Chapter 4

The Doctrine of the Fall

• The fall affects everything
• What does the fall have to do with college?

The Fall and the Goodness of Creation

• Higher education for christians is to understand the subtle, complex, and at time systemic effects of the Fall on our world
• Sin can make understanding a complicated task
• It can cloud our perspective of what is right and wrong in certain situations
• If not careful we can encourage social injustice just by buying products.
•  A thorough knowledge of your own major in light of a Christian worldview is necessary 

The Fall Necessitates Careful Study of the World

• Main purposes as a Christian in Higher education
• We are able to recognize the situation as evil in our Christian perspective
• We must be careful not to overlook these behaviors

The Fall and Flexibility

• College life can show the good of creation and the corruption of the fall
• How does the Fall affect Academics?
• What is our task as believers?

The Fall and Flexibility Cont.

• Gestures turn into postures
• Every college classroom is characterized by crtique