Moving to the Future Under a New Light
Last night I had the most fortunate opportunity to connect with a gentleman who once attended Judson but transferred to Columbia College. This fine fellow seemed to be right on the same page I am and has given me a lot of insight into the college I might be going to, this long and very informative and well backed conversation has led me to the very possible conclusion that I think I want to go to Columbia, yes I LOVE the campus of Judson and everything about it, but there is a much different vibe at Columbia that I love equally as much, and in light of new thoughts, I believe it to be okay for me to go there, in fact a big reason I felt it necessary to go to a Christian school was because I was afraid of being judged as not as good a Christian if I went to Columbia, but that's not my problem, people can see me how they want, and if they're so shallow that my school is what changes their thoughts of me then they were never worth thinking about anyways. OY.
Sorry for 2/3 of my post being about college, but right now I'm a little buggled(new word) by it.
Any prayer is as always welcome.
posted by Midnight Vagabond @ 3:07 PM
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yup yup. technically columbia is a dry campus. but only if you live in the columbia-only dorm is it enforced. the other schools in the super dorm can have alcohol. i really really love the school and all the instructors.
I was going to tell you how to link, but I see you allready figured it out.
For a long time I've wondered at the mentality of secular vs. Christian schools. Not that I was wondering why people would go to a secular school; I was actually wondering why people would go to a Christian school if they weren't actually going to be in full-time ministry (says the guy who's going to a secular school in California). In my mind, it was clear that Christians are to be in the world, though not of it. To me, going to a Christian school was like stepping out of the world, and there wouldn't be relatively much opportunity to evangelize.
Recently I've began to see that not all people are not called to be goers, but some are to be senders, and I see that Christians in Christian schools have opportunity to either support the goers or go themselves, like on mission trips and such. Furthermore, there is the benefit of a Christian community that supports the people in it.
I'm glad you're seeing that there is no correlation between how good of a Christian one is and whether one goes to a Christian or secular school. After all, Jesus Himself spent His time with tax collectors and sinners. It's not necessarily that one is better than the other, but simply that they're different. A Christian has different responsibilities and receives different benefits in each situation.
Pray for wisdom, and after you have done all you can to make the wisest decision, rest in the fact that whatever happens, God will use it for His glory.
I'm not disagreeing with anything that's been said, but just for the record, it's not like everyone at a Christian school is following Christ. There are plenty of people who don't seem to have the faintest idea what that even means.
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