Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Christian Philosophers as Teachers


As a philosopher, I want to teach my students to think for themselves. As a Christian, I want to model for my students a commitment to Christ. If I had only the first goal, I would refrain from revealing my convictions to them. If I had only the second objective, I would introduce them to fewer criticisms of Christianity. But since I am a Christian philosopher, I strive to encourage my students to combine honest evaluation of Christianity with confident submission to Christ. In the future, I plan to be more sensitive to my students’ intellectual, temperamental, and developmental differences.

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