AZUSA, California—Three Ambassador Center students graduated from Azusa Pacific University May 8.
They are Alyssa Akers, Pasadena, bachelor of arts in liberal studies (magna cum laude, Alpha Chi honors program); Karen O’Dell, Amarillo, Texas, bachelor of arts in music performance and a bachelor of arts in English (cum laude, Verna Parish scholarship recipient); Erik Peterson, Seattle, Washington, bachelor of science in accounting.
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 Lee Strobel |
Author Lee Strobel gave a commencement address titled “Back to the Future.” Mr. Strobel’s journey from atheism to Christian faith is documented in his books The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith and The Case for a Creator.
In his address Mr. Strobel talked about three Christians: Ignatius, who wrote seven epistles confirming key elements of Christianity en route to his martyrdom in Rome; William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army; and Dwight L. Moody, a Christian evangelist in the 1800s.
Strobel encouraged the graduates to bring hope to a dying world with the politically incorrect message of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He said that they should confess their total dependency on him and ask him to use them as he never has before.
COMMENCEMENT—Faculty
lead processional.
[Photos by Thomas C. Hanson]
For more information
For more information about the Ambassador Center, call Russell Duke at 1-626-815-5463, send e-mail to acenter@apu.edu or write to the Ambassador Center, Azusa Pacific University, 901 E. Alosta Ave., P.O. Box 7000, Azusa, California, 91702-7000. The Azusa Pacific University web site is www.apu.edu.
GRADUATES AND
GUESTS—Azusa Pacific
graduation on campus with San
Gabriel
Mountains in background.
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