Bible school

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On Tue, 10 Sep 1996 AIS07@aol.com wrote:

> I agree that if a person is strong in his faith, secular education can 
> be a good thing.  But that comment you make about Bible colleges: 
> "people don'trealize that they can do much more than they are giving 
> themselves credit for," is that a slick way of saying, "You can do 
> better than Bible college"?

I wrote that because I think this is how people feel sometimes. *I 
do not feel this way*. I hope I can get everyone to see this! There is 
nothing wrong with going to bible college. If you feel a calling in the 
ministry, then that is where you belong! I would like to go to one 
sometime to further my knowledge of Christian music! My comments were 
intended to convey the message that I believe sometimes people opt 
to go to bible college, just to go to a college of some sort after high 
school, when in fact they are going just to go. But please understand 
that I am not slamming bible colleges! I think they are great! We really 
do need more of them!


> Is that ancient myth about Bible college education being somehow 
> inferior to secular education still out there? I was hoping we'd 
> slain that dragon by now.

Receiving a bible college education is an extraordinary education to 
receive. Of everyone I have talked to that has ever attended one of these 
institutions, they have told me that it is quite a challenge. And this is 
how it should be. Not because it is a bible college, but because of 
what it is- it is a *college*, and these places should be intended to 
challenge the mind, no matter if it is a bible college, an engineering 
school, or any other school of higher learning.

If you took offense to my comments made previously, please do accept my 
apologies. In no way did I intend to downtalk bible colleges. And on that 
note, I refuse to further comment on this issue, as I do not want to risk 
further offending anyone on this list. 


Andy