For the last several weeks our devotional messages have featured reproductions of the answers of questions submitted by college students at the conclusion of a semester abroad in Vienna class. As I had been presenting Biblical talks during our daily chapels, I felt it a good idea to give the students an opportunity to ask theological questions that were of concern to them. I was delighted with the mature nature and the variety of the questions. Because I found them substantial and relevant, I decided to share them with our Engedi readers.

During the course of the presentation of these answers the last several weeks we have received numerous comments from you, our readers. I want to thank you for taking the time to write us. Sometimes you asked further questions, sometimes asked for clarification, and sometimes just thanked us for sharing them. To all of you who wrote I want to again say we are most grateful for your interest and encouragement.

Perhaps our older readers will understand, after reading these questions, why I believe that the current younger generation shows some very positive spiritual traits. I am encouraged and optimistic about the future of the church because I encounter young minds wanting substance in theology, not fluff, not market-driven hype, not worn-out legalism, and certainly not unproductive and heretical liberalism. While college students certainly do not all agree on all things religious, and while their denominational (or non-denominational) interests may vary, I can sense a trend of honest seeking of the Lord and His truth.

As far as Reformed theology is concerned, there is a genuine growth of interest and commitment of younger people toward Biblical tenets. It is often communicated to them by others of their age, and their interest in the doctrines of sovereign grace is a significant part of the general revival in Reformed theology in Christian circles among all age groups.

Pastors and youth pastors would do well to pay attention to the genuine spiritual and theological concerns of college-age Christians and respond appropriately by substantial, textual, systematic, Biblical teaching that will fill their spiritual needs because the adversary is always ready with his diversionary alternatives with which he would be most delighted to attract these promising young souls.