In relation to the material world, they are expected to exercise good stewardship and appropriate use of resources. All such sins are an affront to God and are destructive to community. Scripture does not provide specific teaching regarding all human behavior. Consequently, controversy regarding individual practices has arisen throughout the history of the church. Any set of community standards may contain elements with which some of its members disagree.
Scripture explicitly teaches respect for governmental authority.
Students are therefore expected to uphold the laws of the local community, the state, and the nation except on those occasions where an obedience to civil authority would require behavior directly in conflict with other scriptural principles. In a Christian academic community, academic dishonesty, including cheating, plagiarism, and misappropriation of library materials, is regarded as a serious violation. Abuse of one's body is inappropriate for a Christian. Accordingly, students will be required to refrain from the possession or use of harmful substances such as tobacco, non-prescribed stimulants and depressants, and hallucinogenic drugs. They are not allowed.