I recently leaked an audio recording and documentation of an encounter I had with Vice President/Associate Dean Argile Smith to an anonymously run website. I want to clarify why I did this and answer a few questions.
Why I Recorded the Encounter
Keep in mind, this all took place just weeks after President Joe Aguillard wrote his “President’s Pen” article condemning Calvinism and saying it will not be allowed at Louisiana College. Not only this, Aguillard had recently given contractual non-renewals to two Christian Studies profs and the Associate Dean of the Caskey School of Divinity. It is this climate of political targeting and theological smoke-screening that all of this took place.
Today begins the Spring semester at Louisiana College’s Caskey School of Divinity. I am thankful to begin my first semester in the Biblical and Theological Studies program. This semester I am taking two courses: Historical Theology: Post-Reformation and Enlightenment Eras and Advanced Doctrines: Doctrine of Christ. I will also be enrolled in a non-credit Evangelism Practicum each semester.
Dr. Chuck Quarles, Dean of the 