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Growing Up Fundamentalist, Part Six: College and Conviction

Growing Up Fundamentalist, Part Six: College and Conviction

Kevin T. Bauder My parents always stressed the importance of college education. My father actually modeled his commitment to higher education by going to college during my teen years. He graduated the same spring that I graduated from high school. As commencement drew near, the question was not whether I would attend college, but where… Continue Reading

A Learned Gentleman

A Learned Gentleman

My students are sometimes surprised (and, to be truthful, sometimes encouraged) to learn that I failed Greek the first time I took it. Passing the course was not a question of ability, but of motivation. During my first year and a half at Faith Baptist Bible College, my heart was far from the Lord. For… Continue Reading