{"id":2076,"date":"2016-04-05T17:54:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T21:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=2076"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:09:59","slug":"why-the-dean-called-last-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2016\/why-the-dean-called-last-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Dean Called Last Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2076\" class=\"elementor elementor-2076\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-637410d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"637410d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbccab0\" data-id=\"bbccab0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b21bcfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b21bcfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During my undergraduate years, I began to wonder whether there was something fundamentally incompatible between higher education and being a follower of Jesus.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21e6263 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21e6263\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ccf0c7d\" data-id=\"ccf0c7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e937425 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e937425\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In fact, I went through my entire undergraduate and graduate years at the University of Texas without hearing any of my 50-or-so professors ever identify themselves as a follower of Jesus. Some of the non-Christian professors, on the other hand, were quite uninhibited in ridiculing Jesus and the Christian faith.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a9cb9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a9cb9c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa40cc6\" data-id=\"aa40cc6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-908b61e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"908b61e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My Angst About My Faith<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4dd67d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4dd67d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46f6a2a\" data-id=\"46f6a2a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-176abf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"176abf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This was personally troubling to me. My angst about my faith did motivate me to dig deeper to try to establish whether there was indeed a reasonable basis for being a follower of Jesus. Happily, I found in the writing of C.S. Lewis and other Christian apologists the assurance that I needed.<\/p><p>During graduate school I realized that I had the opportunity to be for my students what no one had been for me \u2014\u00a0 a professor who was also known as a follower of Jesus.<\/p><p>Midway through the first semester that I taught, I decided how I would explain this. I carefully crafted a very short end-of-class speech expressing my desire that we know each other as people. I included several things about me personally, including my various interests and my Christian commitment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cdb7d24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cdb7d24\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b4a98c\" data-id=\"3b4a98c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c59a5e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c59a5e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I Panicked... And Dismissed the Class<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16fe157 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16fe157\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-022f335\" data-id=\"022f335\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088b963 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"088b963\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I went to class that day both excited and apprehensive. When I finished my lecture five minutes before the end of class, I could have talked about my faith. Instead, I panicked and dismissed the class early.<\/p><p>I went to class 22 times in a row with this same intention, failing again and again. Finally, before the final exam, I did it.<\/p><p>I shared with the students how much I had enjoyed teaching them, that I was a Christian, and that I would be pleased to visit with any of them who might be curious about why.\u00a0 I had no takers, but it was a faith barrier which, once broken, would never again be so difficult. I told each successive class something about myself and my faith.\u00a0<\/p><p>In my final semester of graduate school, I taught a business calculus class. One-third of the students were Jewish. I wondered if it would be wise to just skip identifying myself as a Christian for fear I might offend one of them. After praying about it, I felt led to identify myself as a follower of Jesus.<\/p><p>That night I received a call from the Dean of Students inquiring about my class that day.<\/p><p>As my heart pounded, Dean Campbell explained that the \u201cCampbell twins\u201d in my class were his sons, and that he had heard from them what I had shared briefly that afternoon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24f1438 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24f1438\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-180a743\" data-id=\"180a743\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8844d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8844d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What the Twins Heard<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-adb3890 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"adb3890\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae6cf64\" data-id=\"ae6cf64\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f85f0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f85f0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He went on to explain to me that he was calling to thank me. He was a Christian; his sons had not been walking with the Lord as college students, and somehow God has used my brief comments to rekindle their interest in following Jesus. He went on to explain that he had called every Bradley in the phone book (22 to get to \u201cWalter Bradley\u201d) to find and thank me.\u00a0<\/p><p>Jesus tell us, \u201cLet your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.\u201d I cannot honor the last half of this verse without letting students know the source of whatever goodness and kindness they see in how I treat them.<\/p><p>For the past 40 plus years, I have regularly included a simple statement about my faith as part of my introduction of my class each year, with many wonderful experiences resulting.<\/p><p>Exactly how we let people know in an appropriate way about our faith is different for each of us, but I think this should be a goal for each of us to whom God has given this very significant platform of influence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1eb48ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1eb48ba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d595f4f\" data-id=\"d595f4f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99116ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99116ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Walter Bradley<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During my undergraduate years, I began to wonder whether there was something fundamentally incompatible between higher education and being a follower of Jesus. 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