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ONFORM. People conform to some type of

honor code. Without even thinking about their

actions, they quietly pattern their lives after someone else.

Gradually, the ideas and values of others can become their

own. Christians have the ultimate pattern to follow, the

Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 12:2 states, “And be ye not

conformed to this world, but be ye transform ed by the

renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that

good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.”

Believers in Christ were first called Christians because

they were “Christ-like’’-they were different. A visitor can

say the same about students at the college, for an air of unity

and character permeates the campus. There is a visual dif­

ference from the world, as well as an invisible one-a differ­

ence of the heart. Students are different because they are

striving to conform themselves to Christ and not to the world.

As students place more time and focus on this objective, they

begin to reflect what being Christ-like means.