Almost everyone at [Stepford] is respectful of authority.
Most of them probably agree with those rules
and are glad that they are there.
Posted on 06/25/2003 2:39:29 PM PDT by Gladwin
1 Reprimand
Curfew violation (1 additional reprimand for each half-hour late until 2:00 a.m.)
4 Reprimands + Written Warning
Allowing unauthorized overnight visitor in residence room
Absence from required meeting
Disturbance/non-participation during Convocation
Dress/hair code violation: male or female
Failure to respond to an official call slip within 48 hours
Horseplay (plus financial restitution)
Improper personal contact (anything beyond hand-holding)
Improper sign out
Missing Convocation
Music code violation
Outside residence hall after curfew
Residence hall disturbance/noise violation
Unauthorized borrowing (plus financial restitution)
6 Reprimands + $35 Fine
Attendance at a dance
Direct disobedience/disrespect
Disassembly or removal of residence hall furniture
Gambling
Improper social behavior
Possession and/or use of tobacco
Unauthorized room change
Visiting residence lobby or entryway of opposite sex on campus or allowing the same
12 Reprimands + $70 Fine
(less previously paid fines)
Attendance at, possession or viewing of, an "R," "NC-17" or "X"-rated movie
Deception
Entering the space above ceiling tiles
Malicious horseplay/behavior (plus financial restitution)
Obscene, profane or abusive language or behavior
Out of residence hall overnight or substantial portion of the night without permission (after 2:00 a.m.)
Participation in an unauthorized petition or demonstration
Possession and/or viewing of pornography
Possession of a school key without authorization
Safety/security violation
Students of the opposite sex visiting alone at an off-campus residence
Visiting the residence hallway of the opposite sex
18 Reprimands + $100 Fine
(regardless of previously paid fines) + 18 hours Disciplinary Community Service + 50% Scholarship Reduction
Association with those consuming alcohol
Commission of a misdemeanor
Failure to properly identify oneself
Falsification of information on an official document
Lying to a dean during an official investigation
Racial harassment
Sexual harassment (i.e., unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors or other conduct or comments of a sexual nature)
Sexual misconduct and/or any state of undress
Threat to do bodily harm
Vandalism (plus financial restitution)
Visiting bedroom of the opposite sex on/off campus or allowing the same
30 Reprimands + $150 Fine
(regardless of previously paid fines) + 30 hours Disciplinary Community Service + possible Administrative Withdrawal and/or possible 100% Scholarship Reduction. NOTE: For each accumulation of six (6) or more reprimands after 30, an additional $150 fine will be assessed.
Abortion
Academic dishonesty
Assault/sexual assault (minimum two (2) semesters out) Commission/conviction of any felony
Failure of three (3) Christian/Community Services without reconciliation
Illegal drugs-association/possession, use/distribution (minimum two semesters out)
Immorality
Involvement with witchcraft, seances or other satanic or demonic activity
Life-threatening behavior or language to others or oneself (immediate removal/exclusion from campus and a minimum of two semesters out)
Non-participation/disruption/non-compliance (possible removal/exclusion from campus)
Possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages
Refusal to submit to an Alco-Sensor test and/or drug test
Spending the night with a person of the opposite sex
Stealing or possession of stolen property (plus financial restitution; minimum two semesters out)
Two or more individuals of the opposite sex together in motel room
Unauthorized possession/use of weapons
Almost everyone at Liberty is respectful of authority. Most of them probably agree with those rules and are glad that they are there. That doesn't say anything about their creativity and only a little about their flexibility.
If you want someone to use sex to sell your product, then you are right. Liberty grads aren't for you. If you want someone to go drink your competitor's employees under the table and milk them for information, then you are right Liberty grads aren't for you. But if you want someone who will do the right thing, then you are probably far better off with a Liberty grad.
Almost everyone at [Stepford] is respectful of authority.
Most of them probably agree with those rules
and are glad that they are there.
They'll make good little citizens in the emerging police state.
If you want someone to use sex to sell your product, then you are right. Liberty grads aren't for you.
Just because someone goes to a supposedly "Christian" school doesn't make them better than anyone else.
Some of the finest people I've ever known attended a secular school and didn't even attend church.
And some of the worst I've met showed up every Sunday for church.
In the new Testament God describes this day...and he compares it to the days of Noah.
Timothy 3:1-4 says, This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. "
I thought this following article did a good job of defending Falwells position.
Americans Are "In Trouble" With God
A Word From Henry Blackaby
Blackaby warns that Americans are "in trouble" with God. The United States is in danger of God’s judgment, but Christians don’t really believe it, Henry Blackaby says. "Everyone focuses on 2 Chronicles 7:14," Blackaby, the Southern Baptist speaker and author, said. The verse says that if God’s people humble themselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from their wicked ways, God will forgive their sins and heal their land. But subsequent verses add, in essence, that "If you abandon Him, He will abandon you," the author of the popular Bible study, Experiencing God (Broadman & Holman), told Religion Today. "We don’t believe that any more. We don’t believe anything can or will go wrong." "There is a line that, when crossed, ...there is no return."
"In chapter 7 of the Book of Jeremiah, God tells Jeremiah not to pray for the people of Israel. There were godly people present, but the nation had passed the point of God’s blessing. We need to be on our knees today. If you put this country up against Scripture, we are in trouble. Either the United States turns to God in repentance and revival, or there is going to be judgment," he said.
Blackaby said he is not so much concerned about the way secular society is living, but about how the church is doing. He cited a survey by George Barna indicating that in each of 150 lifestyle areas, including divorce and abortion, "the church is no different than the society around them. All through Scripture the Bible indicates that if the people of God lose their saltiness, there will be nothing else to save the nation. There is a movement of God in some churches, but overall it seems to be small. Of the many claims of revival there doesn’t seem to be much result."
In addition to writing books, Blackaby speaks at numerous churches and conferences. "The prosperity-preaching in churches today is astounding," Blackaby said. "I just read a book from a very prominent Christian leader who said we should focus on hope and not preach anything negative. Jeremiah 23 speaks of prophets who preach of ease, when sinfulness and godlessness are all around. This is like it is today. Where are the preachers today leading the people to repentance? When God’s people don’t realize how far they have gone from Him and they don’t turn in humbleness and repentance, they are at risk."
"In Jesus’ day, people were feeling good and praising their blessings, but He was weeping. How can we not know His heart? We miss it, because we want to feel good. That is our goal and focus." Blackaby criticized a pragmatism that downplays preaching. "Many are doing surveys to find out what people want in their church experience. We don’t need to do that. In the evangelical community, there is a pragmatism that says that the Word of God is not enough to attract people. There is almost a disdain of Biblical preaching being irrelevant. God will grow the church from His word. God always deals with leaders. The tragedy is so few have earned the right to be heard. So few have an authentic platform. We need strong prayer. We need a spiritual anointing and ordained proclamations. Non-anointed words will fall useless to the ground. Proclaimers must live lives of holiness and humility. It is life and death when they speak. The three things the church needs are "prayer, Holy Spirit anointing, and men living out holy lives. God will draw people to hear them. They must proclaim God’s standard. They need an authentic relationship with Christ. Pastors don’t have a sense of the urgency of our times."
The outspoken Blackaby says he receives his "share of backlash" from Christian leaders who tell him that he "shouldn’t be putting people down" and that he should give people hope. "I believe hope comes out of repentance," he said. "At a major evangelistic meeting recently attended by many evangelical leaders, the focus was on reaching non-Christians. To my great surprise there wasn’t a mention about sin and the need for repentance. Hope in Jesus was the focus. When it was my time to speak, I talked about our sin and the need for repentance. Later, many of those there came up to me and said that they sincerely appreciated and needed my comments. We are at a time of God’s judgment and Christian leaders are not bringing the message of the Lord. There is hope. I see a younger generation turning. They feel the older generation has betrayed them, and they want authentic relationship. They sense the urgency."
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This was a RELIGION TODAY feature story (originally sent out by Religion Today on Aug. 6, 1999) by the Editors at ReligionToday.com
I dont know if Falwell still does it...but he used to ask viewers to his TV show to donate money to offset the costs of going to school there....making a yr school about $2,500 which is pretty good for a private school. I understand its a pretty good school with a high academic standard....I'm not sure I would want to go to school there but its not like they do a bait and switch, people pretty much knwo what they are getting in for.
Sure, I think there are some closet liberals posting on this site. And not just the anti-Christian threads.
But I think that conservative parties with our anti-tax, anti-big-government stance, also attracts a group that the democrats call "the smoky back-room". These are extremely self-centered uncompasionate individuals who embrace conservatism strictly out of selfish reasons and are only in it for themselves. That brand of conservatism is extremely ugly and ungodly.
I am like you surprised to see the level of ridicule thrown our way. But I'm afraid it's a sign of the times. I think it's the falling away that is prophesised.
But I know part of it is that just like liberals, Satan seems to always shout louder.
I also know that what we are saying is what needs to be said. Whether they listen or not.
There are some out there who will listen. They may be silent readers. There are many who will fight God with everything they have. Some of those will eventually be one over too. Unfortunately some will not.
It is and always has been a battlefield. And battlefields are not pleasant places to be. But sometimes they are necessary. And we are privileged to fight in His army. Where the most we can get from the enemy is a flesh wound, and the angels celebrate every victory of ours.
I have no doubt that you can find examples like that.
My wife has a great uncle and aunt that were just absolutely the nicest people you could ever hope to meet. And we were floored about 5 years ago to find out that they didn't go to church and had never accepted Jesus. We couldn't believe it. They were just too nice. Heaven just wouldn't have seemed right without them. They were both in their 70's, the odds of them converting this late were low. So we did the only thing we could do. We prayed. And we prayed. And we prayed. And five years later they both accepted Jesus.
And I've known some church goers that didn't live the life at all. Well, except for going to church. And they were miserable. There are two possibilities. Either they are pretend Christians and haven't really trusted Jesus, or more likely that are Christians who are living a sinful life. There is nothing in this life more miserable than a Christian who is not living the life. He is much more miserable than a non-Christian. And a miserable Christian can be as mean and as rude and as obnoxious as you can imagine.
So I don't doubt for a second that you can find those extremes. But one of the many reasons that I chose to accept Jesus, was when I was young, I looked around. And what I saw, was that my friends and their families who didn't go to church weren't happy. My friends and their families who went to church but didn't seem impacted by it, weren't happy. But I also saw that there is a breed of Christian, who truly loves people. Loves them whether they are good and whether they are bad. They are joyful. There is an inner happiness that boils and overflows out of them. They could take adversity and it never stopped their love. That kind of person isn't uncommon in church. At least not the churches I know. But don't expect everyone in church to be that.
Jesus didn't come to save the righteous. He came to save prostitues, and tax collectors, and demon possessed and even pharisees. He came to save the lost. He came to save sinners.
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