Faith based life on campus?

TomServo
Fri, 15 Jun 2012 02:09:01 +0000

That’s for God to judge. But there are certain ideals that many liberals hold that just aren’t compatible with my beliefs, and I just don’t want that influence around me.



You are not speaking from experience, but we are. Things like that will only influence you if you let them influence you. Put on the full armor of God, no matter what neighborhood you live in. Let me tell you something, there are plenty of wolves in sheeps clothing in the church, and in conservative Christian neighborhoods. You’ve met some. You may be friends with some. I think those people are who you ought to be concerned about. Because non-believers are not the enemy, but wolves in sheeps clothing truly are the enemy.

It is not your job to make people believe anything or behave a certain way, it is only your job to present the Gospel and to be a good representative of God. God takes over after that.

It’s okay to not want to be around certain behaviors, but I think a Christian ought to be able to sit down and have dinner or shoot the breeze in a student lounge with just about anybody. Secular colleges aren’t exactly as they’re depicted in the movies. All of the debauchery doesn’t happen during lecture, it happens at parties off campus so it’s easy to avoid.

Also, you don’t have to give your opinion on everything. This is just general advice for everybody. There’s a time and place for making your opinion known, learn to sense when it’s “okay” in conversation to launch into a mini-sermon about something you are passionate about. Otherwise you risk alienating people for no good reason. Many times it is not Christian opinions themselves that turn people off, it is how we express them.