Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
HA HA! ha haa ha...ha...h...huh..HEY!!!
I hope you're right...
Yeah, but if we mix enough of it, would we really care?
Same here pal...
And as my dear friend and brother dwarf pointed out, my kids can't be worse than their imbecilic sociopath of an old man...
That’s what we use for the most part. I learned some neat history about Abeka books last May.
Three times a year I attend classes at Pensacola Theological Seminary, which is part of Pensacola Christian College. Pensacola Christian College was founded by Dr. and Mrs. Horton about 40 years ago.
Dr. and Mrs. Horton left home with a beat up old car about 50 years ago with a desire to set up a Christian day school. The car broke down in Pensacola. They prayed and decided they would stay in Pensacola and start the school there.
The Lord blessed and the school grew. However, they got to the point where they did not like the textbooks that were available. So they, my details may be a bit fuzzy at this part, found some older books that were no longer in print but still emphasized the things the Hortons wanted emphasized, i.e. love of God and country. They were able to get the right to print the books. The only thing was that in order to make them worthwhile to print they had to print many more books than were needed.
Dr. Horton was travelling at that time to conventions to talk up the value of full-time Christian day schools. He brought the extra schoolbooks with him to one of the conventions. Dr. Horton finished one of his presentations and in an offhanded way said that he had extra copies of these books if anyone would like to look at them. They sold all the extra copies they had. The demand for these textbooks was incredible.
They continued printing books under the Abeka name (Mrs. Horton’s name is Rebecca). The Lord continued to bless and they were able to purchase their own printing machine.
Anyway, the Abeka book business did so well that it helped finance the opening of Pensacola Christian College. Even today Abeka book is still helping the college by building the buildings.
Today the Abeka books are written and edited by the college and day school staff.
Yeah, I don't know why people automatically assume the child will turn out like dad.....
Corin already beat you to it, so for the second time:
HA HA! ha haa ha...ha...h...huh..HEY!!!
I hope you're right...
Wow, you're old.......says the 35 year old. ;^)
Wow, you ARE old!
Good on yuh...I've considered working for some kind of ministry when I retire...don't plan on goin to seminary though...not sure I have the personality to be a pastor...whaddaya think...
one foot in the grave...
I am old Gandalf, unfortunatley I don't feel very "thin."
I'm not sure "stop yer sin and drop and give me 20..." would be considered "pastoral." But I'm not looking to pastor either. I'm hoping to use mine in writing and other stuffs.
I'm glad
it's Friday!
I just wish it was 5:00... feeling tired and run down, have felt like I've been on the edge of a cold all week. I wish it would either develop or go away once and for all.
Oh well, enough complaining. Hope everyone has a good
Friday!
I am in the Master's of Arts in Bible Exposition program. Basically it is 30 credit hours (10 classes). That is the lowest Master's degree they offer, and since I need a degree from a Bible college it fit the bill quite nicely.
Or is this a continuing ed kind of thing? I'm working on a certificate online from Asbury Seminary.
How do the online classes work? What type of classes are you taking?
My classes work this way, I'll use the class I took in August as an example. In May I received the pre-coursework paper. I had to read 5 books write short critiques(2 single-spaced pages) on three of them and hand in 3x5 cards stating I had read the other two.
I arrive on campus the Sunday night before classes begin, they put us up in the campus hotel for the week. I register on Monday morning, have chapel and then head to class by 8:30am. Lectures are from 8:30-2:30 on Monday, 8:00-2:00 on Tuesday through Thursday, and 8:00-12:00 on Friday.
Depending on the professor there may be daily quizzes, a mid-term on Wednesday, and a final on Friday or any combination of those. They basically try to cram a semester's worth of lectures into one week.
I leave on Friday and now I have until sometime in November to complete a 15-20 page paper on the subject of the course. This last course was on church administration so I have to come up with an org chart, job descriptions, salary & wage tables, and policies for a church.
It's pretty neat. I've had the opportunity to meet people like Dr. Ken Ham(Ansewers in Genesis), Dr. David Gibbs, Jr.(Christian Law Association), as well as pastors and missionaries from all over the country, and world for that matter.
I met one Presbyterian pastor from Singapore. His name is Pastor Sin. ;^)
LOL...That or: "Fer cryin' out loud! You know what the Bible says! So stinkin' do it!!!
sometimes I really want to say that to wishy-washy Christians...
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