May 10, 2022 - Straight White American Jesus
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| Axis Mundi | |
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| In 1999, I enrolled as a freshman at Azusa Pacific University, about half an hour from my home. | |
| APU is an evangelical university. | |
| It has a heritage with what was then my home church's evangelical Quaker denomination, along with some Wesleyans and influence from the Pentecostal movement related to Azusa Street in Los Angeles. | |
| As a high school senior, I hadn't applied anywhere else but Christian universities. | |
| Biola, or the Bible Institute of LA, Westmont, and APU were the only places I sent applications. | |
| I never even glanced at the UC application, like my peers. | |
| Never considered a Cal State campus. | |
| Never considered going to Occidental College, a liberal arts college in Los Angeles, where I had garnered interest from the basketball team. | |
| My eyes were set on a Christian education, in a Christian context, with Christian people. | |
| I didn't want to be around the debauchery of a frat house or beer pong tournament. | |
| Didn't want the influence of secular humanism, Marxism, or Darwin on my thinking. | |
| I wanted to train as a Christian leader. | |
| Entering APU was my first foray into religious education. | |
| Up to then I had been a public school kid through and through. | |
| At APU, we were required to attend chapel three times per week. | |
| Professors took prayer requests at the beginning of class. | |
| Some led the group in worship songs for the first 15 minutes or so. | |
| All of this was a huge change for my first 13 years of schooling, and it took a while to get used to. | |
| Thanks for listening to this free sample of The Orange Wave. | |
| My name is Brad Onishi, the author and creator of the series. | |
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