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Question #26
QUESTION: Will a Bible college education clear up the
controversy over the issue of a perfect Bible'?
ANSWER: No. About ninety-nine out of one hundred times a
Bible college education will either confuse or destroy a student's
faith in the perfect Bible.
EXPLANATION: There are many benefits to a Bible college
education. A student can learn invaluable lessons on pastoring and
church planning. A student weak on doctrine can be grounded in
his faith. Friendships and experiences from Bible college days will
often last a life time.
Unfortunately, faith that God has a perfect Bible is more often
than not a victim of Bible college education rather than a
beneficiary. The reason is simple. Most Bible colleges are staffed
by very well meaning men, many who do indeed love the Lord,
who are victims of Alexandrian teaching.
Others, though set right about the proper manuscript family are
still unconsciously afflicted with a faith in the Bible that is
weakened by the Alexandrian Ideology. They cannot mentally
accept the belief that the Bible, the one in their hand, is truly
perfect.
Sometimes, even schools which advertise that they are "King
James Only" or "Textus Receptus Only" are still afflicted with this
malady. Thus, a student will find himself confused when he hears
his Bible corrected in a college that claims to accept the Bible as
perfect. Most often, he will succumb to the diatribe and also
become a critic of the perfect Bible. If he does not accept the
school's position he will usually be branded as a "fanatic" and
ostracized and sometimes even dismissed.
This does not mean that a Bible college education does not
have its advantages. It does mean however that a Bible college
education seldom strengthens a student's faith that the Bible is
perfect.
The Answer Book © 1989 by Samuel C. Gipp
Reproduced by permission
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