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Finding Our Calling -- The Meaning of Life
first 40,000 college graduates before the Civil
War, 10,000 entered the ministry.
Many of those colleges are now openly
hostile to Christianity. What happened to
them?
Gradually they became more
concerned with
"the things of this world"
than
they were about the reasons they were
established. And yet, what better place has
there been this year to secure an education
than on a college campus where God is
honored -- where the principles of the Bible are
taught as the principles of life? You get Biblical
faith in the Science laboratory, in the History
class, and, yes, in my Economics course.
As our students progress through Harding
University and beyond, we will probably rejoice
most when we hear of their trustworthiness,
their unreproachable
character,
their
faithfulness to Christ, and their service to the
church. With pencils-in-hand, we, their learning
partners, believe that the honorable pursuit of
a professional career in education, ·in science,
in business, or in any other area, is consistent
with a righteous life.
We would join the Apostle Paul to tell our
students this. It's recorded in Philippians 4:8 -–
"Brethren, whatever is true, whatever is
honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if
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