Heads up–there’s a cult active at Stanford. One of Andrew’s friends was approached this week by a group called “Students For the Truth at Stanford.”
They are a part of the “Local Church” founded by Witness Lee. The version of the Bible they hand out is called “The Recovery Version.”
This is not simply another Christian group like Cornerstone or InterVarsity. Those are wonderful groups that are good to be involved in (obviously, we’d prefer you plug into Chi Alpha, but that’s just ’cause we want to know you).
This group is fundamentally different. The Local Church is known for demanding absolute and unhealthy obedience from its followers. Here’s my counsel to you: groups like this mess up your life. If someone approaches you, give them absolutely no information about yourself or where you live. Be polite but firm.
Here are some links you can investigate:
Critical Perspectives
Apologetics Index
Living Truth Ministries
Christian Research Institute
Their Perspective
Students For The Truth At Stanford (does not seem to be actively maintained)
Living Stream Ministries
Bibles For America
Tomorrow’s Big Game will mark the 20th anniversary of The Play.
What is The Play? A moment of total humilation for Stanford at the hands of Cal. It’s pretty funny, too.
Cal’s The Play memorial page contains video clips of the horror–you should really check it out!
You might find this interesting: some of our very own have websites!
Jimmy Lim’s website is You ALWAYS Sing the First Line of a Blues Song Twice
Shaowei Lin’s website is BananaWorld
Paula and I share a site: Glen & Paula Davis (although it’s more of a professional than a personal site)
Anyone else out there with a home on the web?
There are plenty of Christian faculty here at Stanford. Don’t believe me? Check out the Stanford Christian Faculty Fellowship directory. Interestingly enough, the majority of them appear to be in the physical and life sciences. Stuff that in your theological pipe and smoke it…
Be sure to check out The Journey With Jesus, a set of musings by Dan Clendenin about what Jesus would look like in contemporary society.
I mentioned this on my personal website, but I thought it would also be of interest to the students at Stanford XA. Donald Knuth, a retired computer science professor at Stanford, undertook a project many years ago to analyze every chapter 3 verse 16 in the Bible. It’s supposed to be quite fascinating, although I’ve not read it yet.
In any event, I just ran across the coolest thing on his website: John 3:16 in beautiful PDF calligraphy. The translation is pretty neat as well.