#369 Sending Your Christian Kid to College? 5 Challenges to Prepare For | Dr. Jonathan Morrow
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In this episode of The Alisa Childers Podcast, host Alisa Childers sits down with Dr. Jonathan Morrow, Director of Cultural Engagement and Student Discipleship at Impact 360, to discuss the challenges Christian students face when entering college. Drawing from Morrow's updated book, *Welcome to College: A Christ-Centered Guide to Lasting Faith*, the conversation unpacks five deep cultural forces shaping today’s youth: scientism, relativism, tribalism, the new sexual revolution, and progressive Christianity. Morrow explains how these interconnected ideologies erode truth, knowledge, and identity, creating a hostile environment for Christian belief. He emphasizes that students are not just navigating academic life but a contested public square where worldviews collide. The episode offers practical, hopeful guidance for parents, urging them to create safe spaces for doubt, equip their children with reasons for faith using a 'Truth, God, Jesus, Bible' framework, foster wise relationships, cultivate a mature worldview, and instill a vision for participating in God’s redemptive mission. Morrow also shares two powerful 'superpowers' for parents: apologizing quickly and specifically, and narrating life experiences through a biblical lens to shape worldview formation from an early age.
Prepare students for college by addressing the five cultural forces: scientism, relativism, tribalism, the new sexual revolution, and progressive Christianity.
Create a safe home environment where doubts and questions are welcomed, not punished.
Equip students with a 'Truth, God, Jesus, Bible' framework to build rational, personal faith.
Prioritize wise relationships—especially with peers who share a Christian worldview.
Help students develop a 'grown-up' faith that can handle complex real-world questions.
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The Hyper-Personalized World and the Faith Crisis
Alisa introduces the episode by highlighting how today’s youth are raised in a hyper-personalized world where reality conforms to preferences, making truth seem subjective. This cultural shift creates a foundation for spiritual doubt and challenges for Christian students entering college.
The Five Cultural Forces Shaping College Students
“We've got scientism, you lose knowledge. Postmodernism, you lose truth. What's next? So next, you end up with tribalism. Ah, yeah. And so if you start with scientism, you lose knowledge. And then relativism, you lose truth. All you're left with is what? Power.”
The Problem of Identity and the Gospel
“If you're a Christian, your identity is that you're a child of God. And the stability that brings is that it doesn't change even when your feelings do.”
Why Progressive Christianity Is a Counterfeit
“Once you remove that [Jesus as the way, truth, and life], then our students are growing up in a world where they're getting a counterfeit vision of what Christianity is.”
Practical Parenting Tools for Faith Formation
Morrow shares five practical strategies for parents: create a safe space for questions, provide reasons for faith using the Truth-God-Jesus-Bible framework, foster wise relationships, cultivate a mature worldview, and give a vision for God’s mission.
“If you're a Christian, your identity is that you're a child of God. And the stability that brings is that it doesn't change even when your feelings do.”
“We've got scientism, you lose knowledge. Postmodernism, you lose truth. What's next? So next, you end up with tribalism. Ah, yeah. And so if you start with scientism, you lose knowledge. And then relativism, you lose truth. All you're left with is what? Power.”
“Once you remove that [Jesus as the way, truth, and life], then our students are growing up in a world where they're getting a counterfeit vision of what Christianity is.”
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