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1976 Pastor's School marked the event of the very first time I set foot in Hammond. It would turn out to be a pivotal week in my life. It was very cold for this southern boy. I don't believe it was snowing. It was the 200 year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, so Pastor's School...

I don't know the time period you are referencing. I was there almost 50 years ago. Although there would have been obvious theological differences, when I heard him refer to John Wesley or his mother, it was in a positive light.

I could be wrong about this. It's been decades ago, but I think I took a course called "Leadership" from Max Helton in the 1976-77 academic year. I liked Helton and generally thought he was a competent man and leader. These were the early years of HAC when the staff and faculty were not as...

When I went to HAC (76-81) I worked at the Union Tank Car Company in East Chicago. I made a very good wage. Because tuition was reasonable and I was earning well, I paid for my college and when I left, I didn't owe anything. I think that it's a shame today that no matter how motivated a student...

I was putting my youngest through college in 2009. I saw first hand how that the universities seemingly never got the memo that the economy was in a serious downturn, Tuition just kept increasing by leaps and bounds. I do believe that if the universities had some skin in the game of ensuring...

Obviously, these parents are what we would consider today as ULTRA conservative. I went to HAC almost 50 years ago and I guess we were ultra conservative, even for those times. But parents sending their children there today may also reflect a dearth of colleges to send their kids that adhere to...

This has been addressed several times. Your numbers are probably close to accurate. However, there seems to be disagreement on whether a college with so few students can remain viable. Personally, it seems difficult to believe the doors could remain open operating under the model that existed...

I worked with Mike at the Union Tank Car Co from 1978-81. He was a good guy.

I didn't go to Trinity, but went to another Christian college. You are probably on to something with your assessment of Christian college students. The principle of easier to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the kingdom probably applies. Most popular (rich) kids won't...

I remember him. He had a great tenor voice. RIP

His life is undoubtedly a tragedy. However, I agree with you that those of us so blessed by the grace of God understand that ALL of us, like sheep have gone astray and bought shame and reproach on the cause of Christ. The Apostle Paul called himself 'the chief of sinners." It is God and God...

My neighborhood throws a big block party tonight. We do it every Halloween. It's an extremely safe neighborhood and the kids still go Trick or Treating door to door with their costumes on. I will see princesses, pirates and all sorts of garb when the sun goes down this evening. I may even put on...

What about it? You've set forth that it was accepted. So be it.

This is the very heart of laws defining what is commonly referred to as "statutory rape." In fact, it does not matter if it were the minor who "coerces or pressures" the adult into a relationship -- which has occurred. It's "rape" by the adult as set forth by statute. The circumstances, i.e...

I heard Joe Combs say that it had been weeks since he had sinned. The import being (so he said) that while we aren't sinless, it shouldn't be an every day thing, as it is with me and later we found out, as it was with him.

Very good analysis. True to (my) form, I'm about a decade late to this party, but after reading some recurring themes from multiple posts in this forum, I offer the following: 1. I always thought the "counseling" aspects of the Hyles ministry were very suspect. He made much of how many hours a...

I think children can be saved at a very young age and if they are, they should be baptized. But here's the other side of that issue and it's my testimony. When I was eight or nine years old, I walked an aisle at church at the invitation and made a "profession of faith." A few weeks later I got...

Neither do I. Retrospectively, the IFB movement that I knew in the seventies and early eighties, wasn't nearly as big a deal as we thought. I mean 99% of Americans today would have no idea who Jack Hyles was, or what an Independent Baptist was.

I realize that this is small stuff, but it stuck with me the past few years. My best friend heard of the "Red Barn" ministry of Dave Hyles and sent a donation of $100 to Dave Baker's Church, who was acting as a repository for donations. The church cashed the check. My friend called the church...

Think of the most provocative manner of dress or behavior that a woman could conduct herself with a minister. There is still no excuse for that minister to engage with her in a sinful manner. In fact, THAT'S precisely supposed to set a real minister apart from others. It's the RESISTING of...