"If we would only press together in seeking the promised power, pray for each other and stand united, shoulder to shoulder, the power would be given, the work would be finished quickly and we would enter the kingdom soon." (Ted Wilson, Corporate Identity and God's Blessing - Church membership and leadership must unite to receive latter rain, Adventist World, Sep 2011)This is the story of how one Adventist school has pressed together in seeking the promised power!
Pacific Union College is "is owned, operated and subsidized by the regional division of the Adventist Church, the Pacific Union Conference" (Pacific Union College, About PUC, About our Faith, http://www.puc.edu/about-puc/about-our-adventist-faith):
"ABOUT OUR ADVENTIST FAITH"
"18. The Gift of Prophecy:”
“This gift is an identifying mark of the remnant church and was manifested in the ministry of Ellen G. White. As the Lord's messenger, her writings are a continuing and authoritative source of truth which provide for the church comfort, guidance, instruction, and correction." (Seventh-day Adventist Church, Fundamental Belief 18, The Gift of Prophecy, http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/fundamental/index.html)ADVENTIST AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE
"Satan has devised a multitude of ways in which to keep men from serving God. He has invented
sports and games". (Ellen White, No Other Gods Before Me, Review and Herald, 10 Sep 1901)FAITH IN ACTION
If this is official Adventist church / Adventist college belief, what have they done about it?
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22 NIV
A SPECIAL VISION - NEW ADVENTIST PROPHETESS 2010
Sports are pretty popular out in the world these days, so college president Heather J. Knight, Ph.D., put out word
that she had a little talk with God, and now "here on this sacred campus" (Heather J. Knight, Ph.D., When the President Talks to God, DL75, 2009-2010), there are excellent facilities supporting the sports program. Also known in Adventist circles as the Satanic Studies program. (per Ellen White, No Other Gods Before Me, Review and Herald, 10 Sep 1901; see also Seventh-day Adventist Church, Fundamental Belief 18, The Gift of Prophecy, http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/fundamental/index.html)WHEN “NEW LIGHT” IS CONTRARY TO INSPIRATION
“It is true that many theories and doctrines
popularly supposed to be derived from the Bible have no foundation in its teaching, and indeed are contrary to the whole tenor of inspiration.” (Ellen White, Steps to Christ, p 108)But when an Adventist college president talks to God (per Heather J. Knight, Ph.D., When the President Talks to God, DL75, 2009-2010), well,
the sky is the limit.SOME PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED
“These things have been a cause of doubt and perplexity to many minds.” (Ellen White, Steps to Christ, p 108)
Like those students at Pacific Union College who had grown up in Christian homes where they learned respect for the Spirit of Prophecy.
How could they be moved off their spiritual foundations?
PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE HAD AN IDEA
How about HYSTERIA??!!
“For the first time in school history, SA hosted a Midnight Madness party to highlight each of the school's intercollegiate sports teams.LAYING OUT THE BAIT
There was plenty of incentive for the students to attend the event, which was held in the gym and started at 12 a.m.: free Pioneer Posse t-shirts to the first 300 present, various prizes distributed throughout, and the chance to support each athlete who represents PUC on the court, field, and track." (Aren Rennacker, Hysteria, DL75, 2009-2010)(click graphic at left to enlarge)
STILL SOME CHRISTIANS LEFT ON THIS WORLDLY CAMPUS
But let’s say that some students still believed in the Bible, and just wanted to come for the social hour.
Maybe with a Lyle Albrecht sermon on their iPod, or a volume of the Testimonies in the pocket of their PUC hoodie.Couldn’t they still concentrate on the things of God while enjoying the party?
The staff had considered this possibility, and left nothing to chance, "as music blasted from speakers set-up inside, which appropriately rang "I got a feeling, that tonight's gonna be a good night."” (Aren Rennacker, Hysteria, DL75, 2009-2010)
“"I Gotta Feeling" is the second single from The Black Eyed Peas' fifth studio album The E.N.D.” (I Gotta Feeling, Wikipedia)
So, what kind of doctrines were being taught at this midnight religious service at Pacific Union College?"CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE"
"let go o' my guard
Jump off that sofa
Let’s get get this bitch up"
(Black Eyed Peas, I Got A Feeling lyrics, http://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/black+eyed+peas/I+Got+A+Feeling/)
"Seventh-day Adventists, above all other people in the world, should be patterns of piety, holy in heart and in conversation." (Ellen White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p 451)
PIETY PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE STYLE
"I know that we’ll have a ballif we get down
and go out
and just f**kin' lose it all" (Black Eyed Peas, I Got A Feeling lyrics, http://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/black+eyed+peas/I+Got+A+Feeling/)
"Pacific Union College is a fully accredited Seventh-day Adventist Christian liberal arts college, founded in 1882 and located in California's Napa Valley." (About PUC, http://www.puc.edu/about-puc)HUGE PARTY
The PUC students must have liked the music, because "It is estimated that around 650 students attended." (Aren Rennacker, Hysteria, DL75, 2009-2010)
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. Matthew 7:13 NIV
Destruction?
Arson?"Lets paint the town
We’ll shut it down
Let’s burn the roof
and then we’ll do it again"
(Black Eyed Peas, I Got A Feeling lyrics, http://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/black+eyed+peas/I+Got+A+Feeling/)
So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. Genesis 6:13 NIV
Well, that's what God says.
But what about the Pacific Union College leadership?
"The reason I wanted to start a midnight madness tradition was to create a pep rally, to generate school spirit and to recognize all of the student-athletes that participate in our athletic programs," said Doug Wilson, an assistant coach for the women's basketball team and one of the event's originators." (Aren Rennacker, Hysteria, DL75, 2009-2010)And if that tradition just happens to involve torching a few roofs and painting the town? (per Black Eyed Peas, I Got A Feeling lyrics, http://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/black+eyed+peas/I+Got+A+Feeling/)
STOKING THE FIRES OF LOVE
After all, who wants to see the women (or men, for that matter) all lonely in their dorm rooms, when these Adventist scholars can "get this bitch up". (per Black Eyed Peas, I Got A Feeling lyrics, http://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/black+eyed+peas/I+Got+A+Feeling/)
So why did Pacific Union College management choose this special music for their midnight religious service?A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Luke 6:45
So let these men and women "talk, talk" about their Seventh-day Adventist Christian ideals.
When, according to Jesus Christ, all they really want is to:
"Let’s live it up
I got my f**kin' money
Let’s spend it up
go out and smash it"
(per Midnight Madness religious service and Black Eyed Peas, I Got A Feeling lyrics, http://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/black+eyed+peas/I+Got+A+Feeling/)
There will always be some in the Bible crowd who think:
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:13 NASB
But for the students of Pacific Union College, they got some "free stuff": "What could be better than school spirit, free stuff, and the chance to stay out past curfew?" (Aren Rennacker, Hysteria, DL75, 2009-2010)
Well, how about a place in heaven?
And if not, "Without a doubt, it truly was "a good night."" (Aren Rennacker, Hysteria, DL75, 2009-2010)"I greatly fear that the universities are wide gates of hell". (Martin Luther, An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation concerning the Reform of the Christian Estate, 1520)
Since:
"Some -- not all -- of our colleges and universities continue to hire and protect professors who do not believe in our core beliefs such as creation. Many youth have lost their faith under such teachers." (Justin McNeilus, GYC 2009 “UnASHAMED” 01/02/10 07:58AM, http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/3690097, minutes 62 - 63)Brother McNeilus speaks truth.
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