honored by the senior class From taking studems overseas and helping them see another world view to applying biblical principles to everyday objects, Scott Adair, assistam professor of Bible, tried [Q help his students discover truth for themselves, which was one of the many reasons Adair was voted by the senior class as the 2007 P etit Jean dedication recipient. Adair received his bachelor's degree in Bible and religion from Harding in 1990, his master of divinity from Harding University Graduate School of Religion and planned to finish his doctorate of ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary by August of 2007. Before coming to teach at H arding in 2001 , Adair spent eight years as a youth minister at Highway Chutch of Chtist in Judsonia, Ark., and four years at South MacArthur Church of Christ in Irving, Texas. O ne of the reasons he went into teaching was to train youch ministers, which he felt was an extension of h is ministry. "For me it's a multiplication of ministry," Adair said. ''I've been doi ng youth ministry for 12 years and could have done youth ministry for many more years because 1 really enjoyed it, but T fel t like my best contribution at that point in my life would be to train youth ministers and ministers in general." One of Adair's favorite parts of teaching was seeing his students develop while they progressed through school. "I love seeing students discover truth, discover the character of God and own it themselves," Adair said. "I like fac ilitating discovery bener than importing data. My favorite thing is to see that. 1love to see students who have been through that process and it's transformational. I like the changing of lives." Senior Kenly Penn, who had Adair as a teacher and was in Adair's youth group at South MacArthur, said Adair was unique as a professor because of the care he put into his teaching. "H e is very passionate about what he does," Penn said. "You can tell the way he teaches he really gets into it, and he uses emotion." One ofthe ways in which Adair showed his pas– sion was through the applications ofhis teachings. In the fall of 2005, Adair invited his Adolescent Education class to his home since his family owned a horse farm. He showed his class the connection that humans and intelligent animals could make and explained how communication changed when horses and humans interacted. He used the illusn aScott Adair, assistant professor of Bible, speaks at Lectureships on Sept. 27 on "Walking theAdolescentTightrope." Adair worked in youth ministry for 12 years before teaching at Harding. -Amber Bazargani tion to talk abom some of the teaching principles which they were learning abom in class. Adair also sponsored students on survey tri ps to Greece, India, Mexico and Thailand, wh ich he said was important for adolescents to go on. "I thil1k for the development ofa young person, having those global experiences is life transforma– tional," Adair said. "It shows them a whole other world view and helps them to critique and value their own world view. It helps them to appreciate the God of the world and other people's perspec– tive. It gives them the heart for another country, another people." renn said one ofthe things he enjoyed aboutAdair was the ease at which he could talk to Adair. "He's very relatable," Penn said. "He's easy to talk to and a good listener. I really think he understands people. I know he's impacted my life a lot as being a friend, a mentor, as a teacher." Adair said, above all, he wanted to try and instill in his students to seek the truth. "I think 1want to teach them to don't be afraid to ask questions," Adair said. "Know to pursue the why ofeverything and that God is truth and that he is not threatened by our scrutiny and that we grow in our questions." -Cynthia Noah, editor in chief
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