**Lies Your College Professors May Tell You & How to
Counter Them
Lauren Cooley / September 10, 2025
The pursuit of knowledge was once a deeply Christian calling,
anchored in the belief that all truth is God’s truth. Harvard’s
original motto was Veritas Christo et Ecclesiae or “Truth for Christ
and the Church.” Yale and Princeton were founded to train ministers.
America’s colleges were built to glorify God, but that foundation
has crumbled.
Christian students must recognize that the secular college is
no longer neutral ground. It’s an ideological battlefield, and too
many students are heading off to the warzone untrained and unarmed.
But with proper training, young Christians will not only maintain
their faith but also act as a light in the darkness of academia.
So, students, as you ready yourself to stand firm in the
marketplace of ideas, here are several lies you can expect a college
professor to tell you, and how to counter them.
*1. “Truth is Relative.”
The foundation of a college education used to be the pursuit
of truth. But today’s students are taught that truth is subjective.
“Your truth” and “my truth” are all that matter. But when truth
becomes nothing more than personal opinion, then morality, justice,
and even reality start to lose their footing.
Scripture offers a different foundation: God’s Word is truth
(Jn. 17:17) and the source from which all true knowledge flows. As
Proverbs 1:7 declares, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
knowledge.”
Without God, there is no reliable basis for meaning, ethics,
or truth. The Bible grounds all the truth we need. It is sufficient,
authoritative, and wholly trustworthy.
*2. “Your Faith is Private.”
On campus, Christian students are told their faith is fine so
long as they keep it to themselves. Christianity is treated as per-
sonal superstition, unfit for serious academic dialogue.
This automatic dismissal of public faith divorces the Creator
from creation, shutting down the ability for private belief to
inform a comprehensive worldview. When you apply your faith to all
of life, it speaks to science, law, human rights, identity, and
ethics.
Faith and learning are not enemies; they are allies. The
Cultural Mandate in Genesis 1:28 is a call to fill the earth,
subdue it, and rule over it, bringing order, purpose, and steward-
ship to every area of life. That includes the classroom.
When you apply your faith to all of life, it speaks to science,
law, human rights, identity, and ethics.
*3. “America is Fundamentally Evil.”
On campus today, students aren’t taught to understand the
founding and formation of the United States of America, let alone
appreciate it. Instead, they’re trained to despise her. From the
1619 Project to Critical Theory, students are told this country is
systemically racist, homophobic, greedy, and beyond redemption.
These critiques flow from a worldview that defines justice
apart from scripture. In this framework, sin is disagreement with
progressive orthodoxy. But for the Christian, sin is rebellion
against God. For the non-Christian academic, justice becomes power
redistribution. But for the Christian, justice equals righteousness.
Our Founders declared that rights come from God, not govern-
ment, and built a system designed to protect those rights in spite
of a sinful, fallen mankind. Though imperfect, the great American
experiment has produced more liberty, reform, and human dignity
than nearly any other in history.
You don’t have to ignore the nation’s faults to be grateful
for its foundations. If you only learn to tear down, you’ll never
know what’s worth defending or how to reform America in a godly
fashion.
*4. “Big Government is the Solution to Injustice.”
Campuses have become training grounds for soft socialism,
where government is presented as the ultimate solution to every
social ill. Students are encouraged to turn to the state for nearly
everything, from fairness and equality to healthcare and housing,
and even for a sense of personal identity and purpose.
What these professors fail to acknowledge is that when the
government replaces God, freedom quickly disappears. A large state
and a diminished church work against God’s design.
Government does have a place in God’s plan, but that place is
small compared to the roles of family, church, and individual con-
science. When it stays within its proper bounds, it can protect the
vulnerable and help maintain order. When it pushes past those limits
and takes on authority it was never given, the result is confusion
and instability.
*5. “You Create Your Own Identity.”
Today’s students are told that identity is something to be
created. Whether it’s gender, sexuality, or even truth itself,
society encourages us to redefine ourselves by our feelings,
desires, and inner voice.
We are not a blank canvas. When people seek identity apart
from the Imago Dei, the result is deeper confusion and greater harm.
In fact, God never meant for us to have to reinvent ourselves.
Knowing that we are Image-bearers (Gen. 1:27) gives us lasting
security. He has a plan for each life, and his plans are good
(Ps. 139:14).
Government does have a place in God’s plan, but that place is
small compared to the roles of family, church, and individual con-
science.
*6. “Affirmation is the Highest Virtue.”
In the new moral order of campus life, to disagree is to do
harm. Students are taught that love equals affirmation. In extreme
cases, campus administrators posit that anything short of full
celebration is violence.
The gospel offers a countercultural way for Christ’s followers.
Jesus loved sinners while calling them to repentance. Love that
aligns with scripture tells the truth even when the cost is high.
Scripture is full of examples of God’s people refusing to bow
to cultural idols. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into
the fiery furnace for refusing to affirm what everyone else accepted
(Dan. 3). Jonah went to Nineveh alone with a message no one wanted
to hear and ultimately saw a nation repent.
On today’s campus, your example of biblical love may be mis-
understood, but the courage to speak the truth in love has always
been a Christian virtue.
*7. “Your Parents Were Wrong About Everything.”
This lie often undergirds all the others. Students are praised
for intellectually rebelling against their upbringing, and college
becomes a four-year exercise in deconstruction. Church teachings
are mocked. Family values are ridiculed. The commandment to “honor
thy father and thy mother” is checked at the door.
When you dismiss your parents, you’re not just rejecting their
opinions. You are rejecting the authority and wisdom God has placed
in your life. Scripture says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight”
(Prov. 9:10). When young adults trade that foundation for the ap-
proval of their peers or professors, they don’t gain independence.
They lose a God-given anchor that is there to keep them steady.
*Conclusion
These ivory tower ideas are more than intellectual errors; they
are spiritual assaults aimed at dismantling God’s design for his
creation. But here’s the good news: God has not left this generation
defenseless. His Word is still true. His design is still good. And
his people are still called to stand for truth, even in academia.
*P.S. I encourage every student to subscribe below and engage
with the Institute for Faith & Culture resources. We want to help
you stand firm in your faith and be a light in the darkness at your
college.**
We know the Left has been corrupted and are lying to the young
and older students in order to feed them 60 years of Marxism,
Communism, Socialism, DEI, CRT, Transsexualism, LGTQ, and basically
anything that helps them pass their sick and distorted ideas that
those like Marx, Alinsky, Cloward, Piven, Clinton, Obama, Biden, and
the brainwashing corrupt plans to destroy our once great nation.
We still have God and His promise to save and protect His
people who trust in His Word and Grace. Pray for us who BELEIVE.
Conservatively,
John
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