“My own eyes are not enough for me, I will see through those of others.”
Description
The mission of the English Department is to produce graduates who can speak and write for various audiences and purposes with clarity, creativity, and sound research according to the Biblical worldview.
Objectives
The English Department will produce graduates who are able to:
• Develop and execute original research projects following appropriate and ethical practices.

English Department

Tim Hange
M. Ed.
Department Chair of English, TESOL Coordinator, Assistant Professor of English

Krista Owen
M.A.
Executive Assistant to the President, Instructor of English

Rebecca Howell
B.A., M.A.
Director of the Clark Academic Center; Instructor of English
Job Opportunities:
Author, Editor, Technical Writer, Copywriter, Journalist, Social Media Specialist,
Email Marketing Specialist, Columnist, Blogger, Ghostwriter, Screenwriter, Speechwriting, Fundraising, Managing Writing Projects, Business Person, Lawyer

Alumni Story
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English Department Blog

How can Christians celebrate the Christmas season with wisdom?
Christmas – “the most wonderful time of the year!” And yet it’s become loaded with a lot of unbiblical traditions and expectations. How should Christians respond? Which should we clearly avoid? Which should we engage with caution? And which should we employ with a...

How can we avoid extremes in discipleship?
How do you know when you’re out of balance—over emphasizing some things while neglecting others? What are the dangers of forcing our priorities on other people? What does it mean to actually be “biblical”? Dr. Joshua Paxton led a conversation with the Calvary...

How does the biblical worldview help us overcome addiction?
Is addiction a disease or sin or both? Is someone dealing with addiction always an addict—does it become part of their identity? The way we answer these questions will have a huge impact on how we think about and deal with addiction. Calvary University’s Shaun LePage...

What is the biblical worldview of identity?
What is the most important aspect of our identity? Is it our gender? Our physiology? Is it something less tangible—the way we think or feel or believe? We can all agree that human identity is a critical issue—gaining clarity is at the heart of our mental, emotional...

The most important worldview question: Does God exist?
Does God exist? Everyone has to answer this question, not just Christians. Of course, there are numerous answers people give to that question, but your answer shapes your worldview more than any other idea or belief. Dr. Mike Dodds invited Ian Bacon of Calvary...

How will it impact our values to believe we are created in the “image of God”?
Our value system should be impacted by the biblical belief that we are created in God’s image. But how? How should it distinguish us from people who don’t believe this? And how should it impact how we treat other people? Speak to other people? Join the Calvary...

Why is it important than human beings are made in the “image of God”?
Who are we? What are we? Are humans a highly evolved type of animal, or are we—as the Bible teaches—made in “the image of God”? If we are image-bearers, what does that mean and how does it relate to our individual identities? Join the Calvary Conversations hosts— Dr....