myths

Elizabeth Esther on her blog had a wonderful post entitled, BJU: a System of Learned Helplessness. This is a great post that you should read in full. It ties into something I've shared here and that is the notion of a Day of Reckoning. In my post I talk about the day when finally you are outside of BJU's/churches/parents control and need to make decisions on your own.

In response to Kevin Bauder's article concerning faculty salaries, Bob Bixby brought up an interesting point of discussion that I'd like to explore deeper. First let me just say that his response to Bauder's piece is dead on and you should read the entire article.

I know that many people wonder why it would be useful to break down an old document from 1995. The primary reason for doing so is the insistence by Bob Jones III that SACS is the one who has changed, and that Bob Jones University hasn't changed at all.

In Vol. 25 Num. 13 Published Friday January 27, 2012 you can read the following admission from Bob Jones University.

Do Right BJU posted audio from today's chapel message. This is of audio that was edited out of the sermon audio recording. The following is the transcript from the audio. I will comment on it in depth in future posts.

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Today Bob Jones III addressed the faculty. Many things were said, but accreditation came up since Bob Jones University just renewed TRACS accreditation. An anonomous source gave me two quotes, the first is what Bob Jones III said about TRACS.

From USDE standpoint, TRACS is as good as regional accreditation agencies

***“I would suggest that we as Christians need to learn to embrace the danger of living in a dangerous world and trust not a safe subculture to protect us, but a praying Savior.” John Fischer, Fearless Faith

Bob Jones III must be living in a dream world. While opening today's chapel message he said the following:

You are receiving the finest education that you can receive anywhere.

SFL has been reading my mind the past week. There is yet one last post on our continuing coverage of Christian Education. This is a topic we've covered here before except I covered it with regards to higher education. It is the Myth: The Doctrine of Higher Education.