Posts by Rick Langer

Rick Langer

Rick Langer is a Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology and the Director of the Office of Faith and Learning at Biola University. He specializes in the integration of faith and learning, and has also published in the areas of bioethics, theology and philosophy. He has a passion for helping Christians of all ages understand the connection between the Gospel and all the diverse facets of the created order in which we live. Prior to coming to Biola, he served for over twenty years as a pastor at Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Redlands, California.

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• Winsome Conviction

  Think Your Vote: A Guide on Character and Policy

  Rick Langer — October 16, 2020

  Puzzled about voting? Download our guide to help clarify beliefs, values and convictions for the 2020 election. There are a multitude of voter’s...

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 1: Today's Argument Culture

  Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — October 05, 2020

  What is "the argument culture," and how have we been immersed into it? Tim and Rick unpack four notable characteristics of "the argument culture"...

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 0: Trailer for Winsome Conviction Podcast

  Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — October 01, 2020

  Incivility is a hallmark of our conversations, both within the Church and across the broader culture. Can we foster conversations that deepen and...

• Talbot Magazine

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  What Does a Swastika Mean to Me?

  Rick Langer — November 13, 2017

  The swastika has etched a personal meaning into countless souls. Some of these souls whisper stories from their graves, but others still walk among us. And for some, myself included, the stories of our fathers and mothers have been etched into our souls as well.

• The Good Book Blog

  What Does a Swastika Mean to Me?

  Rick Langer — May 05, 2016

  In light of Holocaust Remembrance Week and Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 5, professor Rick Langer shares what a swastika means to him. ... Likewise, the swastika, the twisted cross, is a distillation of all of Nazism. It proclaims “racial purity” and narratives of “supermen” and “lives unworthy of living.” Its jagged arms encompass a thousand crimes both large and small, and circumscribe many million corpses, named and unnamed, which lie in graves across the continent of Europe. But the swastika has also etched a personal meaning into countless souls. Some of these souls whisper stories from their graves, but others still walk among us. And for some, myself included, the stories of our fathers and mothers have been etched into our souls as well ...

• The Good Book Blog

  Thanksgiving Then and Now

  Rick Langer — November 07, 2011

  Thanksgiving from William Bradford to George Washingto to Abraham Lincoln to 9/11, has not just been a holiday celebration but rather a discipline of gratitude grown in the soil of adversity.

• The Good Book Blog

  The Road to More and the City of Enough

  Rick Langer — March 18, 2011

  We live in one of the most materially prosperous cultures that the world has ever known. We live with full stomachs and warm houses, surrounded by technological toys, secured by gates and walls, tended by the best of medical practice, and endlessly entertained by a 24/7 stream of media. There is only one thing we are missing: contentment. Why is "enough" so hard to find?