Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross not only paid the price for the sin of the world but also bridged the divide between God and man caused by sin. What was a broken relationship was bridged. What was separation and death became reconciliation, reunion, and life. What was made possible between God and man is possible between mankind with each other. The Christian university teaches the importance of reconciliation and is the catalyst for the transformation and impact that can be found when and where there is truth and reconciliation.
The university teaches reconciliation when it sponsors and conducts programs of interfaith dialogue, when it brings students and faculties together from a great diversity of nations and ethnic groups, and when it sponsors common ground for persons of differing political views and convictions. The university teaches reconciliation when its faculty and staff model ways and means by which disagreement and disparate views may be moved to productive resolution and consensus on the essentials. The university teaches reconciliation when it brings together in worship and practice people from a diversity of faith communities and denominations, including Baptists, Mennonites, Pentecostals, Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Salvation Army, and Alliance.
The intentional teaching of reconciliation in word and deed is a university's privilege and calling as an institution of higher higher education. It is one of the chief ends of a Christian university and one of the characteristics that make it distinctive and remarkable in its mission fulfillment. In a day of interpersonal conflict, disparagement, discrimination, and prejudice, and in a time of increasing tensions and polarization politically and in world views, a university is first and foremost a people gathered with common purpose and shared commitments. A university can be a place where people strive to achieve together laudable ends through higher education. Among those most laudable ends is the promotion of the value and skill set of reconciliation fulfilling the hope of peace and harmony, especially in Jesus' name and in his likeness.
An excerpt from Called to a Higher Purpose by Jonathan Raymond - available in the Trinity Western University book store.
The university teaches reconciliation when it sponsors and conducts programs of interfaith dialogue, when it brings students and faculties together from a great diversity of nations and ethnic groups, and when it sponsors common ground for persons of differing political views and convictions. The university teaches reconciliation when its faculty and staff model ways and means by which disagreement and disparate views may be moved to productive resolution and consensus on the essentials. The university teaches reconciliation when it brings together in worship and practice people from a diversity of faith communities and denominations, including Baptists, Mennonites, Pentecostals, Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Salvation Army, and Alliance.
The intentional teaching of reconciliation in word and deed is a university's privilege and calling as an institution of higher higher education. It is one of the chief ends of a Christian university and one of the characteristics that make it distinctive and remarkable in its mission fulfillment. In a day of interpersonal conflict, disparagement, discrimination, and prejudice, and in a time of increasing tensions and polarization politically and in world views, a university is first and foremost a people gathered with common purpose and shared commitments. A university can be a place where people strive to achieve together laudable ends through higher education. Among those most laudable ends is the promotion of the value and skill set of reconciliation fulfilling the hope of peace and harmony, especially in Jesus' name and in his likeness.
An excerpt from Called to a Higher Purpose by Jonathan Raymond - available in the Trinity Western University book store.
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