Troy and Jessica Thompson

I would encourage any student considering BJU to have the following attitude:

While a student at BJU:

• I will voluntarily place aside some of my "rights" to entertainment and other conveniences, as Paul restricted his "rights" to marry, to work, etc, such that he could increase his ministry, and admonished the Romans to make no provision to fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
• With the free time that restraining from entertainment creates, I will commit myself to Bible study, seeking "to study to show myself approved unto God, a worker that will not be ashamed."
• Because the Bible is the sole guide of faith for the Christian, I must endeavor to know what it says, that I may know WHY I believe what I believe.
• I will choose to avoid that which may lead weaker brothers astray, and seek to edify others based on Biblical principles--not on arbitrary standards.
• I will open my mind to the possibility that those in authority at this school may be able to show me where I can change to make myself more like Christ.
• When I leave this place, I will carefully consider what I have learned to develop my own standards by which I will glorify God.

I dare say that this above attitude would not make one a rebel: it would make a student who is seeking to follow Christ in a way nearly unheard-of in this generation, and who find the environment of BJU not extreme, but a relief and respite from the "weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us".