The RenewaNation Review 2016 Volume 8 Issue 2 | Page 27

“The primary objective of the Church and the Christian faith is your confession, not your self-actualization.”   Oklahoma Wesleyan is not a “safe place,” but rather, a place to learn: to learn that life isn’t about you, but about others; that the bad feeling you have while listening to a sermon is called guilt; that the way to address it is to repent of everything that’s wrong with you rather than blame others for everything that’s wrong with them. This is a place where you will quickly learn that you need to grow up.   This is not a daycare. This is a university.  Reprinted here by permission. For more information, visit okwu.edu. Dr. Everett Piper is the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He is passionate about providing students with the best opportunities to im- pact culture, think independently, and build a biblical foun- dation for their beliefs. Alongside his work as president, Dr. Piper advocates for cultural change from a Christian world- view. His commentary on religion, education, and politics challenges his academic and political peers for what he calls their fallacious Orwellian duplicity of intolerant tolerance. Dr. Piper is the author of Why I Am A Liberal and Other Conservative Ideas. He also regularly speaks on the radio and writes for a number of publications. 27