I honestly don&#x27;t think he was being dismissive.  I think he was acknowledging that the student&#x27;s uncomfortable feelings were legitimate, even deliberately provoked, and offered a prescription for how to best handle them.  This is (one) Christian message, and presumably one that the students at that school knowingly signed up for (well, their parents did, at any rate).  I&#x27;m not a huge fan of self-blaming guilt, it tends to be just as self-indulgent as feeling violated by some sermon, but a sense of shame at one&#x27;s shortcomings can be a useful guide for self growth and development.  I am neither conservative nor a Christian but I find that I generally agree with his sentiment.