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Last week we shared an excerpt from week 1 of the Center for Christian Studies winter class, 2026, in which Keith Stanglin presented a Christian anthropology, focused on the Imago Dei . In this excerpt from the first class, Keith discusses the telos, or purpose, of human beings, and what stands in our way of fulfilling this purpose. From the class description: In an age of increasing dependence and formation by technology, it is perhaps more vital than ever that Christians

From January 26th through March 9th, the Center for Christian Studies offered our fourth annual Winter Class, this year's theme being "Being Human: Human Being in the Image of God." From the class description: In an age of increasing dependence and formation by technology, it is perhaps more vital than ever that Christians grapple with the question, “What is a human being?” What does it mean to be human? What does the Bible teach about human nature, flourishing, and purpose?

Keith D. Stanglin Jacob Arminius served for 15 years as Pastor at The Old Church in Amsterdam In my previous blog post , I raised the old theological and practical challenge of the assurance of salvation, an issue that was central to the Protestant reformers in general and to Jacob Arminius (1559–1609) in particular.  He identified two opposite problems related to assurance.  Previously, I discussed his treatment of the first problem—despair or hopelessness about salvation, w