1. Global Thinking in a Great Commandment School Global Thinking in a Great Commandment School Thomas R. Rosebrough, Ph.D.

2. Question ► In light of the changing global and cultural landscape for education, how can Union with its distinctive mission respond?

3. Renewing Minds: Chapter Nine ► Global thinking: “present and future” ► Holding onto what matters... 1. Uniqueness of the gospel without confrontation. 2. Vital worldview questions: reality, eternity

4. The Union Challenge ► Questions for academics at Union: educational but also Christian apologetic ► Are we as faculty prepared to meet this bold challenge?

5. Isolation and Accommodation ► Easy to build walls around ourselves ► Easy to accommodate assumptions of the secular culture SecularSacred

6. Living Between Gospel and Culture ► Called to light candles, not to snap on flood lights

7. Freedom and Friendship ► Religious freedom and Particularism ► Jesus’ model of relationships

8. Holistic Call of Social Justice ► Already heard by our students ► What do we fear? ► MTR: Union’s Urban Initiative in Memphis

9. Four Steps 1. Teach to the whole person

10. Step 2 2. Teach as “Whole Teachers” -Scholars-Pedagogues-Relaters

11. Step 3 3. Be authentic and focus on the teacher- student relationship

12. Step 4 4. Heed the call of social justice through service-learning.

13. Distinctively Union (I Peter 3:15)