Professor.

Anytime we speak in generalities, we risk inaccuracies. No matter what we say, when using the terms “every” or “all,” we might find ourselves eating crow. 

An example is to say, “Every liberal college professor is ruining my children.” Or to indicate that all liberal universities seek to destroy the Christian faith. These general statements are silly and, frankly, not true. 

All three of my sons attended and graduated from liberal colleges/universities with faith intact. Oh, yes, their faith was tested. Is that necessarily a bad thing? Even Jesus’ faith was tested. My sons aren’t as fooled or impressed by surface religion or shallow thought, but God was never kicked off His throne. 

Another fact is that my nephew is a college professor at University of Texas. (You can’t get more liberal than University of Texas.) He’s not interested in destroying anyone’s faith in God. He is interested in preventing his students from cheating on their research papers through plagiarism. He is also emphatic that they study for their exams. Beyond that, he treats his students like adults.

One human being gets to unequivocally say, “all,” and be telling the truth 100% of the time. That human being is Christ Jesus. When He led Paul to profess the words, “For all have sinned,” it left no room for error. 

All of us sin and challenge God with our behavior. To think otherwise is not only liberal thinking, but is a false profession of faith.