Spiritual Life – Thinking Christianly
Apr 15, 2022
#13: Professors Who “Think Christianly”: The Mission of Global Scholars
In this first podcast of our second year, Jordan takes time to learn more about our sponsor Global Scholars. She gets the backstory of how the mission of this podcast and that of Global Scholars complement one another by interviewing Stan, who serves as President and CEO. Along the way are many great stories of how God is at work today in higher education globally.
In this podcast we discuss:
- How professors influence their students to either seek Christ or reject Christ
- How professors influence culture through what they teach their students
- The estimated percentage of professors worldwide who are Christians
- How a Christian professor helped Stan continue in the faith without even know it!
- Examples of Christian professors integrating biblical truth into their teaching and writing
- How J.P. has mentored Stan for almost 40 years now, and a similar relationship Jordan has
- Why listeners may also be interested in Stan’s College Faith Podcast
- Why Stan has hope for the university and future generations of students
- Some ways God is using professors in the lives Ukrainian and Russian students
- Other ways God is using Christian professors to share Christ and disciple students
Resources mentioned during our conversation:
- Os Guinness, The Gravedigger Files: Papers on the Subversion of the Modern Church
- The College Faith Podcast: Conversations at the Intersection of Christian Conviction and Higher Education. Specific podcasts discussed in this episode are:
- Ken Elzinga, How Students Succeed at the Intersection of Christian Conviction and Higher Education
- Christy Craft, Thriving as a Christian at a Secular University
- Michael Kruger, Surviving Religion 101
- Mary Poplin, Is Reality Secular? A Former Secular-Progressive Professor Says “No!”
- Michael Kruger, Surviving Religion 101: Letters to a Christian Student on Keeping the Faith in College
- Mary Poplin, Is Reality Secular?: Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews
- Global Scholars website