, our department did a lot of hiring, which means we had lots of dinners with job candidates, and thus we had to tell them what Wabash is all about. We ended up saying the same things over and over and [...]

In the 17th century, when the Westminster Divines were writing the Westminster Shorter Catechism, one of the foundational documents of the Reformed/Presbyterian tradition, the first question they concerned themselves with was the purpose of mankind. “What is the chief end of man?” they asked. The response was short and simple: “Man’s chief end is to [...]

by Dr. David Kubiak
I found it a great irony last semester that while the campus was meditating seriously on the dangers of drinking, every other happy memory of my late and much-lamented colleague Professor Placher seemed to involve a bottle of Scotch. But the irony is inherent in the nature of Dionysus himself. [...]

Writing about one’s mentor is a risky task. When you owe so much to somebody there is always the danger that you might subconsciously want to discount your debt in order to minimize the burden of its payment. Inspecting any relationship of dependence is fraught with the temptation of resentment and envy, but the opposite [...]