THE PRESIDENT’S PEN
As a child, I loved it when visitors would come to our house. Anytime Mom warned us, “Company is coming!” I got excited to find out who, exactly, was coming!
More often than not, the visitors were connected to my dad’s work as a pas- tor. I loved eavesdropping on their conversations, sometimes hiding around corners or sitting on the floor nearby, trying to look detached but in reality hanging on every word. In my eyes as a child, all company that came to our house was “good company”: the kind of people who made work lighter, conversations more enjoyable, and community better.
As I became a teenager and then a young adult, I began to understand that keeping good company in our lives is important. In 1 Corinthians, Paul warns us, “Bad company corrupts good morals” (1 Corinthians 15:33 Christian Standard Bible), and it is axiomatic that “Good company strengthens good morals.” Likewise, we know, “Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens another” (Proverbs 27:17).
Te joy of serving in a Christian university like North Greenville University is seeing iron — believers who are seeking after God’s face and the mentorship of wise counsel — sharpen iron and prepare one another for God’s calling on their lives.
A mentor of mine once told me that good education is like the whetstone a lumberjack uses to sharpen axes before harvesting timber: it makes the work go easier and be accomplished more professionally. Te hallmark of an effective learning institution, then, is the work of its sharpened alumni; the hallmark of a Christ-first university, specifically, is the work of transforma- tional leaders who are impacting church and society.
In this issue, you will see examples of iron — faculty leaders, accomplished alumni, and university partners — whose sharpness is changing our world for good with the Good News that infiltrates all areas of calling: business, education, healthcare, the arts, and, of course, ministry.
So pull up a chair, and check out the stories in this issue of “1892.” You’ll be glad you were able to eavesdrop a bit and be encouraged that, no matter what our culture might want to tell us, “Christ Makes the Difference”!
Dr. Gene C. Fant, Jr. President North Greenville University
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