More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted: 07/19/2007
More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
By Marsha West
Soon thousands of teens and twentysomethings will be going off to “institutions of higher learning.” Young people who’ve been raised with moral values will go behind the fortified walls of Babylon, pretty much unarmed.And the barbarians are prepared to chew them up and spit them out.
Barbarians, you say?OK, liberals.Liberals on college campuses want your son and daughter to have the freedom to have sex (hetro or homo), to binge drink, and to do drugs. Most liberals have little or no respect for faith-based parents and their annoying moral values.In a Townhall.com article “Why Liberals Lie About Sex,” KevinMcCullough points out that liberals “are willing to substitute false thinking for solid fact on the consequences of what will happen. And they do so while simultaneously insulting you and your child's ability to comprehend, discern, and choose behaviors that make the most sense.”In other words, liberals know better than you do what’s best for your child.
Most parents do everything possible to shelter their kids from the evils of this world during their growing up years.Then something rather curious happens on the heels of high school graduation. Moms and dads suddenly misplace their common sense.Poof!Right out the window.Without the slightest hesitation, once protective parents are allowing liberals to shape their teenagers minds with an anti-God worldview.Otherwise intelligent parents fork over a credit card, say “Bye-bye” and drive away, leaving a loved one to wrestle with the world, the flesh and the devil!What’s up with that?
Before you pack your child’s personal possessions into your SUV and whisk him or her off to a secular humanist indoctrination center, read on.
College Drinking Prevention (CDP) is an online resource that offers comprehensive research-based information on issues related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students. According to CDP 1,700 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die annually from alcohol-related injuries. [1] Betcha haven’t heard that statistic from the artful dodgers in the mainstream media.Instead what’s reported day in and day out is the number of casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Since alcohol and drug use can seriously impair a person’s personal and academic performance, no parent wants his or her child involved in that kind of behavior.Forewarned is forearmed, so here’s some eye-opening data from “A Snapshot of Annual High-Risk College Drinking Consequences” to mull over:
Injury: 599,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are unintentionally injured under the influence of alcohol (Hingson et al., 2005).
Assault: More than 696,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking (Hingson et al., 2005).
Sexual Abuse: More than 97,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape (Hingson et al., 2005).
Unsafe Sex: 400,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 had unprotected sex and more than 100,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 report having been too intoxicated to know if they consented to having sex (Hingson et al., 2002).
Academic Problems: About 25 percent of college students report academic consequences of their drinking including missing class, falling behind, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall (Engs et al., 1996; Presley et al., 1996a, 1996b;Wechsler et al., 2002).
Health Problems/Suicide Attempts: More than 150,000 students develop an alcohol-related health problem (Hingson et al., 2002) and between 1.2 and 1.5 percent of students indicate that they tried to commit suicide within the past year due to drinking or drug use (Presley et al., 1998).
In light of the high-risk behavior on college campuses, many states are offering “higher education” in alcohol and substance abuse prevention.For example, the state of Maine is dealing with the culture of college drinking by making the Higher Education Alcohol Prevention Partnership available for parents and students. [3]
A sad fact is that Christian young people are no angels during their tenure in educational institutions. Whether the institution is Christian or secular, the culture of college drinking includes professed Christians. In his book, University if Destruction, David Wheaton points out that while away at college young people who are brought up in Christian homes face “three Pillars of Peril: Sex, Drugs/Alcohol, and Humanism.”Wheaton says 50 percent lose their faith after four years in college-- and never come back.“For far too many the transition from home-life to campus-life is traumatic -- what begins as a University of Instruction ends up being their University of Destruction…with long-lasting negative effects and no guarantee of return.” [4]
According to the Barna Report, Christian young people “pull away from participation and engagement in Christian churches, particularly during the ‘college years.’ The research shows that, compared to older adults, twentysomethings have significantly lower levels of church attendance, time spent alone studying and reading the Bible, volunteering to help churches, donations to churches, Sunday school and small group involvement, and use of Christian media (including television, radio and magazines).” [5]
The Bible tells us that God’s people are to follow the law of the land.Hate to disappoint but there’s no exception for teens and twentysomethings who wish to sow their wild oats in college. Those who drink alcoholic beverages when they’re not of legal age are lawbreakers.In God’s eyes they’re doing wrong.Romans 13: 1-2 says, "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves."
Christian colleges do not necessarily provide a safe way to go either. Even some Christian colleges and universities are not unscathed by liberalism.In fact, there are a number of so-called Christian professors who are full-blown liberals!
Of course today’s liberals prefer to call themselves “progressives” hence “progressive Christian.”Don’t be fooled, though.Progressive is simply a euphemism for a person who has a socialist leaning.
So what is the progressive Christian’s modus operandi?To impart utopian ideas that advances an unbiblical socialist ideology to impressionable students.Sadly, a lot of parents are oblivious as to what’s being taught to their sons and daughters, and by whom.Sincere Christians ought to be on top of it!
Granted, choosing a Christian university can be a daunting task, even exhausting.The ideal, of course, is a biblical worldview curriculum for Christian young people so they’ll have the knowledge and skill to engage the culture and have the confidence to stand for truth and righteousness.
But that’s not always the case.As I said, liberals have managed to ingratiate themselves into Christian colleges and universities so parents must exercise humble skepticism.In fact, it’s not a bad idea to explore the stated theological viewpoint and doctrinal statement of colleges and universities that interest you.And don’t be surprised if your investigation shows that certain historic doctrinal statements are no longer held.
Kid’s binge drinking is bad, but it’s also important to call attention to the distorted reality of today’s young people.And a lot of Christian youths also have a very fuzzy view of reality!Ask them what they believe and why they believe it and you’ll hear a very distorted view of Christianity!Why?Because young people are no longer taught the whole Word of God…they’re not learning Church doctrine…they know diddly-do about historic Christianity…they’re influenced by liberalism…they hold to an unbiblical worldview -- the list goes on and on.Is it any wonder that so many Christian youths think and act like pagans?You say, “But what can I do about it?”I’m so glad you asked.
In Josh McDowell’s latest book, The Last Christian Generation, he warns that we’re failing our kids “by not adequately preparing them to face the non-Christian worldviews they will be taught during their educational training.”
Now, the question Christian parents must ask themselves is this: Have I adequately taught my kids a biblical worldview?If your answer is no (or who knows?), consider purchasing the Worldview Weekend Christian Family Survival Kit . [6] It’s imperative that youngsters learn very early on that everything a Christian thinks, says, and does must “filter” through the God’s Word, the Bible. The Secular progressive philosophy and New Age thinking could never pass through a "Christ-filter."
Attending Brannon Howse’s Worldview Weekend helps Christian families to think biblically. Great speakers and fun for all!For details go to http://worldviewweekend.com.
Probe Ministries offers the Mind Games Conference.For details go to http://probe.org and click on Mind Games.Attendees of the Mind Games conference will inoculate kids from unbiblical ideas while strengthening their faith.
So here’s the thing.It’s entirely up to moms and dads to decide if a child is spiritually ready to go off to college, it’s not up to your teenager to decide if he’s ready!Christian youths who are unable to “contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints,”will enter the swamp of “higher education” and find themselves up to their eyeballs in alligators.Spiritually immature teens and twentysomethings may not survive the swamp.
I’ll wrap this up with this suggestion.Christian parents who are unsure of their child’s spiritual maturity ought to consider keeping him at home for a year or two after high school graduation.Working for a while won’t kill him – and it could save his life.
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Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/23/07 04:00:16 PM
Age 38, VA
Marsha West provides appropriate warnings for the hazards of secular colleges and universities, but I would have liked to see a comprehensive list of evangelical colleges & universities.
There are schools that require young men and women refrain from immodest dress and behavior, prohibit alcohol, have curfews, and are attesting to their faith in Jesus Christ and that the bible is His inerrant, inspired word. While these steps are no guarantee that alcohol, drugs, and sex won't find their way into students' lives, it is a significant departure from the secularists, and ultimately, knowing that we're all sinners, standing on God's word is all any of us can or should do.
The only way Christians can reclaim this country's institutions of higher learning is to abandon the secular Babylons entirely, putting our resources and our children into institutions that are willing to boldly stand for biblical truth. For that matter, the secular elementary and primary schools aren't much more fit for our children...they just don't have as much sex and booze. Withdrawal from them ought to be a serious consideration for Christian parents, as well.
I agree with Marsha West about having kids who aren't mature enough to hold off on going away to school for a year or two...but on-line universities or community colleges are an overlooked avenue that will allow them to keep their education going, while they mature.
The secularists and the kumbaya Christians who believe that God requires us to show our love by never expressing disapproval of sin, or by agitating for government wealth redistribution and morally-neutral welfare (rather than true, biblically-based charity) are welcome to keep their rotting institutions. Should it be necessary to study at a secular institution, it should be as a graduate student who has achieved enough familiarity with the secular world and enough maturity as a Christian to recognize worldly pitfalls and the courage to condemn them. We can only be effective as Christians "in the world" if we truly understand that we are not "of the world." Click here to reply to this post
Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/23/07 09:45:59 AM
Age 45, MN
In Romans chapter 12 Paul exhorts believers to "not conform any longer to the pattern of this world." (vs 2) That they were to "be devoted to one another in brotherly love." To "honor one another above [them]selves." Paul is speaking to the branches who are grafted into the assembly of Israel (ch 11). He is speaking to the Roman assembly or congregation and to how it's members are to submit to the elders (rulers) of this assembly in 12:2, not the Roman government. If we view this passage as speaking to our government (which often does not do good) it then renders the following verse (vs 3) as anachronistic. Our government, which does not function justly, only holds those who abide by it's man made laws as good, yet it's laws are often in direct opposition to God's, which are good. "Teach me good discernment and knowledge, For I believe in Thy commandments." Psalm 119:66
"He who gives attention to the Word will find good , And blessed is he who trusts in the LORD." (Proverbs 16:20) Click here to reply to this post
Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/21/07 08:54:41 AM
Age 58, MS
While I agree that liberal and anti-Christian teachings abound on secular college campuses, I am not sure that hordes of "Christian" young people are leaving the faith never to return. Many never had real faith when they went off to college. The college testing ground divides the wheat from the chaff. Sure, there are moral teens who go off to college, just as they did when I went in the 60's,who go like the prodigal to the pig sty, but they later come to their senses and repent and become fully devoted to Christ. However, there are also those who rebelled against godly parents in high school who go off to college and see the long-range consequences of such folly and then turn and repent. That is what two of my daughters have done. Interestingly, one of these daughters attended a very conservative Christian college before that, but the atmosphere was so cultish that even I had to agree that the place was spiritually unwholesome and a spawning ground for modern-day Pharisees led by "control freaks." Both of these daughters had to work and attend a junior college their first two years so they did not have time to get into all the trouble you wrote about.
Since I have three daughters in college and they bring home friends and I enjoy talking to them, I believe that though some go through a questioning of their faith, as they seek out the answers, they become stronger. This is exactly what happened to me also. Many more young Christians in this millenial generation are deciding that moral purity is better than whoredom, that Christ is better than Mohammed, and that service is better than selfishness, etc. I believe God is continuing to sort out the wheat from the chaff, and that as America plunges more into its own destruction, there will be a host of young Christians who will endure the persecution that is sure to come. I definitely do not believe this is the last Christian generation. Too many scriptures say otherwise. Click here to reply to this post
Re: Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 08/14/07 09:46:41 PM
Age 53, VA
I agree with the person from MS. Thank you so much for your well stated and informative experience with college campuses. I have a son in secular college. Each child must be evaluated individually to discern their spiritual maturity. My husband and I worked diligently to prepare our child for college, not knowing whether we would ultimately chose secular or Christian. As Christian parents, we can never be complacent. We continue to talk to our son about worldview issues; evolution, atheism and humanism. Click here to reply to this post
Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/20/07 03:41:26 PM
Age 51, OH
To the 26 yr old from WA who wrote in:
I am afraid you may have missed several points in the article in question. God commands parents to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the LORD. We need to be obedient to that command, and all other commands He gives - right? Now then - is it possible to attend a flaming secular college with screaming liberal professors and still have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ? Of course! We must not limit His power to touch the human heart, no matter the external circumstances. Yet, this fact does not negate our duties as parents. A careful reading of Scripture will bear out this fact. No one was saying salvation is impossible in a secular environment, but surely you can understand that there is a danger involved in a student attending an indoctrination center that consistently rails against God and His Son? Our hard earned dollars should not support these institutions, which is another issue in itself.
And then - maybe the problem is your definition of salvation. Matt 7:21-23 comes to mind.
Please do not castigate the author for having the temerity to suggest that Christian parents remain vigilant for their childrens' sakes. Click here to reply to this post
Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/20/07 03:20:02 PM
Age 23, GA
Instead of blaming the evil liberal colleges, let's place the blame on the parents. If you raise your child correctly, then even if they go to a non-Christian college they will not end up getting drunk, doing drugs, or having extra-marital sex.
I went to a secular state school in Georgia. You would think I would end up brainwashed from all the supposed liberal indoctrination this article purports happens at college, but instead I came out unscathed. I did not take a single drink until I was 21 (and even then I did not get drunk, and have not in the 3 years since). I didn't get close to taking drugs (this has been a life long thing, I've never even touched a cigarette). I never engaged in sexual relations. The biggest change I underwent was politically, as I'm now a Libertarian. But my political affiliation doesn't make me a worse Christian.
If a kid goes off to college and is unprepared I blame the parents. It's not that difficult to make it through college and keep your faith.
Funnily enough this article is more of a tactic to scare people into buying their merchandise. Click here to reply to this post
Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/20/07 03:15:42 PM
Age 60, MO
College campuses are a treacherous place to go to learn anything, no matter what age the student. It has been that way for several decades, but most recently my alma mater, Virginia Tech, proved just how treacherous the college campus can be. The campus was drug infested, any many students imbibed in alcohol. Most college degrees are worthless, and the few that hold some value, do so only because of the licensing necessary to enter certain professions, such as nursing or teaching. Count the number of colleges in your local area, and figure about 500 graduates from each one; then go to your local papers and look at the job opportunities available. I think you'll find that there is a gross mismatch in the numbers. So, you might say that those graduates will go somewhere else for employment. Would that someplace be where there is even more colleges in that area? As far as Christian discipleship is concerned, most college campuses will not provide an environment for following Christ; but rather be an influence toward rationalizing away Scripture for the students who have already had a footing in Christian living. The need for a college education has become a widespread con accepted by far to many people. George Cancilla Click here to reply to this post
Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/20/07 11:15:22 AM
Age 63, OH
I agree with you and find it hard to believe that parents send their children off to some university that has proven to be unreliable at best. My son came to me and said that he did not want to live in a dorm which is a requirement of most universities for freshman. So first of all he went to a community college for his senior year of high school and got a year of college credit and credit for his last year of high school while he lived at home. He also ran cross country for the local high school and they won the state championship. This was all paid for by the state, even his books, because of his high test scores. Then he went to a local university and I moved to a apartment close to it so he could live at home and not in the dorm. The Bible says a child does not become an adult till they are 21, so he lives at home under my authority. He calls me several times every day and is my best friend. He runs about 3500 miles a year and does not have time to drink and smoke. He made the cross country varsity his freshman year. This summer he is mowing two yards every week, tutoring two students in math, and working in a restaurant where he was asked if he would be interested in being the manager several days after his start. This is all not easy and automatic but has taken a lot of work and prayer on my part( His mother left me when he was a year old) to see him make the right decision. This work started before he was born and teaching was increased when he was born. I read to him when he was still in his mother and it has had an effect. He asked the Lord Jesus into his heart when he was three and had read the entire Bible on his own accord by age 11. I was always considered a fanatic by other Christian parents but I see a big difference in the results. He was NOT taught to believe the preacher but consider what any man said. He has been taught to read the Bible for himself and then to seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit. He is majoring in physics and math. Last semester he took 4 physics courses and two math courses and has no problem with what he sees in science and the truth of scripture. A Christian world view will not save one child. But a close relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ will. I am not saying that truth is not important but it is the Author of the Bible who is Truth. Lou Click here to reply to this post
Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/20/07 01:01:28 AM
Age 26, WA
So progressive = liberal = socialist = Satanic, Marsha? That's a brilliant and completely irrational slippery slope you've concocted here.
Here's a data point that might skew your opinions: I became a Christian at a very liberal public university, so does that disqualify my faith because it didn't happen in the vacuum of a conservative, home-schooled society?
Look, the very values I espouse are significantly shaped by my experiences in college; being in a secular insitution affirmed my ability to serve God through pragmatic, PROGRESSIVE ways (i.e., attempting to combat poverty through my knowledge of the situation instead of sitting on a street corner condemning people to hell).
Here's a suggestion, Marsha: next time, before you decide to wax damnation upon every institution of higher learning, why don't you try visiting one and connecting with the multitude of students instead of painting wide a wide brush of assumption?
Finally, with your contention that underage drinking is illegal: so is withholding your child from making a decision to attend college after he/she attains legal adult status. Your version of Christianity is in direct conflict with the diverse nature of not only Christ's ministry, but also those of the Apostles and the patriarchs of our faith. Click here to reply to this post
Re: Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/23/07 02:00:52 PM
Age 49, AL
Actually, 26, WA, it's hardly possible for you to be more wrong. I fear that your "progressive" Christianity is indistinguishable from secular humanism. The way to easily determine this is to answer a simple question: Do you consider all the behaviors the Bible identifies as immoral and wrong to be immoral and wrong in your worldview?
Joh 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Joh 14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
As part of the Godhead, Christ spoke the WHOLE Bible. So if you don't keep His sayings, you don't love Him, and then how can you call yourself one of His?
And Christ Himself spoke far more about hell than heaven.
You speak approvingly of socialism. Socialism is the most murderous worldview ever devised by man. Over 100 million innocent men, women and children were murdered by their socialist masters during the last century alone. Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, socialists all. It's quite clear that if socialists control society, people who do not "right think" will be eliminated. That's because socialism is based on secular humanism, and secular humanism is based upon moral relativism. Moral relativism claims that nothing is always wrong. If nothing, including murder, is always wrong, and you don't think you'll ever face the Supreme Judge of the universe to answer for your wrongs, you end up with the morally bankrupt secular humanism worldview. Click here to reply to this post
Re: Re: Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/24/07 02:54:44 PM
Age 50, MN
So I assume you never shop or go out to eat on Sundays (one of the 10 commandments, affirmed by Jesus), I assume you call everyone who is divorced and remarried an adulterer (Jesus' own words), I assume you never mix two kinds of threads when you sew (one of hundreds of Levitical Laws), you insist your wife covers her head at church (from Paul), and on and on and on. If you do all those things I'll find some others you don't - so don't lay this "obeying all of God's word" on us.// As far as socialism - why don't your read the end of Acts Chapter 2 - which describes the ideal Christian society and tell me what social system it is most like? In God's perfect world we WOULD be socialists, so why do you hate it so much? You might say we're not capable of doing it right because of our fallen nature - but it is actually the ideal we should be striving for// If all else fails call someone a humanist liberal and that ends the argument, wait I thought only atheistic liberals made those kind of blanket generalizations about Christians. Click here to reply to this post
Re: Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/21/07 02:53:50 PM
Age 72, AR
I did exactly what this young college product advocates. The state university in my retirement city offers what I call an "antique student program" whereby us antiques can fill any openings left the day classes begin each semester. Continued stimulation of one's thought process does wonders for a positive outlook on continuing participation in life, but seeing first-hand the effort of most of the young students is what is truly encouraging. This despite the fact that many of them have been sheltered from rather than prepared for college, for viable community participation, for their own parenthood, in short for life. You can tell from the number on top of this that my college came more than five decades ago. It remains my biggest disappointment in my parents that they sheltered rather than prepared me. I especially lacked the skills to deal with the opposite-gender encounters that affect the rest of one's life more directly than anything that comes from a textbook or professor. Usefully helpful information would be so much more productive than negative diatribes like this article. Among its many negatives, maybe the most horrible is the implication that "I am not to be trusted, and neither are all the others like me who will be on campus." What a horrible thought with which to send a student on his/her first venture into the independence of deciding. This article is a shameful, collectively and individually destructive, message. By what stretch can anyone reading this article think deriding and frightening a new student will help her/him succeed, or help carry along the attitude of the people who made fun of him and frightened her. Click here to reply to this post
Re: Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/21/07 09:49:41 AM
Age 46, MO
Friend:
Christ's ministry is diverse? Please explain that to me because I think I may have misread my Bible these many years. My Bible would summerize Christ's ministry as making disciples who will turn over their lives to Christ's direction and influence, living on the straight and narrow. This would include a death and rebirth into the likeness of Christ and daily dying to self. Therefore, death to self would eliminate narcistic attitudes and foster "honoring your parents" if underage. Is this not the Biblical construct? John Click here to reply to this post
Re: Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/20/07 11:44:17 PM
Age 45, UT
You sound like the type of liberal Christian Marsha is warning against, and I think she is 100% right in her warnings. I became a Christian at a secular college also. Marsha is being completely realistic in her article; she's not saying college is evil! Any Christian parent who is serious about Jesus and raising kids right is being very sensible and obedient to God's Word by considering the things Marsha talks about. This is the first time I've ever commented on this site, but I have to say "Amen, Marsha!" You are 100% right! Click here to reply to this post
Re: Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/20/07 08:02:56 PM
Age 28, TX
...And we can all see just what a pleasant Christian attitude you have, too. Obviously your time spent among the beer-chugging heathen didn't do a THING to the manners your mother taught you...Anyway, I was one of the teens who became a practicing "white" witch during college. I didn't have a completely solid foundation, so I was led astray by my fellow students. Lest you think I'm simply a dingbat, my I.Q. is 150. I graduated when I was 19, and went right to work. You may be a "blessed exception," my friend, but that doesn't mean that you are the RULE. Next time, check your nasty attitude and hostility at the door. Remember, the unbelievers are watching, and they just saw you act like a complete jerk. Click here to reply to this post
Re: Re: More Dangerous On College Campuses Than You Thought
Posted On: 07/20/07 02:59:18 PM
Age 49, TX
I spent 4 years at a large secular university and can vouch for what is said in this article...100%. That was 25+ years ago and it sure hasn't gotten any better since then. The deception, carnality, and moral destruction of students I saw there was beyond belief. I was not saved at that time and so my perspective, as what you might call it, was 'untainted'. Frankly, the values you mentioned learning at college didn't help me one bit - the vast majority of the societal and moral 'education' I recieved there was lovingly purged by the grace of God. I would suggest that you actually quote the apostles and patriarchs when you present your position about the benefits of collegiate participation, and not get caught in a quagmire of 'conservative' and liberal' labeling. Paul says that there is one faith, one hope, and one baptism, never the idea of 'my' faith and 'your' faith. Relativism is a poison, and unfortunately the statements in your post smack of that. Please let me challenge your thinking with this: Paul says "Whether ye eat, whether ye drink, or whatsover ye do, do all to the glory of God" - does that statement sum up your Christian walk at college? When you read "love not the world, neither the things that are in the world; if any man love the world the love of the father is not in him." - is that compatible with the idea of Biblical separation you practiced at college? When Scripture clearly states that fornication (and all the ideas included therein) and adultery are sinful, is that what you think college students should avoid? When Scripture says "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God...", do you believe that and do you believe in the infallibility of Scripture? One other comment - I don't know what you mean by "progressive"...did God's ways become more modern at college (i.e. do they change)? If you can not clearly identify the biblical basis behind these questions and statements I would in turn question the basis of your beliefs (as put in the post) - do they stand on Biblical truth or do they languish in the fallibility of your own flesh? Click here to reply to this post
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