An interesting development in terms of high-quality Christian higher-ed programs: John Mark Reynolds, the founder of the Great Books program at Biola (the Torrey Honors Institute), has accepted the position of provost at Houston Baptist University under president Robert Sloan.
John Mark reflects on the transition, explaining:
I began to worry that I was staying too long. I am a “starter” and not a “repeater.” Torrey is stable with a strong leadership team and I am more an entrepreneur and vision caster.
And one of John Mark’s former/current students, Matt Anderson, grieves the news with hope:
There are few individuals whose lives have left a deeper stamp on my own than his, and few seasons of my life that were more profoundly influential than my time at Torrey. But his greatest contribution was ever and always to point us all beyond himself, backwards to the saints and giants whose voices shaped his own and upwards like Socrates to the Good, the True, and the Beautiful in the face of Jesus Christ.
You can read his full post here.
