Forty years ago today, September 3, 1983, my mother, Della Mildred Hendrickson Caneday, passed away. At the time, I was living in […]
Author: Ardel Caneday
Formerly a pastor, I became a university professor. For 28 years I served as Professor of New Testament & Greek at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul. I recently retired from fulltime teaching and now serve as an adjunct professor at UNW. I have written and published numerous essays on a wide range of topics for a variety of periodicals, journals, and books.
I have also written, contributed to, or edited several books. My principal field of study is the Greek New Testament, but I write and publish on diverse topics including current cultural issues.
My wife and I are avid world travelers. We have visited several European countries, Middle East nations, and the Far East countries also. We delight in spending time with our family, including our six grandchildren. I enjoy crafting wood projects, biking, reading, playing games with my wife.
Understanding the Times 4.0—A Christian Cultural Critic in Action
More than a decade before I joined the faculty at Northwestern College in 1992, injudicious Supreme Court decisions gave established legal precedent […]
Understanding the Times 3.1—The Formation of a Christian Cultural Critic
My last blog entry offers a brief historical review of factors that shaped my early thinking concerning social-cultural-political issues. Here, I continue […]
Understanding the Times 3.0—The Formation of a Christian Cultural Critic
The first entry in this series—Understanding the Times—featured Herbert Schlossberg and his uncommon book, Idols for Destruction (1983). With his book, Schlossberg […]
Understanding the Times 2.0—An Invisible, Electrified Ideological Wall
The Berlin Wall Falls November 9, 1989, is a memorable date. That day, the Berlin Wall, a barrier that separated people for […]
Understanding the Times 1.0—Herbert Schlossberg: A Prophetic Voice Unheeded
Do you recognize the prophetic nature of what Herbert Schlossberg portrays with the quotes I have cited? When I read Idols for Destruction, I did not realize how prophetic his voice was. When I cited him a decade later in a presentation, I failed to recognize his prophetic voice. Furthermore, I did not understand that my citation of Schlossberg’s book in my presentation bore something of a prophetic role to those who heard me. I should have realized it because I received a prophet’s welcome.
Correcting Gnostic Incursions into Christian Funerals
Many years ago, when I was pastoring, I began to observe that a variety of factors conspired together to shift the focus […]
The Stigma Mary Endured as the Mother of Our Lord
Gabriel’s Message that Permanently Altered Mary’s Young Life The angel Gabriel suddenly appeared to Mary, saying, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with […]
A Lament Concerning Divine Mystery
I often write personal psalms in the form of those found in the Psalter. I post this one as I think of and pray for a friend who is now enduring a time of difficulty and pain in God’s providence.