To follow Him, to behave as He did, we must be equipped differently. To me it is further evidence we have been educated in the Christian liberal arts tradition if we behave with both skill and a global perspective. I call this integration. Christian liberal arts must go beyond just a generalized compassion for the world that fails to address its real problems with any particular skill. While well intended, if Christians are not equipped with the best tools, our contribution in service is limited.
Holy shoddy is still shoddy.
A student s years of Christian liberal arts education may include times of actual service, but more importantly, those years should be times when they focus on acquiring the skills to serve. Christ himself prepared for more than 30 years before He began His ministry. But Christian liberal arts must also go beyond the narrow specialization often found in other institutions that fails to be relevant to the real problems of the world. By focusing attention on such problems, a Christian liberal arts education almost automatically goes beyond what is done elsewhere. That is because those problems always require attention to multiple disciplines, not just one.