When College Challenges Their Faith What happens when a young person raised with strong Christian values enters a college culture that may challenge nearly everything they were taught at home? On today’s Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson continues his conversation with Morton Blackwell, founder and president of the Leadership Institute, about the ideological pressures facing conservative and Christian students on America’s college campuses. Blackwell explains why he believes parents should investigate not only a college’s academics and reputation, but also the culture, faculty and philosophical environment their children will encounter. He also shares why conservative students need community, training and encouragement so they don’t feel isolated or pressured to abandon their convictions. The conversation explores the Leadership Institute’s work training young conservatives to organize effectively, Campus Reform’s efforts to expose political bias and abuses on college campuses, and whether America’s university system can ultimately be changed from within. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} Blackwell also offers a broader lesson for Christians and conservatives who want to influence the culture: being convinced that your principles are right is not enough. He argues that effective citizens must also learn how to organize, communicate, recruit, raise support and participate in the political process. As he tells Dr. Dobson, Christians should not withdraw from civic life when the future of their communities and country is at stake. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2} Learn more about Morton Blackwell and the Leadership Institute at LeadershipInstitute.org, and follow campus news and reporting at CampusReform.org. More resources from Dr. James Dobson’s Family Institute are available at JDFI.org.
