Cornerstone University's Biblical Foundations
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CORNERSTONE<br />
UNIVERSITY’S<br />
BIBLICAL<br />
FOUNDATIONS<br />
11<br />
05<br />
DIVERSITY: The Lord God made everything<br />
with variety and difference. Because of the fall,<br />
these differences have often been the targets<br />
of bias, misunderstanding, hostility and apathy.<br />
We seek to engage any continuing tensions<br />
proactively, charitably and truthfully. We will do<br />
this by encouraging and embracing Christcentered<br />
and <strong>Biblical</strong>ly faithful conversations<br />
about actual and perceived differences as well<br />
as historical and sinful realities that have led to the<br />
wounding, exclusion and hurt of any human being.<br />
In so doing, we hope to build a beautiful Christian<br />
community rooted in God’s redemptive vision of<br />
a diverse and holy people unified in Christ. We<br />
associate this with kindness, a fruit of the Spirit<br />
that we desire and for which we pray.<br />
06<br />
JUSTICE: Though we are all deserving of God’s<br />
judgment because of sin, He has poured out His<br />
grace and mercy on us through the saving work of<br />
Christ. Now, as servants of God’s kingdom, we<br />
proclaim the gospel and do works of mercy and<br />
righteousness in the power of the Spirit. God’s<br />
kingdom vision of shalom, revealed in Scripture,<br />
compels us to care for the spiritually and physically<br />
poor, hurt, oppressed and abandoned. We will<br />
challenge our students to proclaim the news of<br />
everlasting salvation to the world and, also, to tend<br />
to the hurt and weary. Together we can wisely<br />
pursue <strong>Biblical</strong> justice in the world, knowing that<br />
its completion and perfection will not fully occur<br />
until Christ’s return and the enemy of our LORD is<br />
finally defeated. Justice is closely associated with<br />
peace, a fruit of the Spirit that we desire and for<br />
which we pray.<br />
07<br />
CENTRALITY OF IDEAS: We seek to make<br />
this university a place where ideas are discussed,<br />
explored and evaluated from the Christian<br />
worldview. Ideas have consequences. We will<br />
help students to think and affirm what is<br />
true, beautiful and good from the Christian<br />
worldview. At the same time, we will maintain<br />
the most charitable understanding of the ideas<br />
of scholars. This disposition involves self-control,<br />
a fruit of the Spirit that we desire and for which<br />
we pray.<br />
08<br />
RHYTHMS OF WORK AND REST: We<br />
value the opportunity for work and labor in the<br />
educational calling we share, but we also value<br />
Sabbath rest as an essential component of our<br />
humanity and vocational labors. This is closely<br />
associated with goodness, a fruit of the Spirit that<br />
we desire and for which we pray.<br />
09<br />
HOLISTIC FORMATION: The work of the<br />
Christian university needs to be deliberately<br />
holistic. Every area of our university—from the<br />
classroom and the chapel to the gym and the<br />
dining hall—should aspire to be holistically<br />
formative. This holistic approach has affinities<br />
with the fruit of faithfulness, a fruit of the Spirit<br />
that we desire and for which we pray.<br />
OUR COMMITMENT<br />
As members of <strong>Cornerstone</strong> University, we commit<br />
ourselves to The <strong>Cornerstone</strong> Academic Vision. This<br />
commitment compels us to articulate a unified vision of<br />
God’s world, grounded in the Scriptures and in dialogue<br />
with the disciplines we are cultivating and redirecting<br />
to the glory of God. We strive to walk in the fear of the<br />
LORD and love Him with our whole being, glorifying the<br />
holy Trinity through our labor, rest, relationships, gospel<br />
proclamation and service for His kingdom.