A "Christian" University?

I've tried to restrain myself from being involved in the current political climate too much because frankly I liked both candidates and did not think that we were going to be destroyed if one was elected over the other. However the recent events that have taken place on Baylor campus have left me at a point where I feel I must speak up.

After the announcement that Barack Obama had been selected as our president elect, there were several disturbing incidents occuring throughout the Baylor campus. A noose in a tree, a fight between black and white students, and many many other racially motivated incidents that make me sick to my stomach. Where I am at right now is supposed to be a Christian university. This place is supposed to be a beacon that lights the way for others. Yet at other universities that have always been considered the seat of corruption, violence, and immorality the students are celebrating the racial barrier that has finally been broken in this great country of ours, while this "christian" university is full of students that are filled with hate.

Now I realize that not every student at Baylor is a Christian. It is a very diverse university with a very diverse student body. However the actions that have occurred at this university have opened my eyes to so much more that is wrong in this country. It's opened my eyes to the problems we have in the church. I am proud of the fact that I grew up in a southern baptist church. That has shaped a lot of what my christian background is. But I'm proud of it because it is all I've even known, and that is something that is very sad. I shouldn't know anything about being a baptist, because we should be a church. We should be the church. The body of Christ. We are not meant to be seperated by ridiculous and mostly human enforced regulations that divide our church. Despite what some people may say, the baptist tradition doesn't trace back to the time of Jesus Christ! We were never meant to be churches with completely different belief systems. The church is not meant to be a politicized machine and it wasn't created to be tolerant of you if you believe in something different. The church is solely for the glory of the Lord, as should the actions of that church be. This age of tolerance needs to end. Scripture does not preach a God of tolerance, it teaches a God that desires for His people to live in the way that He commanded, with a life that is meant solely to glorify Him more!

If you have a problem with that, get out of the way. It's time for Christianity to change. It's time for the church to change. This is the real change that we need in America. Not an economic solution, not a health care solution, not an energy solution, but a Christ solution.

Grace and Peace

William Allen Nelson