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Poll: Christianity Today and Removing Trump- Do you agree?

*The Polls are at the end of this article.* On December 19th, my birthday, Christianity Today , one of the flagship evangelical magazines, published an editorial “Trump Should Be Removed from Office” by Mark Galli, CT’s …

I saw a post from a friend who is a teacher showing a picture of a patriotic 9/11 backpack of one of her students full of American flags and “God Bless America.” She mentioned how …

shown is an illustration of Joseph running from Potiphar's wife

I’m a terrible blogger. As near as I can tell, one of the keys to blogging is having an opinion on every hot-button issue and making it known. I certainly have an opinion when it …

Faith on View considers a lot of factors when putting together the Top Christian College Rankings. We evaluate 18 measures in four different categories, each worth 25%. One of the more interesting categories in the …

Last week’s article contained a poll that asked, “Is America Hostile to the Christian Faith?” The results have been interesting so far. But more interesting has been the conversations generated. There is one particular conversation …

Faith on View began ranking Christian Colleges in 2013. The project has been well received an even copied. But, this ranking remains the most complete ranking in terms both of the number of institutions ranked and …

I’ve had the unique experience this year of my personal life and my academic life intersecting. My father is Cruz Reynoso who is a noted civil rights activist and was the first Latino on the …

It has taken me all of one day to get off my publishing schedule here on Faith on View. I should have known that would happen. Once I start writing again, more ideas come to …

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Something Unexpected

There were two weeks in October that didn’t go as I expected.

On Monday, October 9th, my wife was following the developing Northern California fires online when she saw that they were woefully shorthanded at the large animal evacuation site near us. We decided to spend a few hours the next morning volunteering. Those few hours turned into much more.

Soon after arriving to volunteer, we were assigned to watch a barn and help care for the animals, mostly horses. The instructions to volunteers were that the horses needed water, walking, and food. But, there were a ton of volunteers and the waters were getting checked every 10 minutes and people with little horse experience were walking them. At one point, our barn had seven animals and 12 people trying to help. Everyone meant well but it was stressing the animals out. Then when a horse got stressed four people would try to calm it… which didn’t help.

Over the last few decades, the United States has been obsessed with size. Until gas prices approached $5 a gallon, massive SUVs ruled the roads. Even now as gas prices have dropped, I’ve noticed a rise in the number of New SUVs on the road. In the 1950’s, the average new home construction was slightly over 1200 square feet. Today, the average is twice that all while the average family size is shrinking.

Universities are no different, mega-campuses have been increasing to the point where there are now nine public universities with over 50,000 students. Central Florida University now boasts over 60,000 students. This doesn’t count private institutions like Liberty University that grow huge enrollments through online programs. Central Florida wasn’t even established until 1963. The next largest university, The Ohio State University, had 20,512 students in 1950 and had an enrollment of 58,663 last year.