This integration must take place in both students and in ourselves as Christian scholars. The Christian university can decompartmentalize religion and the rest of life and thought and can provide the secure values in which to root a solid education. Theological Foundations Pages 16-17. Thus, learning involves the examination of competing religious worldviews, not the decision between a Christian worldview and no religious worldview. There should be no tension between faith and reason.
Some students come to the Christian university feeling shy about using their minds.
Some say life has gotten so busy that we no longer have time to think. It also allows us to see the connections between ideas and facts. Interdisciplinary approaches are valuable here. Many students, being economizers, are always in a hurry and seem unwilling to take awhile to think. The development of values is a crucial aspect of Christian higher education.