@Rev 14:12: I thought I was the last to know …

Comment on Michigan Conference accused of shunning LSU choir students by BV.

@Rev 14:12: I thought I was the last to know about the LSU scandal. Surely everybody knows by now, don’t they? At the very least the universities. My question, then, is: what spiritual chip is missing in the other conferences or universities that still allow LSU to recruit? I’m not convinced it’s because they’re ignorant. I’m more inclined to believe they lean liberal themselves or simply don’t care. I see how incredibly few in my own large church and our small K – 12 school are awake (or even have an interest to be) to where we are in God’s time. When I learned about this LSU issue over a year ago, I, in shocked disbelief, brought it up in Sabbath School and was amazed at the rather benign response by some: “Oh yeah….I heard about that 6 months ago….yeah.” One solid Adventist didn’t think we should be talking about it. But I was reeling that such a thing could happen in our universities and we ended up having special prayer for our students and parents and the direction of the church and schools.

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Michigan Conference accused of shunning LSU choir students
@Rev 14:12: @Emk: We also seem to feel it’s “our” school. How many times have I heard it referred to this way. The school belongs to God and He is the chief Administrator. He has given us careful and explicit instructions on how He wants His schools run. We are to teach and operate His instituions to HIS standards not ours. The Old Testament, if studied, should teach us of the sad results of going independent of God. Our problems are still the same as the Israelites thousands of years ago. Hungering after the way of the world. Trying to blend with them while keeping a toe-hold on God. I’ve heard different ones muse over what the “big deal” is with idols, anyway. It wasn’t the idol worship per se that drew. It was the desire to be like the idolaters around them. The idols have changed today but the desires haven’t. Today, as then, it’s always the tender few who are willing to stand firm in the face of falsehood, anger and accusations.


Michigan Conference accused of shunning LSU choir students
@David Read: See…We need to know all these things. The Creation issue is crucial, I agree. But Satan isn’t sticking to just one deception. We really need to have an information network that alerts us to some of these issues so we can pray and be awake and sensitive in our own individual churches. The LSU problem should stand as a warning. This creation problem went on for a long time before it was made public. I’m interested in being kept informed so we can fight error early on and stop it before it gets to such a destructive level. I appreciate your information regarding the Ohio Conference. What a time we’re living in.