Or so says former U.S. Senator William Armstrong (R-CO), now president of Colorado Christian University."I don’t think there is another system [free enterprise] that is more consistent with the teachings of Jesus Christ,” he said. “What the University stands for is free markets.” 

Don’t get in the way of those free market teachings either. If you cause students to think outside the box you will get fired, as did professor Andrew Paquin, who ironically was named “faculty member of the year” shortly before he was let go last spring.

Paquin also serves as the head of a religious charity titled the 10/10 Project which raises money on college campuses and loans it to poor people, mainly in Kenya, to start small businesses. His crime?  He assigned students in his Global Studies course books from various viewpoints to challenge students with ideas they had not considered before. Among the books were titles from Jim Wallis, a progressive Christian author and pastor, and Peter Singer, an atheist and animal rights activist. Jesus, Paqin notes, taught that the common good is served by pursuing the interest of others.

Apparently this objective doesn’t fit with the school’s strategic objectives adopted last year, among which is “to impact our culture in support of traditional family values, sanctity of life, compassion for the poor, biblical view of human nature, limited government, personal freedom, free markets, natural law, original intent of the Constitution and Western civilization.”

In his letter of dismissal Armstrong said that “God may be calling you to a full-time ministry with 10/10.”  In other words—you can cause others to think about the common good, but not my students. Good to see that the school’s 1000-plus students will be getting a well-rounded education this coming fall.