This is Not a Day Care. It’s a University!

Oklahoma Wesleyan University ^ | Dr. Everett Piper

[all the best]

This past week, I actually had a student come forward after a university chapel service and complain because he felt “victimized” by a sermon on the topic of 1 Corinthians 13. It appears that this young scholar felt offended because a homily on love made him feel bad for not showing love! In his mind, the speaker was wrong for making him, and his peers, feel uncomfortable.

I’m not making this up. Our culture has actually taught our kids to be this self-absorbed and narcissistic! Any time their feelings are hurt, they are the victims! Anyone who dares challenge them and, thus, makes them “feel bad” about themselves, is a “hater,” a “bigot,” an “oppressor,” and a “victimizer.”

I have a message for this young man and all others who care to listen. That feeling of discomfort you have after listening to a sermon is called a conscience! An altar call is supposed to make you feel bad! It is supposed to make you feel guilty! The goal of many a good sermon is to get you to confess your sins—not coddle you in your selfishness. The primary objective of the Church and the Christian faith is your confession, not your self-actualization!

So here’s my advice:

If you want the chaplain to tell you you’re a victim rather than tell you that you need virtue, this may not be the university you’re looking for. If you want to complain about a sermon that makes you feel less than loving for not showing love, this might be the wrong place.

[all the best]

At least on college president stands up to the Stalinist "victims".

[joshua c]

This can all be avoided by handing out pacifiers at freshman orientation.

[Humal]

I so like this college president’s message. I wish other college heads, and politicians, would take notice and follow suit.

[BitWielder1]

We need more of this.
Every spoiled brat NEEDS to hear a resounding NO! from a responsible adult every now and then.
That's how they learn where the limits are.
Without it, their brains won't wire up properly.

[brewcrew]

Give ‘em all a juice box and a blankey.

[Cincinatus]

Is this a big surprise in a country where you can stay on your parents health insurance until you’re 26?