Torch, Summer 2004

8 TORCH / Summer 2004 T he revision of the Bible minor for all Cedarville University graduates was, in essence, mandated by the University’s decision to convert to semesters. What was a 24 credit hour minor on the quarter system had to be revised to a 16 credit hour minor for the semester system. However, the semester change also facilitated changes that had always been a concern of the department. The University’s mission, “to offer an education consistent with biblical truth,” assumes the integration of truth with life and the formation of a Christian world/lifeview. In support of that, the department of biblical education is committed to “facilitating the development in every student of a biblically based, theologically sound, philosophically defensible, and life- transforming view of life under God.” The change to semesters came at a strategic time, allowing the department the incentive, the opportunity, and the framework to orient the minor more specifically to a Christian worldview formation and integration — that is, to equip Cedarville graduates to think “Christianly” as well as critically. The minor continues to involve six academic terms. The courses taught on the freshman level are “Christian Life and Thought” and “Spiritual Formation;” on the sophomore level, “Old Testament Literature” and “New Testament Literature.” The final courses, taught on the junior level, are “Christian Worldview Development” and “Worldview Integration.”