Life Questions Every Student Asks Lib/E: Faithful Responses to Common Issues

by Gary M. Burge

Every student asks questions about life beyond the classroom:
What does it mean to be in community?
How can I discern my vocation?
How should I understand marriage and sex?
How should I relate to money and power?
What happens if I doubt my faith?
How should I approach interfaith dialogue?
To help students navigate these questions about some of life's most pressing and difficult issues, Gary M. Burge and David Lauber, coeditors of Theology Questions Everyone Asks, have gathered insights from Christian faculty who draw on their own experiences in conversation with students during office hours and over coffee. Sometimes, the deepest learning takes place outside the classroom

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Published September 15, 2020

About the author

Gary M. Burge (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is dean of the faculty and professor of New Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary. He previously taught for twenty-five years at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Among his many published books are The New Testament in Seven Sentences, Theology Questions Everyone Asks (with coeditor David Lauber), A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion, Mapping Your Academic Career, The New Testament in Antiquity (coauthored with Gene Green), and the award-winning Whose Land? Whose Promise? What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians.

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish this book had been written when I was in college. The essays adequately answered big life questions from a theologically sound point of view. However, I did enjoy some essays more than others. Every college student (and anyone who works with college students) should take the time to read this.

[Chasen Robbins · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was surprised at the simple but profound responses in each of these essays. Each essay is worth more than 10 trite Christianese books on the matter. Each author is self aware of their evangelical backgrounds, but deeply questions and contemplates former evangelical attempts to answer these topics. The result is a delightful, insightful, and practical essay with easy takeaways.

This was a great book to read with my students.

[Chadd · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid collection of essays around questions most students ask about life and faith.