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The Cedarville Interpreter, or, Thomas White Can’t Silence (all) the Students

Mar 22, 2021 | Anthony Moore, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Conservative Evangelicals, Evangelical Youth, Paige Patterson, Southern Baptist Convention, The Cedarville Interpreter, The Village Church, Thomas White | 4 comments

by William Trollinger Homepage of The Cedarville Interpreter. For the past nine years the Cedarville University administration has done everything in its power to eliminate discussion of any ideas mildly at variance with the patriarchal Christian Right ideology...

A Pastor’s Resignation and a Former Student’s Story: More on the Wreckage Wrought by the Fundamentalist Takeover of Cedarville

Jun 16, 2020 | Anthony Moore, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Craig Miller, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Grace Baptist Church, Jason Lee, Jonathan Demers, Loren Reno, The Village Church, Thomas White | 3 comments

by William Trollinger Grace Baptist Church. Photo courtesy of CedarSnap The Cedarville University saga goes on and on and on and on and on and on.  But finally, someone has lost their job, apparently for their role in covering up for the sexual offender at the heart...

The Scandal Deepens at Cedarville University

May 5, 2020 | Anthony Moore, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Evangelical Education, Loren Reno, The Village Church, Thomas White, Uncategorized | 3 comments

by William Trollinger Portrait taken by HAF/IMMP, via thouarttheman Things are bad at Cedarville University, with the revelation a few days ago that in 2017 the school knowingly hired a sexual predator who rapidly became a central figure at the school.  (Go here for...

“Biblically Consistent” Cedarville University Knowingly Hires and Then (Three Years Later) Fires Sexual Abuser

Apr 28, 2020 | Anthony Moore, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Complementarian Theology, Evangelical Education, Paige Patterson, Righting America, Southwestern Biblical Seminary, The Village Church, Thomas White | 10 comments

by William Trollinger Inauguration of Thomas White as President of Cedarville University. Photo Credit: Samuel L. Huck, Cedarville University (2014) Just when I thought I had seen it all in American evangelicalism, here comes this story from Cedarville University....