Hey\u2013glad you stumbled across the site.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re welcome to poke around here and learn more about Paula and I. Just so you know, this website is a tool we use to keep family, friends, and ministry partners up-to-date on our lives and ministry.<\/p>\n
So if you came here wanting to learn more about Chi Alpha, check out Chi Alpha @ Stanford<\/a> or national Chi Alpha<\/a>.<\/p>\n If I\u2019m Freaking You Out<\/b> Some students are really uptight about religion, but most are not<\/a>. Students generally enjoy having a non-pushy and thought-provoking discussion with someone about interesting things like the meaning of life, the existence of God, the nature of morality, and the power of religious belief.<\/p>\n Those are the people I interact with. I don\u2019t roam about the campus like a lion seeking unwitting students to devour. I talk with people about things they want to talk about.<\/p>\n For the record, Chi Alpha is an organization in good standing with Stanford Associated Religions<\/a> and is also a registered voluntary student organization<\/a> at Stanford. That means our presence is sanctioned by the university.<\/p>\n So chill.<\/p>\n If I\u2019m Freaking You Out Now<\/b> Being pushy and rude isn\u2019t the Biblical model for evangelism. Don\u2019t believe me?<\/p>\n In other words, I\u2019m not shirking back from proclaiming the gospel clearly, nor am I capitulating to some insane campus speech code, nor am I living in fear of the secular status quo. I\u2019m merely being wise and biblical.<\/p>\n Just think about it: I\u2019m an ordained minister and nationally appointed missionary with the Assemblies of God<\/a>, which the world\u2019s largest Protestant denomination and which is considered by many to be the most effective missionary movement in the history of the world (reflect on this: we didn\u2019t exist 100 years ago and are now one of the largest religious movements anywhere). The Assemblies of God didn\u2019t send us to reach Stanford because we\u2019re some kind of cowardly wimps. They sent us because they believe we are called, gifted, and guided by God for this task.<\/p>\n So chill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey\u2013glad you stumbled across the site. You\u2019re welcome to poke around here and learn more about Paula and I. Just so you know, this website is a tool we use to keep family, friends, and ministry partners up-to-date on our lives and ministry. So if you came here wanting to learn more about Chi Alpha, check \u2026 Continue reading \u201cA Message to Stanford Students\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stanfordministry-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-45","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5536,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/5536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIf you just stumbled across this website while searching for something else and are growing increasingly horrified as you read of my nefarious plans to engage students in spiritual discussions, allow me to explain myself.<\/p>\n
\nIf, on the other hand, you were fine with everything I said until I explained that I\u2019m not pushy and obnoxious, read on.<\/p>\n\n