Frank Turek Interviews Jonathan Morrow on Welcome to College (3rd Edition)

A Conversation Every Student and Parent Needs Before College

What does it take for a student’s faith to actually survive—and thrive—in college?

In this recent interview, Frank Turek sits down with Jonathan Morrow to discuss the newly updated Welcome to College: A Christ-Centered Guide to Lasting Faith in a Changing World (3rd Edition).

This conversation tackles one of the most urgent questions facing families today:How do you prepare students to follow Jesus with confidence in a culture that is constantly challenging their beliefs?

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Why This Conversation Matters

Research continues to show that many students drift from their faith during their college years—not because they want to abandon it, but because they were never fully equipped to defend or live it.

In this interview, Jonathan and Frank unpack:

  • Why students often struggle spiritually in college
  • The biggest worldview challenges on campus today
  • How cultural pressures shape beliefs about truth, identity, and morality
  • What it really means to build a lasting, resilient faith.

Key Themes from the Interview

1. You Don’t Lose Your Faith in College—You Never Built It

Many students arrive on campus with a shallow understanding of Christianity. When their beliefs are challenged, they don’t have the tools to respond.

2. The Culture Is Not Neutral

From relativism to identity confusion, students are stepping into an environment that is actively shaping how they think about truth, God, and reality.

3. Students Need More Than Good Intentions

Good behavior and church attendance aren’t enough. Students need:

  • A clear understanding of truth
  • Confidence that God exists
  • Evidence for Jesus’ resurrection
  • Trust in the reliability of the Bible

4. Parents Play a Critical Role Before College

The foundation is built long before move-in day. Intentional conversations now make all the difference later.

About Welcome to College (3rd Edition)

Welcome to College has helped tens of thousands of students navigate the transition to college with confidence. This fully updated third edition addresses today’s biggest challenges, including:

  • Digital culture, smartphones, and AI
  • Identity, sexuality, and cultural pressure
  • Doubt, anxiety, and emotional resilience
  • Competing truth claims and worldview confusion

This is more than a book—it’s a roadmap for building a lasting faith.

Final Thought

College doesn’t have to be a time where faith is lost.
It can be a season where faith becomes owned, tested, and strengthened.

Think clearly. Live faithfully. Follow Jesus with confidence.

Want to Go Deeper?

If you’re a parent, student, or leader, this conversation is a great starting point—but don’t stop here.

Welcome to College is designed to help students not just survive college—but step into it with clarity, conviction, and courage.

Get more resources and tools and a free PDF guide here.

Welcome to College: A Christ Centered Guide to Lasting Faith in a Changing World by Jonathan Morrow (Third Edition)

The third edition of the go-to guide for Christian students is here

“If I could give just one apologetics book to a Christian going off to college, it would be this one.”
—Frank Turek, author of I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

College is filled with new experiences, learning, and growth, but navigating this landscape as a Christian student is a challenge of its own. If you’re a high school student preparing for the college journey, this practical resource will guide and ground you as you step onto campus.

Welcome to College Third Edition Now Available

Jonathan Morrow pulls from biblical truth and his own experiences with students as he engages with topics like:

critical theory and social justice,
emotional resilience,
moral and spiritual relativism,
dating and relationships,
social media and AI,
gender, sexuality, and identity, and
discovering God’s will.

College is a pivotal time to shape what you believe, who you become, and how you live out your faith. So hang on to this updated and revised edition of Welcome to College and build a faith that lasts long after you walk across the graduation stage.

“The single best volume I have ever read for preparing students to follow Jesus and flourish as His disciples in college.”
—J. P. Moreland, author of Metaethics

“I know of no better book you can put into the hands of a young Christian headed to college.” —John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview

Free Resources for Students and Parents

To go along with the new edition, I’ve put together a free College Starter Kit available right now at WelcometoCollege.org. It includes practical tools designed to help students hit the ground running — spiritually grounded, intellectually ready, and relationally connected from day one.

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Welcome to College (3rd Edition)

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT WELCOME TO COLLEGE:

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‘I know of no better book you can put into the hands of a Christian student headed to college.’John Stonestreet
President of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview
‘If I could give just one apologetics book to a Christian going off to college, it would be this one.’Frank Turek
Author, I Don't Have Enough Faith to be and Atheist
‘Welcome to College has been my go-to book for helping students prepare to succeed spiritually, relationally, and academically in college.’ Sean McDowell
Best-selling author, speaker, and professor at Biola University
“This is the book I’ve been waiting for the last forty years to give to college students. It is the single best volume I have ever read for preparing students for how to follow Jesus and flourish as his disciple in college.” J.P. Moreland
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University
“Jonathan has both the intellectual resources as well as the practical experience to provide an effective students’ survival guide to university life. I’m impressed with the wide array of issues he discusses, from intellectual challenges to financial problems to sexual snares to getting enough sleep! All this is done in easily digestible bits for the student on the run.”William Lane Craig
Theologian and author, Reasonable Faith
“Unpacking biblical truths, Welcome to College is a treasure book of wisdom that will literally save lives and help build a culture of life.” Kelly Monroe Kullberg
Finding God Beyond Harvard: The Quest for Veritas

Questioning the Bible

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT QUESTIONING THE BIBLE:

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“Questioning the Bible is simply a fabulous book. It asks the skeptical questions people are asking about the Bible and then gives solid answers that are aware of where the real discussion is and what the good options are. In a world that is becoming more skeptical and in a church where many have no idea how to answer such questions, here is a resource that can give real aid and comfort.” Darrell Bock
Senior Research Professor of New Testament and Executive Director of Cultural Engagement at Dallas Theological Seminary
“The Bible is under more scrutiny than ever before. Yet Jonathan Morrow is up to the task! Questioning the Bible offers insightful and well-researched responses to the top objections. It is ideal for the person who genuinely wants to know whether the Bible can be trusted. I highly recommend it for individuals and group study.” – Sean McDowell, PhD is an assistant professor at Biola university, popular speaker, and the author of Apologetics for a New GenerationSean McDowell, PHD
assistant professor at Biola university, popular speaker, and the author of Apologetics for a New Generation
“Jonathan Morrow deftly addresses eleven major challenges to the Bible’s authority… It needs to be read and studied in groups or individually. And it must be given to friends and relatives, especially college students, who need to consider the wisdom in its pages.” J.P. Moreland
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Talbot School of Theology
“Anyone who thinks apologetics is no longer important doesn’t know the world students live in and the questions they ask (and are being asked). But Jonathan Morrow knows students. He knows what they need to know, and that’s why this book is so helpful. In it, you will find clear, concise answers that Christians, especially students, need when (not if) the truthfulness of their faith is challenged.”John Stonestreet
Senior Fellow of Worldview and Culture for the Colson Center for Christian Worldview and co-host of BreakPoint radio
“For the skeptic, the Bible is a big target. He raises serious questions about alleged errors, apparent contradictions, canonicity, authorship, textual corruption, morality and much more. At the end of this intellectual onslaught, the Bible’s authority is seemingly wiped out and the skeptic feels justified in dismissing it altogether. Tragically, most believers have no adequate response and when the challenges come, most retreat into an anti-intellectual privatized “faith” or worse, lose all confidence in the Bible’s authority as well. Church leaders have largely failed to equip their people. That’s why Jonathan’s book is so important. He answers the most pressing objections to the Bible in a way that is intelligent, relevant and accessible. You don’t have to be a scholar to defend the Bible, you just need this book.“Brett Kunkle
Student Impact Director at Stand to Reason
“In our pluralistic age, evangelical Christianity is increasingly characterized by hesitant witness and half-hearted obedience. Jonathan Morrow charts the erosion of confidence in the Bible that lies at the root of this malaise, and addresses the waves that are causing this erosion. No other book so thoroughly and convincingly addresses the contemporary challenges to the authority of God’s word. Questioning the Bible should be read-studied-by any Christian attempting to be faithful to Scripture.” – Garrett J. DeWeese, Research Professor, Talbot School of TheologyGarrett J. DeWeese
Research Professor, Talbot School of Theology

From Back Cover:

Can a thoughtful person today seriously believe that God wrote a book? There are an unprecedented number of sophisticated attacks on the origin, credibility, and reliability of the Bible. It can be difficult to know what to say when skepticism and secularism take over so many conversations.

Additionally, confusion and doubt about the Bible being God’s Word are becoming as common inside the church as they are in the broader culture. The purpose of this book is to respond to these challenges, sound bites, and slogans…and give people confidence that the Bible can be trusted and that it matters for our lives because God really has spoken.

Is God Just A Human Invention?

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT IS GOD JUST A HUMAN INVENTION?

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“Finally, a book about the ‘New Atheism’ that is not only hard-hitting, but also accessible and engaging for the average reader. Sean McDowell and Jonathan Morrow have assembled some of the finest thinkers in the Christian world and have turned them loose to provide clear and articulate answers to the questions ‘backyard skeptics’ in our lives ask. You get only a few pages into this book before you see the shallowness and blindness of the popular New Atheism and, by stark contrast, the rationality of belief in the God of the Bible. This is a book to buy for all of your skeptical coworkers, neighbors, or family members. Then challenge them to meet with you weekly as you work through the chapters. They (and you) will never be the same.”Craig J. Hazen
PhD Founder and director of the MA program in Christian Apologetics, Biola University, and author of Five Sacred Crossing
“Fashion trends come and go. Music trends come and go. New ways of challenging historical Christian faith come and go. Truth lasts. But sadly, many miss the difference between truth and trends. In another time period of challenges to faith, this book provides well-thought- out, intelligent, and very practical responses. These are the questions that we cannot ignore today. Sean McDowell and Jonathan Morrow guide us to see unshakeable truth in the midst of what can feel like unnerving and scary questions.”Dan Kimball
Author of They Like Jesus but Not the Church
“Sean McDowell and Jonathan Morrow ask questions that deserve to be discussed between believers and their atheist friends. I hope this book will be a springboard for that dialogue. I, for one, want to debate it with them!”David Fitzgerald
Atheist author/activist and director of the Atheist Film Festival and Evolutionpalooza!

From Back Cover:

Atheism is making a comeback. From bookstores to bus campaigns, the question of God is up for public debate–and well-known atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens are leading the charge. While these authors, who have been dubbed “The New Atheists,” argue against religion in general, they aim most of their criticisms and complaints at the world’s largest religion–Christianity. Why are people reading books that bash God and ridicule faith? And how can Christians respond?

The writings of the New Atheists are especially challenging to the emerging generation who are skeptical of authority and have not been given answers to the hows and whys of faith’s honest questions. For these readers especially, authors Sean McDowell and Jonathan Morrow have penned an accessible yet rigorous look at the arguments of the New Atheists. Writing from a distinctively Christian perspective, McDowell and Morrow lay out the facts so that the emerging generation can make up their own mind after considering all the evidence. Divided into two parts–the first addressing the scientific and philosophical challenges to belief in God and the second dealing with the moral and biblical challenges–Is God Just a Human Invention? will respond to each major argument in a way that is balanced, thorough, and easy to understand.

McDowell and Morrow believe that the current religious landscape is both an opportunity and a challenge for people of faith. Now is the time to respond.

Everyone has questions about God…are you prepared to engage?

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