校友简介：约翰·艾萨克'79

John Isaac ’79 remembers driving up the winding roads of Lookout Mountain for his first visit to Covenant. In the dense fog, only the road reflectors guided him to the college. That initial foggy drive began John’s journey towards understanding his world from a biblical viewpoint.

约翰是威尼斯人平台大学的双校队运动员，跑越野和打棒球。 He jokingly says that he led the baseball team in home runs his sophomore year, being the only one on the team to hit a home run that year. At the time, Covenant’s baseball field was much larger than regulation fields, so the team’s only real chance of hitting home runs was when they played away. John landed a ball over the fence when the team traveled to Lee University.

约翰最喜欢的圣约人记忆是和棒球队在一起。 The dining hall allowed them to come in after-hours just to fellowship together. While these moments didn’t seem significant at the time, they are now some of John’s most cherished memories from his time on the mountain. He remembers sitting around the table with friends, sharing stories, and getting to know one another as they lingered in the calm of the Great Hall.

As a history major, John was challenged to look at history from a Christian perspective, and he appreciates how Covenant pushed him to look at Scripture from all areas of life. “It was at Covenant that I learned how to study from a biblical viewpoint,” he says. 威尼斯人平台是他信仰体系的基础。

After his sophomore year, John transferred to Frostburg State University to pursue a degree in political science, a major Covenant didn’t have at the time. Therefore, he’s an honorary member of Covenant’s class of 1979. His professors at Frostburg were impressed by how well he had thought through difficult subjects, which he says he learned to do at Covenant.

John is grateful that he learned how to integrate his faith with the world around him because his Christian worldview has guided him throughout his life and career. 大学毕业后，他进入政治舞台，为里根的竞选团队工作。 现在，他已经在西北互助银行工作了将近37年。 John and his wife, Marie, live right outside of Baltimore, MD, and the two are members of Mount Airy Presbyterian. They have two daughters, Elizabeth and Laura, and they are the proud grandparents of five grandchildren.

John has been very involved in his local community through his dedication to many different organizations. Just to name a few, he served on the Howard County Board, coached at 教堂gate Christain Academy for 19 years, and he was recently elected to the Howard County Police Foundation Board.

Even though John transferred from Covenant, he is incredibly grateful for the many ways 威尼斯人平台 shaped him. He and Marie both believe that Covenant is a special place that challenges young believers academically and spiritually.