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The Bible doesn't command anything about translations, but it does give us an interesting example. Jesus used the Septuagint, which is the Greek translation of the Old Testament. He obviously saw the need to use a translation that the people understood. By the way . . . it's not a perfect...

No no no no no. No no no. It's a nice fantasy story though. Most mentioned in the The Trail of Blood, for example, are heretics of one type or the other. The ones that aren't heretics wouldn't be welcome in the Landmarkian churches today if they were alive (for various doctrinal or...

God cares about you. It might be that He wants you to go to this college or that college to prepare you best for you ministering to others and for your own maturing, but the college thing is a means to an end and not the end itself. The Bible says to not be worried about anything, but in all...

I agree with Bel. I use a combination of versions depending on the setting and for my personal study I vary it too. I usually use some type of word for word translation (ESV, NASB, NKJV) if I'm doing a more academic study. If it's for more of a personal study I'll use the New Living...

Southern Baptists get together to do things like missions and educational endeavors, but there is a lot of difference between churches on various doctrinal positions. The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 is the doctrinal statement for those participating in the convention and it is intentionally...

I'd agree with the others that the point about it "not being the full gospel" is really strange. We don't have anything else to say to the lost. The gospel is it!

For credit, Liberty University has some good courses you could take in that. If your interest is purely for personal enrichment, then that would be a considerable investment. Covenant Seminary in St. Louis offers some great online courses for free. These are not for credit audio lectures, but...

There is no such thing as a good, free online college. There are however, some good free courses from some great schools that are available to you for free. They are usually in audio format and can be streamed online. A really great example is Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis. They...

You should do a Bachelor of Science in Math Education. Don't do one in just Mathematics or Applied Mathematics. Those aren't for teachers. A good B.S. in Math Education degree should provide both experience in local schools (through field experience and student teaching) and will give you the...

If there are young adults that are being "lazy with their faith" it's probably because they've seen the older generations being lazy. That's for a different post though! If you're going for historical stories Hudson Taylor and William Carey went above and beyond anything most Christians would...

You should definitely talk to the financial aid department of the school you will be going to. The federal side of financial aid (Pell, Stafford loans, GI Bill, etc) is not only complicated, but can change from year to year. The only experts in it are the ones that have to deal with it every...

If you plan to teach on the graduate level you'll need at least a doctorate. To get that, obviously you'll need a masters degree. An M.A. from Northwest wouldn't get you into any doctoral program that was accredited. Similarly, a doctorate from Northwest wouldn't allow you to teach in an...

Moody is a great school, though I've not had experience with their self-paced online courses. I will say that most people shy away from self-paced courses because it doesn't provide the extra incentive to actually get anything done. By contrast, most online courses at universities and...

Concerning the 3rd point CitizenThom made about online degrees not being taken seriously, that isn't the case anymore. Higher education has changed drastically in the last 15 years and online degrees hold the same weight as on-campus degrees. In fact one of the requirements for accreditation...

I'm currently working on a 300 page dissertation and I'll take my project over that topic any day! I'm not in the field of social work, but the wording for that essay assignment seems unusually confusing. I don't know about your professor, but I always appreciate when a student ask questions...

Not to sound snoody, but a seminary without a website isn't going to be accredited and if it isn't accredited you are wasting your time and money. Other than the one's mentioned, you should also consider good online options or a hybrid of on-campus and online courses. You're relatively close...

You can get a good theological education online. I usually recommend Liberty University's Seminary (which is the best ran online seminary program and they're regionally accredited), Piedmont International University (nationally accredited, has online programs, and they now offer a M.A. in...

I teach World Religion classes at a Christian college and at a secular university. A lot of students in the secular university almost are relieved to be taking a class where you're expected to be talking about God (or beliefs in general). Still, though, there are many people that are offended...

The best advice I can give is to find a Christian marriage counselor. This might be another pastor, but whoever it is should be a licensed Christian counselor. A 3rd party will be able to objectively look at the situation and give both of you steps to move forward. It may be that he is...

With your undergrad, it helps if you know what field you want to eventually go into, but it's not really required. Someone can do English for an undergrad and then go into Theology or just about any humanities subject for their masters. The same with Religious Studies. Someone with that...