The Protector of Indiana Wesleyan revised
From 1967 until 2004, Dr. Martin taught at Indiana Wesleyan. But Dr. Martin was so much more than a simple professor; he was our protector of our school. He taught from a Biblical Christian perspective and never shied away from his belief in God. In fact the most important item Dr. Martin would stress was the twin constants: the sovereignty of God and the depravity of man. It was from this basis that he taught each individual class from. Though to most he might have come off overly strong and fanatic, but he just understood the importance of time. Dr. Martin understood that there was so much more at stake than just an education, our souls were on the line as well. To many of his students, Dr. Martin might have come across as strict or unreasonable (and in his last two years he unfortunately was do to the many brain tumors). But the truth was, Dr. Martin loved each student he had…well most of them any ways. The wonderful thing about Dr. Martin was the fact he truly believed in what he taught. He not only taught history, but he taught a methodology. He taught away for students to study history from a Biblical Christian perspective. More than any other person I’ve known, Dr. Martin understood the importance of living our lives on Biblical principles and though we are in the world, we are not to be of it. Since Dr. Martin’s death, our school is slowly leaving its Biblical basis and trying to be more of the world. For the junior high purity retreat, the leaders were called PIMPS, and the young girls that attended were called “gaming girls”. Now I know many people would not see this as a big deal, but it’s the little things that slowly build up and they grow into bigger things and then people don’t know what went wrong. Having PIMP leaders and “gaming girls” undermines the whole purpose of a purity retreat; it turns sex into a great big joke. Something like that Dr. Martin would not have stood for, and I wish more students here had spoken up. We are beginning to turn our backs on what separates us from the being a secular university. They start off with little things, but as more and more little things amount our school will no longer stand for what is was intended for. The sad part is I know there are students at IWU that agree with me that the school is heading down a dangerous road, but yet no one wants to take a stand. We just sit idly by and complain. I wish that I had paid more attention when I was in Dr. Martin’s class freshman year, maybe then I wouldn’t have made some of the decisions I have in the last several years. All I know is I am finally taking his words to heart. God is going to be the center of my world…For He is sovereign and I am depraved. I cannot find salvation on my own. It is only through Jesus that I can have eternal life…be truly free. Dr. Martin truly was a faithful servant of God.Here is a website that has some of Dr. Martin’s work. I have the Microsoft word version if anyone wants that… http://cas.indwes.edu/social_sciences/Docs/BibChristEdDoc.pdf
Proverbs 9:10: "The love of God is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of God is understanding."
posted by Keagan @ 12:34 AM
3 Comments:
wtf?
i second that post keagan
<3
Tory
I love it Keagan! you are so right!
love you!-- jaime
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