We Have Cause To Be Uneasy

In C.S. Lewis' masterful tome, Mere Christianity,  he systematically burns strawmen, fishes out red herrings, and in short dismantles the foundations of unbelief.  

I've been teaching Christian students for many years now, and have found that, with few exceptions, the world-view of my students is not much different than that of the postmodern world in which we live.   In addition, too many of us have grown intellectually fat and lazy... we don't know what we know, and we don't know how to rebut when the world challenges our faith on an intellectual level.  

Too many of our students will fall away from the "faith once delivered" once they reach college.

My goal is to teach Christian students to actively engage our culture for Christ.   Once in a while, I have been criticized for including "pagan" literature in my syllabi... why on earth, wonder faithful parents, would I do such a thing, when there is much in the Western canon that doesn't feature licentiousness, debauchery, vice and so forth (I Peter 4:3, Ephesians 5:18 et al) that we as believers are clearly to avoid, not embrace?

For one, we have the example of the Apostle Paul.  

I can't say it any more clearly.    I also highly recommend the book linked below.