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	• How to Stay Christian in College (Th1nk Edition) J. Budziszewski Th1nk Books, 2004 - 178 pages average customer review:based on 17 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

great resource for any college student or high schooler

this is a must-read for anybody who is heading into college or is already a college student. professor budziszewski understands the challenges of living the Christian life after high school and his insights will equip many to face each challenge with GOD's wisdom and help.

Be alert and open-eyed to college!

J. Budziszewski's own personal story is one of losing his childhood Christian faith in college, and not just in the sense of casually drifting away from it, but becoming openly opposed to it. So thoroughly had he deconstructed God and the meaning of existence, that he considered himself a wholehearted nihilist. In other words, there was no God, no purpose or meaning to existence.

He writes this book for Christian students going to college, those already in college, and for their parents (I might add teachers, pastors, and mentors). His purpose is to prepare them for the challenges to the Christian faith that they will face spiritually, intellectually, and socially--both in the classroom and among their friends. He breaks down the various worldviews and blends of them that occur in society and especially in college, such as naturalism, post-modernism, and what he calls "Do-it-yourself spirituality."

The section on "Campus Myths" is particularly good, and he writes with his usual compelling clarity and simple logic. The section shows how professors under the commitment of their particular worldview may show bias and inconsistency about how we engage in the search for truth, and the possibility of arriving at "truth" and "Ultimate Truth". The discussion of myths about sex, love, and marriage, would be a great basis for a high-school youth group study on the topic. Using a Biblical context, he shows how love is a "commitment of the will to the true good of another person. That means that its (love's) adult expresssion is not sex but the binding promises of marriage." He also demonstrates how sex outside of marriage can actually be damaging to relationships, and why God wants us to wait.

Advice for finding a solid campus ministry to get involved with is also given, and Budziszewski also gives the important advice that these campus groups or small groups ought never to take the place of regular Christian worship with a gathered congregation of believers. This is where the body of Christ as a whole meets to be fed by Christ's Word and Sacraments, and there we receive the much needed forgiveness of sins. Budziszewski writes with a boldness that he readily acknowledges might offend some, but he is unapologetic about the truth. And as he himself discovered, knowing the Truth (Jesus Christ) will set you free (John 8:32). This book prepares the Christian to be alert and open-eyed about the challenges that may face them (often even in private Christian colleges), and to engage in their learning and enrichment in the college years with wisdom and with the love of God. It doesn't turn them to be adversarial or antagonistic to professors or institutions, but to be equipped in their faith so they will not be surprised or caught off guard by attacks to their faith, and know how to handle them. I highly recommend this book for high school and college students and their parents.

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Christians can not only survive, but flourish in college!

Welcome to College: A Christ-Follower's Guide for the Journey

How to Stay Christian in College is a clearly written and useful primer on some of the key issues college students face. It is unique in that it is written from the perspective of a successful and thoughtful Christian professor at a large state school. Budziszewski offers helpful advice to students on issues such as politics and morality. College is a time full of opportunities and challenges for Christians and this book will help them begin to prepare for both.

Second hand faith

Many Christian High school students graduate and their parents send them off to college, even a Christian college. There they face challenges to "the faith of their fathers." The faith they profess is not the faith they possess. Soon they face challenges such as evolution, lack of credibility in the Bible, as well as temptations to sin or follow other religions. They will not survive on secnd-hand faith. This book will help them to develop and maintain a Christian lifestyle while away from home. It will help them to realize that they're not the "only one" out there.

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College students will benefit from this preparatory guidebook for keeping their faith while away from home.

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