Editor-in-Chief Lindsey Sullivan shares her inspirations behind the Currents Spring 2021 edition “Beauty from Ashes.”
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Fresh Faces: Musician Dreams of Future in Ministry
Fresh Faces features first-year and transfer students in an effort to unite Pepperdine students, regardless of where they are. This installment features Colin Wiese, a community-loving student from Livermore, Calif.
Opinion: Racial Reconciliation Needs to be a Priority in Christianity
In light of recent racial injustices, many POC may turn to the Christian Church as a source of refuge and hope. Unfortunately, the church has not always supported these members — so, what are ways it can support them now?
Opinion: Rethink Pepperdine’s Religious Framework
A major part of Pepperdine’s identity as a university lies in its Christian tradition and faith-centered atmosphere. However, not all students who choose to attend share this faith.
‘Worth the Struggle’: The Conversation Around Queerness and Christianity
A Religion student, Religion professors and church leaders discuss and share their thoughts on the conversation around queerness and the Bible.
What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?
There are passages in the Bible that tend to be most cited by people when discussing what Scripture says about homosexuality. Here is how some interpret these passages.
Seeing the Value in Dark
Light and dark are necessary counterbalances in art. Whether it is gray scale or complete contrast, light and dark work together to create meaning.
How to Worship: Church-of-Christ-Style
The Church of Christ is known for worshipping in an acapella style but there are many more characteristics and developments that make Pepperdine’s pledged denomination what it is today.
Food Sustainability: A Q&A with Professor Christopher Doran
Photo by Terra Atwood Sprinkled throughout Professor Christopher Doran’s office is: a statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, a bobblehead Jesus, and a Segway, on which he glides to and from work. A graduate of Pepperdine’s Natural Sciences Division and University of California Berkeley’s school of theology, Doran is ambidextrous in his discussions of ecology […]
Don’t Interpret the Bible Through a Cultural Lens
Art by Sybil Zhang God provides humanity with the Biblical text to be applied to every time period’s context, regardless of how society has changed through the duration. Therefore, the Bible’s meaning is true and unchanging yesterday, today and forever. Many Christians understand the Bible as the written truth of God. However, discerning the original […]
