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WHAT STUDENTS SAY ABOUT JNC |
"The John Newton
Center has provided an amazing opportunity for students to further
their religious and historical understanding of Christianity. The
Center is responsible for enriching my college experience outside of
the classroom with their student lecture series and small group
studies."
- Victoria Cudd, '06
"Through the studies I attended at the John Newton Center last year,
many of my questions about Christianity were answered, and I grew in
both knowledge and faith. The Center offers a welcoming
environment, knowledgeable instruction, and the opportunity to meet
new people and share in good conversation."
- Kathleen Harrigan, '05
"The John Newton Center is an example of one the few institutions
left today that is dedicated to preserving and exploring traditional
Christian ideas and values as they relate in the world today. In
today's politically correct world, the JNC provides a much needed
source of input in the Dickinson academic community. I am very
grateful for their work."
- Chris Morgan, '06
"The John Newtown Center has taken me, literally, to places I have
never been, such as England and Switzerland, and offered a place to
seriously engage Christianity that I could not find anywhere else at
Dickinson. It has helped me shape my belief system and critically
analyze theological concepts that I had never engaged previously.
It is a tremendously valuable resource for any Christian."
- Jon Lentz, '04
"In a day when the tree of Christianity is severed from its
sustaining doctrinal taproots and the bark of strong conviction is
stripped off leaving but a reed of splintered truth tossed by the
wind, the John Newton Center is welcome relief....the Center plants its roots deep in historic
orthodoxy, restoring firm conviction and sound intellectual argument
to the Christian faith. It can resuscitate Christianity's
credibility in the university setting."
- Josh Pauling, '04
"The John Newton Center is a place for students who seek a
well-rounded and liberal education that is fortified by an influence
of Judeo-Christian history in seeking knowledge, wisdom, virtue,
morality, and purpose. This is something that is and has been at
the forefront of serious academic inquiry since the founding of the
United States and the founding of Dickinson College by Dr. Benjamin
Rush, who would certainly have deemed the John Newton Center
entirely useful and necessary to the Dickinson campus according to
these words:
'It is now several months since I promised to give you my reasons
for preferring the Bible as a schoolbook to all other compositions.
Before I state my arguments, I shall assume the five following
propositions:
1 . That Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and
that in proportion as mankind adopts its principles and obeys its
precepts they will be wise and happy.
2. That a better knowledge of this religion is to be acquired by
reading the Bible than in any other way.
3. That the Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
4. That knowledge is most durable, and religious instruction most
useful, when imparted in early life.
5. That the Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life.'
 (Benjamin Rush, Essays, pp. 93-113, 'A Defense of the Use of the Bible as a School Book'.)
- Bradley R. Fitzgerald, '04
"The John Newton Center is where
thinking Christians go."
- Jonathan Price, '04
Letter to the Sentinel Editor, 4-5-07:
On Friday I was privileged to
attend the 2007 PhIlip Lockheart Lecture presented by Dr. James K.
Hoffmeier at the Carlisle Theater. This lecture entitled “The Exodus
from Egypt —
Myth or Reality” was sponsored by the John Newton
Center on South College Street. It was a delightfully illustrated
and carefully reasoned discussion of the Exodus journey examined by
critically contrasting recent assertions with new archeological
evidence. Dr. Hoffmeier with charm and humor enthralled the
full-house with his meticulous marshalling of the evidence as he
presented it against the background of the Biblical narrative.
The audience was not only large, but it
was truly representative of the community clergy, lay, students,
young, and old. Of particular note was the large number of young
adults who were not only present, but asked the majority of the
questions which ranged from scholarly to basic.
Carlisle is enriched by the presence
among us of the John Newton Center and its work dedicated to the
study and furtherance of the moral and ethical concepts of
Christianity.
Joan Shaw
Carlisle resident
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