I don&#x27;t think there&#x27;s any reason to assume honesty or good intentions. If the hostility publicly expressed by the president of the university is common amongst the staff during class I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised if there was something legitimately offensive in the sermon. He even said that&#x27;s the point of it: &quot;An altar call is supposed to make you feel bad. It is supposed to make you feel guilty.&quot; Kids probably expected the school to be a more modern, peace and love christian style and less ancient, hate yourself style.