Perspectives on Fundamentalist Colleges

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Here is a fun thread... How did your college view other colleges in terms of "liberal" and "fundy?" Obviously from student perspectives, not official statements by said college.

For example... here is my contribution...

Maranatha Baptist Bible College 1980s

Viewed itself as mainstream fundy

TTU was considered liberal

BJU and PCCU were considered somewhat liberal because of their campus churches

Liberty was way out there in liberal-land

Hyles was way too extreme fundy (although Jack spoke at MBBC in 1985)

Pillsbury too loose because they allowed girls in the commons of the guys' dorms

I am interested in your perspectives.
 
Well, I went from Hyles-Anderson, to TTU, and then finished at Olivet Nazarene.
A friend from Olivet once encountered a HAC student in downtown Chicago, and he related my series of school transfers to him. The HAC student responded with something like, "He went from high-standard, to low-standard, to no-standard."

From my perspective growing up at Hammond, HAC was thought to be very rigid and TTU less so. Once at TTU, I learned that BJU produced "Xerox Christians" and was known for conformity.

It's funny that although Olivet would have probably be regarded as liberal within fundamentalism, I recall that during my time there the school was described as "extremely religious and conservative to say the least" by a newscaster reporting on a well received campus speaking visit from Vice Presidential Candidate Dan Quayle.
 
We had some folks from Hyles church and school show up one year for Deaf camp and they thought everyone was liberal. I was quite disappointed that the had put themselves into such a small box and wouldnt fellowship with others.

 
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Well, I went from Hyles-Anderson, to TTU, and then finished at Olivet Nazarene.
A friend from Olivet once encountered a HAC student in downtown Chicago, and he related my series of school transfers to him. The HAC student responded with something like, "He went from high-standard, to low-standard, to no-standard."

From my perspective growing up at Hammond, HAC was thought to be very rigid and TTU less so. Once at TTU, I learned that BJU produced "Xerox Christians" and was known for conformity.

It's funny that although Olivet would have probably be regarded as liberal within fundamentalism, I recall that during my time there the school was described as "extremely religious and conservative to say the least" by a newscaster reporting on a well received campus speaking visit from Vice Presidential Candidate Dan Quayle.
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How's business these days, in NWI?

I was impressed by the balance of some of the Olivet Naz. grads, yourself included, that I have met.

I remember a Nazerene Church in Lowell.  Every time I witnessed to a friend of mine, from there, who knew he was saved, he was a Naz.
Then I moved to Portage, and the
Naz.'s I met from Hammond and Portage's churches were hung up on Eternal Security.

Was this ever addressed, while you were there?
 
The last time I was in the area was yearly 10 years ago for my 20 year Hammond Baptist High School reunion. Then the area around Southlake Mall had expanded quite a bit. The mall though seemed to have an added level of security that it didn't have 20 years prior.

We're having a 30 year reunion next month in Schererville. I won't be able to get away this time though.
 
I was impressed by the balance of some of the Olivet Naz. grads, yourself included, that I have met.

I remember a Nazerene Church in Lowell.  Every time I witnessed to a friend of mine, from there, who knew he was saved, he was a Naz.
Then I moved to Portage, and the
Naz.'s I met from Hammond and Portage's churches were hung up on Eternal Security.

Was this ever addressed, while you were there?
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Thank you for the reply.

Yes, Eternal Security was addressed at Olivet. To cite one example, they would interpret the Gospel passage "My sheep hear my voice...neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand" to mean that as long as the sheep continue to hear the Masters' voice, then no one can pluck them out of Christ's hand. Of course, the Baptist way of looking the same verse would emphasize that we can't be plucked out of Christ's hand, once we hear his voice and respond in faith. I would lean more towards the Baptist view now, although I would allow for the possibility of apostasy, or someone ultimately losing faith.

 
prophet said:
<snip> I remember a Nazerene Church in Lowell.  <snip>
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Nice place that Lowell!  ;)
 
If anyone at the Christian University I went to had mentioned HAC or PCC, everyone would have said, "who"?  BJU and TTU were known entities, but were considered very legalistic. I would say, they had it about right. 
 
I attended HAC.  If you attended any other so-called place of Bible learning, you were deceived and not right with God!  You bunch of dirty, wicked, rotten, no-good reprobates with your blocked haircuts on men and women in gouchos need to repent of your abominations and immediately say 777 Hail Hyles.





whoah - flashback - please don't ask me to visit that memory again.  :-[
 
I've only ever attended community colleges, which are public and secular, so I really have no experience with private Christian colleges whatever their theological or cultural orientation.
 
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