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Originally Posted by tduncan
The problem is that most kids (and parents) are concerned about what will transfer and what will not....and....an extra year of school puts them behind.
The problem is that we (yes, I include myself) as parents have put worldly gain above spiritual gain. One instance...as an adult student, I had to take a religion course at a denominational school in our area. This school is touted as being "Christian"....but the class tore down every basic tenent of Scripture and made Jesus to be a good man. I heard people in the class saying such things as "I didn't know the Bible said that!" or "I always wondered about that." It was only because I had more than a church background I was able to discuss things from what the Bible says.
As Christians, we should not see things as secular or spiritual. One year given over to Bible study and seeking God's will is never wrong.
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Good post.
In my personal opinion, I see the whole "you should attend Bible college for at least one year" claim as a lack of faith in how a child was raised. If a child has been raised his or her whole life in a Christian home, a good church, and a good Christian school for roughly 18 years, the idea that he or she must also attend a Bible college for at least one year shows a lack of faith in how the child has been raised, in my opinion.
18 years is plenty of time to teach a child how to love God and learn to make godly decisions.
If a child has been taught right and feels called to go to a Bible college, great!
If a child has been taught right and feels called to go to a secular college to earn a secular degree, great!
If a child is pressured into going to a Bible college for one year, it could be a result of fear on the pastor's or parent's part that the child is still not capable of discerning spirituality and making good decisions and that one year in a Bible college will magically fill in the gap that the child has not quite attained.
For parents who still do not trust their children after having them for 18 years, here is my soapbox for them...
"Where were they when the child was growing up?"
"Did they personally take time to teach the child spiritual discernment or would they rather that children should be seen and not heard and managed with nothing but blind obedience to rules like a heard of cattle?"
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