{"id":2282,"date":"2022-06-07T12:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T16:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2022-06-02T10:01:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T14:01:57","slug":"personal-testimony-of-geoff-holloway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/2022\/06\/07\/personal-testimony-of-geoff-holloway\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Testimony of Geoff Holloway"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Career Development for the English Major class (ENG-2020) in spring 2022, Dr. Kevin Heath asked students to form groups and choose an entrepreneurial project to aid the community, the campus, or the major. Four students collected testimonies from faculty and staff at Cedarville University to be included in a booklet intended to encourage faith conversations on campus and affirm Cedarville’s faith ideals to its broader audience (including alumni, parents, and incoming students).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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I could not tell you much about Dr. Geoff Holloway. He is an Associate Professor of Chemistry here on campus, and being an English major, I have never taken one of his classes, nor will I be able to take one in the future. But, because of a group project in my Career Development class, my life has been positively impacted by Dr. Holloway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our project \u2014 run by Rachel Rathbun, Emily Vest, Alayna Drollinger, and me \u2014 was to collect and distribute the testimonies of as many Cedarville professors as possible. Our goal was to show that, here at Cedarville, when we say we are faith-focused, we aren\u2019t just spouting out an empty sentiment. We actually mean it. Several professors graciously told us their stories. But, for me, Dr. Holloway\u2019s stood out. He and I have very similar salvation stories. We were both raised in Christian households and got saved at a very young age, 4 for him and 7 for me. We also both struggled with not being able to remember much about the exact moment we got saved. Like Dr. Holloway, I also struggled with doubting my salvation, asking myself, \u201cIf I can\u2019t remember exactly what happened, was I ever really saved at all?\u201d I wrestled with this question for many years, keeping from getting baptized until I was 17. While I am mostly over that doubt, it still occasionally creeps up. Reading Dr. Holloway\u2019s testimony, it was so encouraging to see the journey of someone who went through a similar experience and is currently ahead of me. It gives me hope that, maybe one day, I can extinguish my doubt to the extent that Dr. Holloway has.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, I really could not tell you much about Dr. Holloway. I\u2019ve never taken one of his classes, but after reading his testimony, I wish I could. I can tell he really cares about his faith and the way he speaks of God makes it evident that He is present and upfront in Dr. Holloway\u2019s classroom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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