there is a potential problem that arises at bible college. you learn a lot. i mean a lot. the people who graduate, from legit bible colleges, graduate with a virtual, but not at all real, doctorates degree. seriously, it’s very hard. but, you learn tons. so, win?
now, there is a problem in all of that knowledge. unchecked knowledge tends to breed a bit of pride and, unfortunately, bible college students tend to develop a bit of a complex. thus, needing to overcome said complex, overcompensate a bit.
they’re arrogant. it happens.
bible college students get a bad wrap because of a few sour grapes (which personally i love grapes, especially sour ones, but in this instance, when comparing grapes to idiots, not so much).
so what necessitates at that point is a little gathering we have come to love at EBC as “the rebuke lunch”.
they’re a blast. well, as long as you’re not the one they’ve called the lunch about. but hey, good news, free lunch! our loving faculty and staff see the need, especially right before christmas time or summer, when we all go home, to remind us to not be jerks to our family.
you see, all of the knowledge turns some into jerks. so it becomes necessary for our fearless leaders to say “quit it!”
here are three things you might hear at a rebuke lunch:
1. we love you, but…
a lot of sentences will start off with “we love, but ______” and you could fill in that blank with “you have to quit using random bible dates in your conversation with normal people” or “you cannot tell a woman to submit to you” or “don’t correct your pastors about how they are doing church all wrong on the first day of your arrival.”
2. shut up
just because you have a semester of bible college under your belt does not mean you know everything. it’s possible, but highly unlikely. take a lesson from those who have been in ministry for years. try not talking for a bit, and listen to others.
3. don’t embarrass the school
as i attend a fairly smaller school, i am very aware about how i can spread the word about the school. most bible colleges are pretty small and could use a good dose of marketing and promotion. so let’s not ruin it and overcome all that good promotion happening by you being a jerk.
so to all those going home for thanksgiving break: don’t be a jerk.
We love you, but you cannot tell a woman to submit to yo…HAHAHAHA!!!!