This article was the featured piece in the February 2013 faculty email newsletter, the Lamp Post. We are delighted to offer these video clips to our readers because we believe Jeff Hardin’s presentation offers Christian faculty who teach and pursue research in the sciences and technology an important perspective on their work.

Joel Potter longed to have his philosophy students experience a good intellectual defense of the Christian faith.... What could he offer to the students at UAA to help them participate in meaningful discussions and relationships outside the classroom? What if there was something ongoing, he wondered, that would foster thinking and discussion about the Christian faith? 

A seminar to prepare students for graduate school.

We invite your submissions to the Faculty Ministry website as a valuable member of our team. Fellow faculty and staff can benefit from your insight, encouragement, and experience.

Steve Simmons presents an insightful look at what he deems the teaching philosophy necessary to be a “good” teacher and mentor.

Tom Trevethan, retired Faculty Ministry staff, offers a study to lead us in examining Psalm 90.

Micheal Hickerson, maps out an ideal route to becoming a professor. There may be bumps along the way, but keep your destination in mind.

This lecture shared by C. John Sommerville at InterVarsity's Midwest Faculty Conference elaborates on his premise that now is the time for Christians to initiate change in the university to answer the question, "How can we change the university?"

Discussion questions for George M. Marsden's, "The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship" (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997), introduction and chapters 3-6. You may find the quotations that follow most questions to be relevant, but they are no substitute for following Marsden's argument in full.