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Done.

God Bless and my the lord keep you.

 

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No, but certainly there are areas beyond John 3:16 and the Trinity that are salvation changing- for example the issue of baptism would be. It's not necessary to go down a "list" and it's not an issue that I have, I'm only suggesting that someone who takes their doctrine seriously might have a conflict. Having sat on a homeschool board that needed to adopt an official faith statement for 60 families, this is an issue I don't care to get too deep into. (been there- done that) Hot button social issues are especially difficult to sort out, and depending on the degree you choose to pursue, this could be a real issue in your classes.

 

Is the Seminary program at LU an indoctrination to their brand of religion or are you allowed to interpret the Word of God as long as it is within their construct?

 

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http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=6907

You can decide.

 

That doesn't really tell me how open they are to interpretation. If you have the Trinity and John 3:16 down, then the sky is just about the limit if they don't cover anything else in the mission statement. A few things about angels and the purpose of Jesus is pretty much a given.

 

South African Theological Seminary has an online MTh that might warrant your consideration.

 

Indoctrination is an interesting word to use here...

When you go to more liberal schools like Harvard or Stanford, are you indoctrinated to the schools general philosophy on politics and other social issues???...not in the strict sense of the word...but, I can guarantee you that it would be difficult to graduate from say a philosophy program at Harvard if you are a hard-line conservative that believes that God is in control of everything and that man's philosophy is flawed.

So, "is the seminary program at LU an indoctrination to their brand of religion?" Not nessesarily, but why would you go to a school that fundamentally disagrees with your moral Christian values if you have a choice...escpecially if the degree program is in a subject like theology.

Don't get me wrong, I am not a hard-line nutjob that believes that everyone is going to hell unless they believe exactly what I believe, but I do believe that finding a seminary that agrees will most of your fundamental beliefs is very important.

 

I've often wondered about the motives of one certain Gary Hartpence insofar as his choice to hang out in divinity school during the Vietnam War era.

 

Jason Baker's _Baker's Guide to Christian Distance Education_ also exists in book form, published by Baker Book House. It might still be possible to pick up a used copy at Amazon.com Books www.amazon.com or elsewhere. Another excellent guide is Rick L. "Josh" Walston's _Walston's Guide to Christian Distance Learning_. This is the one formerly known as _Walston & Bear's Guide to Earning Religious Degrees Non-Traditionally_.

 

Oh, I wasn't necessarily insinuating that you were abandoning the MBA; I was merely wondering (as a double MBA and lapsed seminarian myself) how one becomes interested in both theology and business.

 

His motives don't seem especially dubious or questionable to me. He went to a Nazarene school for his undergraduate degree and he graduated from divinity school in 1961.

 

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Well then, if there wasn't anything that conflicted with your own beliefs, you should be good to go
The less legalistic about doctrine a person is, the less they would have to take issue with this or any faith statement.