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Does BB forum consider WVBS to be a college/seminary or a Bible Study? I wasn't sure which forum to put the thread.

The syllabi often list a required paper. Does someone actually read the papers written? Is there any feedback?

If anyone has any experience or an opinion about this school, I am all ears. I really like my BBN classes, but they do not have Greek. And I would like to do some writing instead of all multiple choice. I might do a few of these courses, too.

WVBS lists 4 different Bibles translations used: KJV, NKJV, NAS, ESV. I think BBN only uses the KJV.

I think BBN is all audio. and that WVBS has a video available for every lesson as well as an audio alternative.

 

Thank you sooooo much for that context.

Right, wrong, good, bad, I want a Baptist education. Of course I want to learn other ideas and might adopt some of them, but I want to know exactly what is and is not Baptist, and I want my foundational studies to all be consistently inline with Baptist teachings.

I might limit myself to taking just the Greek, but I am going to watch a few more videos of the Genesis course before I decide. The Genesis course is the FIRST course of the school and there is a lot of how to study instruction included that was not in the early courses at BBN. And as I posted earlier, it appears that they grade a written paper.

If I remember correctly, Church of Christ does not generally send their pastors to colleges? That would explain the investment in such a comprehensive self-study option?

 

Okay, so ... my application was accepted and I am enrolled as an informal student and now have access to the study guides and books. WOW!

I plan to complete the Genesis study as well as the Greek. I am really excited about this opportunity.

I will continue to post about my progress in my classes.

 

I was right to put this thread in this subforum. This is a college, not a Bible study.

 

This is a public forum and we all need to be careful and respectful about what we say, but any general information that would profit a young Baptist, whether that be age or time in the church, I would appreciate the advice of my big brothers. Also, who knows who else is reading this thread now and in the future.

I started to write more, but I am going to continue this train of thought in the general education thread I started. I will add the link in a minute.

 

Thank you so much for taking the time to type out and share your knowledge!

 

This is what I am wondering.

Also, in the past few months, my search results are remarkably different than they were 2 years ago, and even 2 months ago. I no longer trust lack of information as meaning anything.

And sometimes people just do not announce certain kinds of things online. And certain people spend less time online and use it less often for anything.

Thanks so much for searching these things. I have no context to know what to search.

I attended this church in Massachusetts a very long time ago. I know they did NOT believe in seminary training. I have no idea if they believe differently, now. It was a long time ago.

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The minister is listed as "brother".

 

I finished Lesson 1 of the Genesis class which is supposed to be the first class of the diploma program. The instruction is designed to be discipleship training that will again be taught to others. If a student follows the instructions, this will result in about 7 pages of notes. The instructor gives guidance on how to convert those notes into sermons.

The main points covered in Lesson 1 are the following:

• Course description and expectations and basic study skills
• Reasons for Studying the OT
• Purposes of the OT
• Divisions and Books of the Bible
• Periods of OT history (including what appears to be Ussher dates with a caution that these are man's guesses)
• Purposes of Genesis
• List of Beginnings and Origins
• Uses for the Notes being taken
• A list of the major events in Genesis with the chapter number.

Assignments:

• Memorize the Books of the OT
• Read at least Genesis 1-3 for the following class, and read ahead for context.

 

The Instructor uses the NKJV with the explanation that some students do not speak English as their first language.

Tests include scripture memory. Options include the following four translations: KJV, NKJV (1982), NASB (1995) and ESV.

 

This appears Church of Christ?

Instructor for Genesis Course
C. M. (Chuck) Horner
Born in 1933.
Alumnus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Graduated from the Bear Valley School of Preaching, Denver, Colorado in 1974.
Administrations of York College and the Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver.
Instructor and director in the Southwest School of Biblical Studies in Austin, Texas.
Fall1986 helped start World Video Bible School

Summary from course notes: premillennialism is not biblical. All promises have been fulfilled: nation, land, and seed.

I wasted a lot of time taking notes of material that was in the course notes. The information in the videos and course notes are not in the same order. There are different sections of the coursebook: background, outline, exposition, appendixes, special papers (3). Lesson notes are scattered among all these categories and all three special papers.

Formal enrollment requires submitting 2 references; informal does not.