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Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.\nLast week, a Houston Chronicle reporter tweeted an image from Jerry Falwell Jr.\u2019s instagram. The image showed the Liberty University president posing with his arm around a woman at a party with their zippers down and midsections exposed. By Friday, Falwell Jr. agreed to take an immediate and indefinite leave of absence from Liberty University, which he has led since 2007 as president and chancellor.\nAs CT\u2019s reporting noted:\nDuring his tenure\u2014succeeding his father and the school\u2019s founder, Jerry Falwell Sr.\u2014the younger Falwell has expanded Liberty into one of the biggest Christian colleges in the world, now reporting an enrollment of over 120,000 students. But his leadership has also drawn\xa0controversy, including around his politics\u2014such as his friendship with President Donald Trump\u2014and personal life\u2014like photos of him and his family at a\xa0Miami nightclub.In June, Falwell apologized for a tweet that included an image of the yearbook photo from Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam\u2019s blackface scandal. Dozens of black alumni\xa0said\xa0he should \u201cwithdraw the racist tweet\u201d and resign to focus on politics.\nThis week on Quick to Listen, we wanted to discuss how Liberty University and its president fit in the larger landscape of Christian higher ed.\nBill Ringenberg is faculty emeritus at Taylor University, where he was a longtime history professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, and\xa0the author of The Christian College: A History of Protestant Higher Education in America\xa0and The Christian College and Academic Freedom. He joined global media manager Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to discuss where Liberty is positioned the Christian higher ed world, how athletics make a difference in how the school sees itself, and why it took a photo on Instagram for Liberty\u2019s board to react to\xa0Jerry Falwell Jr.\nTake Quick to Listen\u2019s survey!\nWhat is Quick to Listen? Read more\nRate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts\nFollow the podcast on Twitter\nFollow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen\nMusic by Sweeps\nQuick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder\nThe transcript is edited by Bunmi Ishola\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices