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#49: Why Are Students Required to Take General Education (or “Core Curriculum”) Courses?

Published October 1, 2024

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Why do universities require students to take classes in the humanities during their first few years? Dr. David Horner, who has taught these classes for many years, helps us see the wisdom of requiring these courses, in light of the value they bring to the student who takes them seriously. Dave earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in philosophy at Oxford University, is a professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, and is the author of (among other books) the popular Mind Your Faith: A Student’s Guide to Thinking and Living Well. In this podcast we discuss: Resources mentioned…

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#40: Finding the “Middle Way” in the LGBTQ+ Conversation

Published January 1, 2024

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My guest today is Rick Mattson, a national apologetics specialist and evangelism coach with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He often does open “Q and A” sessions on college campuses in which he is asked for insights on how to understand LGBTQ+ issues in ways that embody both truth and love. We discuss some of what he shares on this important topic. In this podcast we discuss: Resources mentioned during our conversation:

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#39: A Guide to Majoring in The Great Books

Published December 1, 2023

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This episode continues my sporadic series on the various fields students may choose to study while in college. My guest is Dr. Hannah Eagleson studied the great books at St. John’s College (Annapolis, MD) during her Masters degree, then went on to earn a PhD in Renaissance literature at the University of Delaware. She has written study guides to The Lord of the Rings and to works by C. S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers. Dr. Eagleson also develops programming to support Christian scholars as they follow Christ and love their neighbors, including work with Global Scholars, Chesterton House (a…

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#37: Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air

Published October 1, 2023

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In this episode we are discussing an idea every student is sure to encounter early and repeatedly during the college years– the idea of “relativism.” My guest is Greg Koukl, co-author of Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air and the Founder/President of Stand to Reason, a great apologetics ministry.

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#36: How Campus Ministries Help Students Flourish: Affirming “The Priesthood of All Students”

Published September 1, 2023

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My guest today is Timothee Joset, author of The Priesthood of All Students. He has been a student leader in campus ministry in Switzerland and internationally, including serving on the International Fellowship for Evangelical Students (or IFES) governing Board for four years. Timothée holds a Master of Arts with majors in Literature and History from the Universities of NOO – ka – tel Neuchâtel, Switzerland and Berlin, Germany, a Master of Theological Studies from Tyndale Seminary, Toronto and a PhD in theology from the University of Durham. For several years he has also helped give leadership to “Dialogue and Truth,”…

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#35: Research as Worship

Published August 1, 2023

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My guest in this episode is Dr. Martine Audeoud, Academic Dean of Bakke Graduate University and author of Research as Worship in the Company of God. In this recent book she shares much wisdom for students doing research for term papers. In this podcast we discuss: Resources mentioned during our conversation:

#24: Why Christian Students Must Understand Their and Other’s Worldviews

Published September 1, 2022

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My guest today is Mike Schutt, Executive Director of the Worldview Academy. Mike has been thinking, writing, and consulting on worldview formation for over 30 years, including helping law students bring their worldview into the practice of law. His thoughts on worldview and Law have been published in his Redeeming Law: Christian Calling and the Legal Profession (InterVarsity Press, 2007). In this podcast we discuss: What a worldview is Why it is so important to understand worldviews The benefits of living according to the biblical worldview How Mike discovered the importance of worldviews during college How worldview issues permeate all…

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#19: Is Reality Secular? A Former Secular-Progressive Professor Says No!

Published April 1, 2022

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Dr. Mary Poplin was a self-described “radical progressive Marxist” professor before coming to faith in Christ by meeting Jesus in a dream. Since then she has worked tirelessly to integrate biblical truth and the field of education as a professor of Education at the Claremont Graduate University. She has also authored numerous books on Christianity and higher education. Here we talk about her most recent book Is Reality Secular? Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews. In this podcast we discuss: Defining a “worldview” How she identified the four worldviews and decided to write about them Summarizing the four worldviews:…

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#11: Surviving Religion 101 – Dr. Michael Kruger

Published August 1, 2021

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Welcome to another edition of the College Faith podcast, sponsored by Global Scholars. My guest today is Dr. Michael Kruger, President of Reformed Seminary-Charlotte and author of Surviving Religion 101: Letters to a Christian Student on Keeping the Faith in College. Dr. Kruger wrote this book for his daughter, who is now a student at UNC-Chapel Hill, sharing what he wished he understood as a young believer and a student there thirty years ago, as his faith was challenged by his religion professor. Now an accomplished scholar, he is able to offer much wisdom to his daughter Emma, and so…

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#10: How Asking Good Questions Helps Us Succeed – Dr. Randy Newman

Published July 1, 2021

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In this episode I talk with Dr. Randy Newman about the importance of asking good questions. Whether it be in class, in relationships, or in conversations about our faith, the ability to ask the right questions is often the key to great conversations, learning, and growth. Randy is one of the best “question-askers” I know. He has shared some of his wisdom on this topic as it relates to sharing the good news of the gospel with others in his popular book Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts The Way Jesus Did. We begin with the principles he shares in this…

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Tag: Marketplace of Ideas

#49: Why Are Students Required to Take General Education (or “Core Curriculum”) Courses?

#40: Finding the “Middle Way” in the LGBTQ+ Conversation

#39: A Guide to Majoring in The Great Books

#37: Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air

#36: How Campus Ministries Help Students Flourish: Affirming “The Priesthood of All Students”

#35: Research as Worship

#24: Why Christian Students Must Understand Their and Other’s Worldviews

#19: Is Reality Secular? A Former Secular-Progressive Professor Says No!

#11: Surviving Religion 101 – Dr. Michael Kruger

#10: How Asking Good Questions Helps Us Succeed – Dr. Randy Newman

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