Cedarville Magazine, Fall 2015

with the biblical and theological foundation that they need to Be Bold ambassadors for Christ in a secular culture and in their local churches. From the Bible minor, students receive the biblical and theological data they need to join professors in their majors in engaging their specific fields through integration and Gospel witness. Every disciple is a theologian (and, hopefully, a good one). Cedarville’s Bible minor helps produce engineer-theologians, nurse-theologians, mu s i c i an - t h e o l o g i an s , e du c a t o r - theologians, CEO-theologians, scientist- theologians, and so on. The churches and new church plants that receive Cedarville graduates have gained churchmembers who are producers, not just consumers, who want to contribute to the church’s work in making God’s name great in our neighborhoods and to the nations. As an educator, I am excited about the scope and sequence of Cedarville’s Bible minor. It provides rich perspective and academic challenges. As a theologian, I am excited that our approach is biblically grounded. It takes the biblical heritage of our students and plunges them to new depth and understanding of biblical faithfulness. However, I am most excited about Cedarville’s Bible minor as a dad. With my own six children, I recognize the pivotal role that college will play in taking the truths that my wife and I have imparted to our kids and either sharpening those truths or undoing them. Parents and churches have labored for years to train children and youth in the faith. The Bible minor at Cedarville University is designed to help those students make that biblical faith their own, for life. JasonK. Lee is Dean of the School of Biblical and Theological Studies and Professor of Theological Studies at Cedarville University. He earned his Ph.D. in historical theology from the University of Aberdeen. Follow him: @DrJasonKLee Cedarville Magazine | 5