everyday concerns as well as the larger issues that I face as a Christian.

Scripture has been a consistent source in my life when addressing ethical and

moral issues."Another student wrote, in a paper for my Christian Ethics class,

"Since I have come to college, I have been feeling much closer to God because

of an increased interest in Scripture. With my increased interest in Scripture,

I have found myself attempting to follow the teachings of Christ more closely."

However rarely we may hear them, these are words that warm a professor's

heart.

At times we find ethical trajectories in the Bible's "revealed morality,"

particular guidelines or instructions for living to which God calls the faithful.

At other times ethical direction can be discerned from observing closely the

life of Jesus, and his modeling of love and compassion and respect and

prophetic confrontation. At other times we can learn from the moral heroes

and heroines of Scripture -- those who follow after God's own heart but also

are quite fallible beings, just as we are. We learn from their mistakes as well

as their moral achievements. We hope students can find some moral ballast in

the Bible.

9. We hope our study of the Bible together with students allows them to

know God's grace, and to make commitments or renewed commitments to

Christ.While we find law in the biblical text, we also find a tremendous

amount of godly grace. We want students, at a time when they are searching

and sorting, to feelthat grace, and to know that the wandering and

questioning and pushing out they may do is OK within the context of our

supportive college community. We continue to call students, I believe, to

authentic, biblical faith. And we want them to know that God graces their

quest, allowing the space and time for critiquing and inquiry, practices which