Some of your lecturers use the term “postmodernism” to describe themselves or their intellectual orientation. What exactly do they mean by the term? There is no single, straightforward and universally accepted definition of postmodernism. For our purposes here, let’s define postmodernism by what it affirms.
Postmodernism is a worldview that claims to distrust all authorities, certainties and absolute standards. It believes that there is no absolute truth that serves as the final arbiter of knowledge and morality. In its view, truth is relative to cultural, linguistic and power systems. Postmodernism insists …

You prayed for a place in the university, and the Lord granted your request. Now you find yourself physically in the university. Living through the first week of university learning can be a traumatic experience for a new student. Here are few tips to help you go through this critical phase in your intellectual career.
It’s a new intellectual environment

First, you are presented with an explosive variety of ideas and philosophies inside and outside the classroom. You find yourself in the company of women and men with awesome intellectual pedigree. How …

THE FEAR
The thought of being examined by professors who are antagonistic to the gospel can generate paralyzing fear in a Christian student. How do you respond to examination questions that are set by lecturers who perhaps persecute you intellectually? Won’t they mark you down if you express Christian points of view in your answers?
THE TRUTH
It is not necessarily true that all teachers fail students simply because they disagree in matters of personal beliefs. Some mean lecturers can do that, but it doesn’t follow that all students who share a …

Intellectual giants confront you in the classroom in the form of anti-Christian primary assumptions, worldviews, theories and perspectives. Practicably, they show up in routine  academic  interactions— in your textbooks, lectures, tutorial classes and practicals. Generally, their human agents are experienced scholars who are supported by the powerful  anti-Christian intellectual establishment. These include most of your non-Christian lecturers who take advantage of your intellectual inexperience to present your faith as a straw man in the  intellectual world.
Some students who are genuinely committed to the Lord Jesus Christ, are unable to handle …