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They do have an Amen Corner after all!

By Steve Horn ALEXANDRIA, La. - One of the sporting world’s most celebrated events occurs this weekend in the Masters. The world’s best golfers will compete over four days for a total prize purse of 18 million dollars. The winner gets 3.25 million and the coveted green jacket. Even some who otherwise have no interest in golf will watch at some point this weekend. Holes 11, 12 and 13 on the course are called the Amen Corner. Remembering this got me to thinking about all of the spiritual lessons in golf. And, not just the ones about “not throwing your clubs in the water.” I am not an accomplished golfer, but I like to play. I have observed a few spiritual lessons along the way. (Actually, I have seen entire devotional books written with this thought in mind.) New Testament writers used sporting imagery from their day to convey spiritual truth. So, on this weekend of the Masters, I offer a couple of spiritual insights from the great game of golf. Bad things happen when you do not keep your eyes on the ball. That’s true in golf and life. I have a tendency in golf to look up to see how far I hit the ball. The problem is that I tend to look up before I hit the ball. As believers when we fail to keep our eyes on the ball of … [Read more...]

LCU to host Senior Hymnfest 2024

Scotty Blackwell and Friends will headline the upcoming Senior Hymnfest 2024. Scheduled for April 18 at 1 p.m. inside Louisiana Christian University’s Guinn Auditorium, the event is free to attend. … [Read more...]

LCU student awarded Phi Alpha Theta’s Hanger Prize

By LCU News PINEVILLE, La. (LCU Media) --Laura Aime, a senior history major, of Baton Rouge, has been awarded this year’s Kimberly S. Hanger Prize at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional History Conference. Aime, along with a student from Loyola University, each received the honor of having the best undergraduate history papers submitted to the conference, held on March 22 in New Orleans. Aime's paper was titled "Reaching the Hearts and Minds of the American Colonists: American Clergy, Their Sermons, and the American Revolution."  In the paper, she analyzed numerous 18th-century sermons, arguing that pastors were a potent force in persuading their congregants to support the Patriot cause by drawing parallels between biblical texts and the American fight for liberty from British tyranny in their sermons. “It was such an honor to be recognized as a co-winner for the Kimberly S. Hanger prize this year,” Aime said. This is the second year in a row a student from LCU has won the Hanger Prize.   … [Read more...]

LCU awarded Delta Workforce Grant for nursing technology

By Elizabeth Clarke, LCU News PINEVILLE, La. (LCU News) - Louisiana Christian University has been awarded more than $448,000 to develop its Responsive Nursing Technology in Education program from the Delta Regional Authority. These funds will allow LCU’s nursing program to respond to the evolving demands of the healthcare industry and address the healthcare shortage in Louisiana. This grant will pay for: An Anatomage Table for Simulated Cadaver Dissection that will better prepare graduates for nursing practice and medical school. The PTA program will be able to use a new Anatomage Table Alpha which is one of the most innovative 3D anatomy learning solutions for advanced  PTA anatomy and biology lessons.  Stemming from the world-renowned Anatomage Table, the Alpha offers the same interactive dissection experience to explore real human and animal anatomy but in an instructional lab experience. The CAE LearningSpace management platform for the LCU nursing simulation lab. This control center will provide audiovisual, scheduling management and assessment software with the right tools curated for teaching nursing students best practices. The “Victoria” Birthing Simulator provides state-of-the-art simulation of … [Read more...]