Here begins 2 of the most exciting years of my ministry life...Bible College. I believe every Christian should attend Bible college...it isn't just for ministers. In fact, ministers would have a much easier time if the people they were guiding actually knew something about what's being preached. In the Western world, Bible teaching churches are rapidly being replaced by full-service ministries, where the members just pay their tithes and everything else is done for them...studying, reading the Bible, teaching their children about God, etc. If you're called to be a minister, Bible College isn't really an option. During this 2 years of my life, I was immersed in God's Word over 60 hours per week. Nothing has been the same since. I grew in God, learning more of Him and of me. He spoke to me on numerous occasions and I did what he said, sometimes with surprising results. One time, for instance, He told me to invite a student from China and her mother to live with us while we help the student get settled. The young woman was bi-polar, but nobody knew that until they were in our home...except God, and He didn't tell me. Talk about excitement! Have you ever had a Christian point a boning knife at you and tell you she is going to take you out of heaven? In a few months, we got her meds balanced and she was stable enough to live elsewhere. She called me from China a few years later to thank us for helping, tell us that God had healed her. She was not using any meds, was married and had a little baby. Praise God! If He had told us of her illness, we may not have had the faith to be part of her healing. I was elected on the student council as VP and graduated Salutatorian. Some people have an idea that a small private Bible College is somehow easier than a liberal arts college. Having studied in the California University system, I can tell you the hardest courses I ever took were at that little Bible College. Of course, I made it harder on myself by picking the hardest and most controversial subjects for term papers and taking Greek as an elective...can you imagine? Here is what I decided about Bible College...I'm here to get from it, not through it. I haven't regretted it. How do you feel about studying the Bible? Is it worth a real commitment and sacrifice to really know God? Do you feel you can rely on what others tell you about things?
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