note for everyone who\u2019s not a new student: there\u2019s a new student orientation thingee happening today and on our promo pieces I promised them that we\u2019d have some reading recommendations for them<\/i><\/p>\n
So you\u2019re coming to Stanford\u2013that\u2019s great! I know you\u2019ve got a lot to read and do before you arrive, but I\u2019d like to suggest some books you really need to check out.<\/p>\n
How To Stay Christian In College<\/a> by J. Budziszewski.<\/b> If you only read one book from this list, make it this one! The author lost his faith while an undergrad and regained it after attaining his doctorate, and he\u2019s packed this book full of extremely practical advice!<\/p>\n The Diversity Myth<\/a> by Peter Thiel and David Sacks.<\/b> This book is all about Stanford and its agenda when it comes to reeducating students (written by two Stanford grads). I need to preface my recommendation with several disclaimers: you should keep in mind that these guys have a huge ideological axe to grind and that there are always two sides to every story. In addition, the book is about a decade old, and so some of the details are no longer accurate. Finally, they\u2019re not writing from a Christian perspective. Even after all those qualifications, I recommend that you read this book before you show up for your first day at Stanford. In case you\u2019re curious, the title comes from the authors\u2019 contention that there is no true diversity on campus.<\/p>\n Finally, consider reading The Spirit of the Disciplines<\/a> by Dallas Willard<\/b>. This is one of the best books I\u2019ve ever read. Some people find it dense, and if you fall into that category I recommend The Life You\u2019ve Always Wanted<\/a> as an alternate. Either of these books will help you learn a life-changing lesson\u2013that there\u2019s a difference between trying to be like Jesus and training to be like Jesus. If all you do is try, you can kiss your faith goodbye once you go to college. If what do now is begin to train, you can thrive spiritually at Stanford University!<\/p>\n You might also want to check out previous posts we\u2019ve made on Tips for New Students<\/a>, Becoming Wise In College<\/a>, and Books Every Educated Christian Should Know<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" note for everyone who\u2019s not a new student: there\u2019s a new student orientation thingee happening today and on our promo pieces I promised them that we\u2019d have some reading recommendations for them So you\u2019re coming to Stanford\u2013that\u2019s great! I know you\u2019ve got a lot to read and do before you arrive, but I\u2019d like to suggest \u2026 Continue reading \u201cReading List For New Students\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stanford"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-fp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955","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=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}