Welcome to College helps students navigate the journey into adulthood
Setting
the trajectory for a life of following Jesus
Welcome
to College helps students navigate the journey
into adulthood
College can be the most exciting, as well as
the most frightening, time of a young person’s life. On one hand are all the
freedoms a recent high school graduate craves, but on the other are all the
freedoms that come with responsibility. It’s a challenging time, especially for
Christians coming face-to-face with worldviews different from their own. In Welcome
to College: A Christ-Follower’s Guide for the Journey (second edition) (Kregel
Publications/March 28, 2017/ISBN: 9780825444883/ $21.99), Jonathan Morrow helps students tackle this new stage of life and
emerge on the other side prepared for what God has planned for them.
“Is there a more frightening question for a
graduating high school senior than ‘What will you do with your life?’” Morrow
asks. “In college, whether they realize it or not, students will answer that
question every day with each decision. All of the new friends and new
experiences of college will shape their future. As Christians, they will have
the added layer of trying to figure out what God would want them to do with
their lives. It can be overwhelming. It's critical that students know how to
handle college before they're in the thick of it.”
College is a critical time for young adults
to find and develop a faith of their own. Various surveys reveal between 40-75%
of young people abandon their faith during their college years. While even one
student walking away from their faith is too much, parents and students need to
know and understand that college is not a faith-friendly environment. However,
God has called students to more than surviving; he has called them to engage
our culture with the life-changing message of Jesus.
Keeping this truth in mind, Morrow tackles
the tough questions that arise during these formative years, including:
- How do I grow spiritually?
- Is all truth relative?
- How do I manage my time both to study well and have fun?
- How can I discover what I am supposed to do with my life?
- As a Christian, how should I view issues such as drinking, dating and sex?
The first edition of Welcome to College, released a decade ago, was extremely popular and still very applicable to today. In this
new edition, each chapter has been updated, and Morrow added chapters
addressing the tyranny of tolerance and Christianity, homosexuality, and the
Bible. He also delves into how social media has changed our culture and how
students’ digital footprints will follow them all of their lives. Grounded in
both his own extensive experience and biblical truth, Morrow's book is full of
quick, easy-to-read chapters and practical advice.
“College is full of opportunities and
challenges,” Morrow muses. “I want students to own their faith and not just
survive college, but to thrive there and have the kind of influence God created
them for!”
Advance Praise
“I know of no better book you can put
into the hands of a Christian student headed to college.”
~
John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview (from
the book’s foreword)
“Welcome to College has
been my go-to book for helping students prepare to succeed spiritually,
relationally and academically in college. There is no other book that has such
depth and balance. And I am thrilled to see that Jonathan has written a timely
and helpful update, incorporating many of the biggest issues students face
today. This book is a must-read for all Christian students who hope to have a
vibrant faith in college.”
~ Sean McDowell, best-selling author, speaker and professor
at Biola University
“If
I could give just one apologetics book to a Christian going off to college, it
is this one. Jonathan Morrow goes well beyond providing evidence for Christianity
(as most such books do) — he provides succinct and sound answers to the kinds
of moral and emotional issues that often trip up Christian college students.
Highly recommended!”
~ Frank Turek, broadcaster and author of I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist
and Correct,
Not Politically Correct
About the
Author
Jonathan Morrow feels like he was able to do college right, with no major
regrets. Although he admits to not having all the answers, his mission is to
help other students do the same. Morrow is currently the director of cultural engagement and
immersion at Impact 360 Institute where he trains high school and college
students in Christian worldview, apologetics, and leadership. He also serves as
an adjunct professor of apologetics at Biola University.
Morrow is the author of Welcome to
College, Questioning the Bible
and Think Christianly. He
also co-authored Is God Just a Human Invention? with Sean McDowell and has contributed chapters to Foundations of
Spiritual Formation and A New Kind of
Apologist. Morrow has contributed articles to several publications and his
books have been featured on a number of national radio programs.
He graduated with an MDiv and an MA in
philosophy of religion and ethics as well as a DMin in Worldview and Culture
from the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. Morrow and his wife are
the parents of three and currently live in Georgia.
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