Sunday 4 February 2024

How many members of this Canadian Evangelical university's 2023-24 Student Council name the Bible as their favourite book?

For more evidence to cast doubt on the idea that one of Canada's leading Evangelical universities, Antichrist Ambrose University in Calgary, Alberta, is a Christian school, look at the biographies of the members of the 2023-24 Student Council, in which they mention their favourite books. One might think that the student leaders of an ostensibly Christian university would automatically choose the Bible as their favourite book, but only one did (and the fact that one did proves that they had the option of choosing the Bible). Ladies and gentlemen, the favourite books of your future "Evangelical" leaders (typos corrected by blogger):

Ambrose Student Body President: Nathan Snow
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Nathan's favourite book is the Lord of the Rings: Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Ambrose Student Body VP Of External Affairs: Alexsana Butt
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Alexsana's favourite book is Perelandra by C.S. Lewis.

Ambrose Student Body VP Of Internal Relations: Liam Hawkins
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Liam's favourite book is the Bible (because it's the only book he reads).

Ambrose Student Body Director Of Community Life: Tessa Stockowski
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Tessa's favourite book is It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover.

Ambrose Student Body Director Of Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion: Jasmine Joosse
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Jasmine's favourite books are too many to list.

Ambrose Student Body Director Of Marketing: Diana Hruba
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Diana's favourite book is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies probably

Ambrose Student Body Director Of Operations: Brett Meeberg
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Brett's favourite book is Translating God by Shawn Bolz.

Ambrose Student Body Director Of Spiritual Life: Hayley Meijndert
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Hayley's favourite books are Victorious Mindsets and The God Chasers.

Ambrose Student Body Director Of Wellness: Micaeliah Urquhart
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Micaeliah's favourite books are The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom and Les Misèrables by Victor Hugo.

Ambrose Student Body Executive Assistant: Randelle Spence
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Randelle's favourite book is the Secret of the Garden.
I'm not familiar with all of these books or authors, but I have to wonder about anyone who would pick some of them as favourites. It Ends With Us is a romance novel that appears to have domestic abuse as a major theme, if the reader reviews are any indication. Who wants that?

The author of Translating God is associated with the New Apostolic Reforemation, and the book's foreword is by leading NAR heretic Bill Johnson. The fact that it's the favourite book of someone who "would like to enter into pastoral ministry" is cause for concern. Victorious Mindsets is by Steve Backlund, whose numerous books appeal to the same people who buy the books of NAR figures such as Bill Johnson and Kris Vallotton.

I can't find any listing for Secret of the Garden; I suspect the proper title is the children's novel The Secret Garden (1911) by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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