Cornerstone University's Biblical Foundations

CORNERSTONE
UNIVERSITY’S
BIBLICAL
FOUNDATIONS
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Christ to make disciples of all nations, the Cultural
Mandate given to Adam and Eve for all generations
to create a God-honoring world and to all of God’s
other good commands. His children have been
enabled to bring glory to God and enjoy Him,
humanity’s chief end.
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The Christian worldview motivates and directs
the academic vision and the daily pursuits
of the people of Cornerstone University. We
commit ourselves to examine and be shaped by
how the Bible and the Biblical truth of creation,
fall, redemption and the ultimate realization of
God’s kingdom speak about reality (metaphysics),
about truth and knowledge (epistemology), about
what is good (ethics) and about what is beautiful
(aesthetics). We do this so we might better love and
praise our God with our whole selves, through our
academic disciplines and through our vocations as
members of our university.
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What is Real? Our sovereign, triune God is
Ultimate Reality. He exists apart from, is beyond
and is entirely different than His dependent
creation. Yet He is also fully present with us and
in all of creation. Our holy and loving God created
a world whose reality surpasses all merely social,
linguistic or personal perspectives. And He created
humanity in His image to responsibly steward
this world on His behalf. A Christian liberal arts
education empowers us to flourish as God’s image
bearers: loving Him, serving neighbors, developing
and influencing culture, and periodically resting
even within a marred creation that maintains some
of its inherent goodness.
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What is Truth and Knowledge? Our sovereign,
triune God is Truth, Wisdom and Knowledge.
He provides human beings with access to these
through His general revelation and, especially, His
special revelation, as embodied in His perfect Son,
Jesus Christ, and His authoritative, inspired and
inerrant Scriptures. Any belief, claim or statement
is true when it corresponds to God, His mind and
His knowledge as communicated through His
revelation. While we are finite and deeply harmed
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due to our sinful nature and condition, God has
graciously and adequately equipped us to describe
the world as it is. God’s Word at work within
us through the Holy Spirit corrects our sinful
suppression of His truth, instructs us how to
interpret His broken world and renews our minds
to better understand God and His purposes.
What is Good? Our sovereign, triune God is
Good. He is the Ultimate Good and is the source
of all that is good. Any goodness we encounter
in the world is a reflection of Him. His holy nature
grounds ethics, and His holy Bible reveals to us
His moral principles, rules and defines the good
life. All human beings are inclined to look to
themselves and their communities as the standard
of what is right and good, but God has not left
us to ourselves. He has given us the Spirit who
empowers us to live faithfully and judge morality
and goodness by the standards of Scripture.
What is Beauty? Our sovereign, triune God is
Beauty. He is the source of beauty and all that
is beautiful. We seek to experience and reflect
His truth, goodness and beauty through our own
cultural endeavors in a fallen world. As such,
these endeavors give voice to our sorrows and
joys, pointing to what was, what is, what should
be and what will be when our Savior returns to
restore all things.
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The Christian worldview asserts the Lordship
of Jesus Christ over all creation, points to the
inestimable worth and graciousness of the gospel,
and calls for the true and proper worship of our
triune God. In the context of Christian higher
education, the framework it provides enables the
people of Cornerstone University to be better
agents of God’s truth and reconciliation as we
submit to Christ and influence the world for Him.