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13 Reasons to Join a Christian Group on Campus

If you’re going to school in the fall or if you’re going into last year, and haven’t gotten involved with a campus Christian fellowship group, DO!

I cannot stress how much of an impact the IVCF group on campus at my school has had on my life. I always knew that it would be important to me, of course. Actually, one of the reasons I chose my school was because I knew that it had great Christian groups on campus, and I am so happy I did!

There are some reasons in particular that I think that you should join a campus Christian fellowship group, so I hope that these convince you, because trust me, you won’t look back!

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What Happens when we Dumb Down the Gospel

Now maybe it’s because I’m naturally a very practical person, but I have never understood why the church feels the need to bedazzle the Bible.

I recently wrote a post about why students leave the church that got a lot of attention, and one of the points that I discussed was that the church fails to allow kids to grow in high school. Grade 9s are learning the same things as Grade 12s, and what they’re learning is watered-down. [Read more…]

Why the Duggars Give Christianity a Bad Name

Disclaimer: I don’t care how much you love the “19 Kids and Counting” show, I’m just going to speak my mind right now. I understand that I do not know all of the facts about the situation, but I do know the facts that the Duggars have themselves said and that is where this is coming from. Not only speculation.

In case you hadn’t heard, Josh Duggar has admitted to molesting 5 girls starting when he was 14, some of which were his own sisters.

Before I really get into this, I wanted to let you know that I’m working on an assumption of the best case scenario here. I’m assuming that everyone got counseling, Josh was healed from the obvious brokenness that sexual abuse comes from, and they are truly healed right now. Everything I say from here on out is going to be coming from that mindset.

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Why Students Leave the Church

What I always hated hearing about in church was how many students leave the church and fall away from God as soon as they enter university.

As youth, you hear it all the time–“6/10 teens leave their faith when they enter university, and it could happen to you!” We’re warned all the time to make sure we don’t fall away, and I think that’s important. [Read more…]

Lies People Tell You about Non-Christian Colleges

So is it just me, or are Christian colleges really pushed in the church community, while secular college is shamed?

It’s like people assume that as soon as you leave the little Christian bubble you’ve been raised in, you’re going to jump straight into a life of sex, drugs, and alcohol. Which I think is stupid, actually. I mean, if all the adults in the church think that we have no backbone and can’t stand up for ourselves, why don’t they try to do something about it instead of just tell us about the impending doom that lies ahead as soon as we graduate? [Read more…]

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