In the book of Acts, chapter 27 deals with a shipwreck that the apostle Paul experienced while on his way to Rome. The author of Acts, Luke, goes into significant detail while describing the events of the storm and the wreck of the ship. Acts 27:13-16 reads:

Now when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore. But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, struck down from the land. And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we managed with difficulty to secure the ship’s boat.

Historian Colin Hemer, in The Book of Acts in the Setting of Hellenistic History, comments about this passage:

Cauda, for instance, is precisely where a ship driven…

It appears that the University of Michigan has forced a Christian group off campus because the group insists its officers be Christian. You can read about it here.

Thus the University of Michigan joins a list of other universities that actively promote religious discrimination, such as Vanderbilt and Texas A&M. You can find out more about these here.  For the record, not all universities hold to such nonsense, but allow religious groups to pick leaders who hold to their views.

Such moves are political correctness gone to seed. When we promote inclusion to the point of restricting the beliefs of religious organizations, we have gone too far, down the hole with Alice and the Wabbit. I suspect there has been no move to restrict the values and beliefs of leaders from animal rights groups, the Democratic club, or any other group that promotes a cause.

Dr. Holly Ordway has published a book titled Not God’s Type, telling her personal story. She begins “I had never in my life said a prayer, never been to a church service. Christmas meant presents and Easter meant chocolate bunnies–nothing more.” But her views get hardened: “In college, I absorbed the idea that Christianity was historical curiosity, or a blemish on modern civilization, or perhaps both. My college science classes presented Christians as illiterate anti-intellectuals who, because they didn’t embrace Darwinism, threatened the advancement of knowledge. My history classes omitted or downplayed references to historical figures’ faith.” Still later, “At thirty-one years old, I was an atheist college professor–and I delighted in thinking of myself that way. I got a kick out of being an unbeliever; it was fun to consider myself superior to the unenlightened, superstitious masses, and to make snide comments about Christians.” (p.15-16)

Ordway was a…