I Need Help with Fellowship

[Skipper80]

Hey, I need to create connections with one or a few believers of the Holy Bible. The college campus is a lonely place, spiritually speaking. Making friends is not the issue but making friends with fellow christians and like-minded individuals is what I need. I think resorting to online communication is a great medium to form deep enough relationships with others to have healthy and intelligent conversations. I hate the promotion of homosexuality I see spread throughout the hallways and pouring out my professors' mouths. I need to talk with one or a few people to encourage me to be courageous and stay strong. Remind me to not hate the sinner but hate the sin.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

Hey, I need to create connections with one or a few believers of the Holy Bible. The college campus is a lonely place, spiritually speaking. Making friends is not the issue but making friends with fellow christians and like-minded individuals is what I need. I think resorting to online communication is a great medium to form deep enough relationships with others to have healthy and intelligent conversations. I hate the promotion of homosexuality I see spread throughout the hallways and pouring out my professors' mouths. I need to talk with one or a few people to encourage me to be courageous and stay strong. Remind me to not hate the sinner but hate the sin.

Welcome to CF!

 

[Christoph Maria]

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You have never deserted those who look to You.
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Do not be terrified.
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Joshua 1:9
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People of Jerusalem, listen to me!
Have faith in the LORD your God.
He'll take good care of you.
Have faith in his prophets.
Then you will have success."
2 Chronicles 20:20
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Some trust in chariots.
Some trust in horses.
But we trust in the LORD our God.
Psalms 20:7
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[Aussie Pete]

Hey, I need to create connections with one or a few believers of the Holy Bible. The college campus is a lonely place, spiritually speaking. Making friends is not the issue but making friends with fellow christians and like-minded individuals is what I need. I think resorting to online communication is a great medium to form deep enough relationships with others to have healthy and intelligent conversations. I hate the promotion of homosexuality I see spread throughout the hallways and pouring out my professors' mouths. I need to talk with one or a few people to encourage me to be courageous and stay strong. Remind me to not hate the sinner but hate the sin.

Welcome

 

[PloverWing]

Hey, I need to create connections with one or a few believers of the Holy Bible. The college campus is a lonely place, spiritually speaking. Making friends is not the issue but making friends with fellow christians and like-minded individuals is what I need. I think resorting to online communication is a great medium to form deep enough relationships with others to have healthy and intelligent conversations. I hate the promotion of homosexuality I see spread throughout the hallways and pouring out my professors' mouths. I need to talk with one or a few people to encourage me to be courageous and stay strong. Remind me to not hate the sinner but hate the sin.

Welcome to CF!

College is a place where one encounters a wide diversity of people and ideas. I agree with DerbyHist2 that finding a Christian community on campus can be a good thing, to keep you anchored in your faith during this journey. The American version of what DerbyHist2 describes is that there's probably a website of student organizations on campus that you could look through. Groups like Inter-Varsity, Cru, Navigators, or Chi Alpha might have a presence on your campus, and I think these are all socially conservative groups, so they should fit your values. You might also find some common ground with the Catholic student group on campus, if there is one. Some American universities have chaplains, and some don't (mine doesn't); if yours does, then the chaplains can be a good resource to point you in the right direction.

Might I suggest taking "hate" out of the equation? Perhaps, when you think of interacting with the diversity of people around you, you could think of gay people as similar to followers of a different religion. For example, I disagree with Hinduism on some very important things -- mono/polytheism, for one. But I don't hate Hinduism; I just disagree with it in some places. So in my friendships with my Hindu colleagues and students, I don't hate them or their religion. I like and respect them as people, with the knowledge that we have some points of disagreement about beliefs and practices that are important to us. Could you be in a place like that as you interact with your gay colleagues and professors -- treating them with respect as people, and disagreeing with their beliefs rather than hating their beliefs?

 

[Skipper80]

@DerbyHist2

I am in my first year of college. I have found a nearby church to attend each Sunday

 

[Skipper80]

@PloverWing

I hate all sin. Like Paul I must die to myself everyday I wake up. This is what God commands of me, and to hate sin is to love God.

And you will never hear me attribute my hatred to people. Only sin

 

[Michie]

Welcome!

 

[Lost Witness]

Hey, I need to create connections with one or a few believers of the Holy Bible. The college campus is a lonely place, spiritually speaking. Making friends is not the issue but making friends with fellow christians and like-minded individuals is what I need. I think resorting to online communication is a great medium to form deep enough relationships with others to have healthy and intelligent conversations. I hate the promotion of homosexuality I see spread throughout the hallways and pouring out my professors' mouths. I need to talk with one or a few people to encourage me to be courageous and stay strong. Remind me to not hate the sinner but hate the sin.

Welcome to CF.

 

[rjs330]

Hi Pooh. We have some good forums for making connections with other believers. I know it can be tough today. If it's Christians you want to be in contact with, stick with the Christians only stuff. Good luck!