"Honest Answers to Honest Questions": Francis and Edith Schaeffer's Approach to the Education of Adults

Adam Rasmussen

DOI: 10.9743/JIR.2021.1

The teaching strategies of Francis and Edith Schaeffer helped young adults construct meaning in their lives. During several seasons of tumultuous social unrest, the Schaeffers consistently gave shelter to many confused, searching, and hurting adults. Their educational motto was “honest answers to honest questions. ”For nearly thirty years, from…

The tradition of the research colloquium began in 2008, under the advisor at the time, Dr. Kevin McClean. In 2018, the Colloquium was renamed in his honor in appreciation of his service to GCU and the Eta Chi Chapter.

The goal of the KMRC is to advance and promote the scholarship and scholarly culture at GCU, by offering an avenue for faculty, staff, students, and scholars in the larger academic community to share their research in a supportive environment. Each year, we have received an…

Dr. Ramesh Velupillaimani presented at the American Scientific Affiliation 2021 meeting and conference: “THE GIFT OF SCIENTIA, THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND THE COMMON GOOD": Scientists and Theologians Working Together, Virtual Annual Meeting, July 29 - August 1, 2021. Attended by Christian Educators, Scientists, and Theologians from all over the world.

Dr. Ramesh’s Presentation titled “Synergistic Antimicrobial Effects of Desert Plant Extracts with Antibiotics and DNA Barcoding of Medicinal plants".…

2019 was a year of enhancing pedagogical skills and rewarding research and publication milestones. I was able to work with the Latino Caucus of Public Health in affiliation with the American Public Health Association in publishing three poems in the bilingual (Spanish and English) book Latinx Salud Poems, An Inaugural Collection. I received first place for one of the poems on a popular national vote-Impacto, a poem on health equity and justice. The other two poems Politicamente Insegura and…

My research mission throughout my 27 years in higher education has been focused on investigating the reemergence of phenomena in multiagent systems. Using theories on human learning from Developmental Psychology and Cognitive Science in the constructivist vein, I have been formalizing learning approaches, applying those theories in programs for software and robotic agents, and observing phenomena emerging though interactions between the homogenous or heterogenous models such as environment…

CIRT would like to congratulate Shay Meinzer, Doctoral Candidate, College of Doctoral Studies for her presentation
“Leader Efficacy and Motivation to Lead Among Sworn Law Enforcement Females” at the
Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington DC, May 23-26, 2019

The quantitative, correlational study examined if and to what extent leadership self-efficacy and leadership self-efficacy combined with multiple demographic covariables predicted motivation to lead among sworn law…

The Faculty Scholarship Recognition program recognizes and rewards faculty scholarly activity. The program provides monetary awards for research and scholarly activity conducted as a GCU faculty member. Award funding is a competitive process allocated as a function of the type and frequency of research activities. All GCU faculty members (full-time and adjunct) are eligible to submit scholarly activities for consideration; scholarship completed by faculty approved to teach in a Ph.D. program…

We are pleased to announce that a new issue of the Canyon Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies has been published online. The Editors, Dr. Maria Zafonte (CHSS) and Dr. Jim Helfers (CHSS), would like to thank the authors for their scholarly contributions and the peer review board for the insightful feedback. Please share with your colleagues and associates. Articles in Volume 7 Issue 1 include: 

The Relationship Between Distributed Leadership, School Culture, and Teacher Self-Efficacy

Dr. Mendi…