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I hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread, but I just thought of something about my HAC experience. It's been almost fifty years ago so the details are sketchy. The Fall of 1976 was my first semester and the last year that Jim Vineyard would serve on staff at the church and college. I...

I first heard of Peter Ruckman about the time I was attending HAC (76-81). I thought he was a very intelligent man. But after listening to him a few times, I though he was one of the nastiest SOBs I had ever come across and never wanted anything to do with him. But I ran across a few people who...

Actually, I think you may be right. I believe several students were expelled in the seventies for promoting KJV onlyism. I'm not sure I know how to articulate this, but if the KJV was (always) the only inspired text for 20th century believers, how come so many didn't know about it until the...

I just found this in the Hyles Anderson College Doctrinal Statement in 1977 - “Scriptures: The Bible, including the Old and New Testaments in the original autographs is the inerrant, infallible, and inspired Word of God. The Scripture is the final authority in all matters of faith and...

What year was that?

In August or September 1976, I packed up all I needed for school in a 1971 Plymouth Duster and drove myself 800 miles to HAC. I was barely 18. I can't believe today that I did that. I would not have trusted my sons at 18 to do that. That Duster was indestructible and to this day, one of the most...

John MacArthur went to Heaven last night. This is his first day there. He finished well. Glory to God.

I really didn't know anyone either. I had met one guy, who lived about thirty miles from me. We spoke by phone a couple of times prior to my arrival. He was a year ahead of me and knew the lay of the land at HAC. When I arrived on campus, his parents were off loading all of his stuff and were...

We were all young. In time we learned that faithfulness to God could look much different than it did at HAC. I am tempted to beat myself up over my HAC years. It delayed my life’s work several years, including going back and getting a degree from a state university so I could progress. But I...

I have never heard anyone state what went into that decision. The accommodations were fine, but the distance was significant. Our most famous (I guess) Balmoral resident, Jack Schaap, joined us mid term in January. I remember his first day.

I remember my first day on campus in the Fall of 1976 and being told I was going to be in a dormitory at Balmoral Woods, about 25 miles away. I didn't like it, but I had no choice. That evening we all gathered in the old chapel and Bro. Hyles told us to cut "quit" and "compromise" out of our...

As I write this, I understand that Dr. MacArthur is on the threshold of Heaven. I know there was some controversy about him decades ago. I guess there is for most every minister of renown. I liked the man. I thought he was solid and during Covid he courageously refused to close the doors of the...

That is funny but I also remember that sitting together at church or chapel was considered a “date.” We didn’t appreciate as guys how cheap we were getting a date! Years later I would pay much more for about the same level of satisfaction. 😂😂😂

That's interesting that you believe the ladies outnumbered the men. It's been a long time, but I would put it at about 65-70% men fifty years ago. And on the media and EMT programs, I just see that as a necessary evolution. And frankly, I'm ok with that. Thanks again for your perspective and...

The demographics you cite of the seventies and eighties squares with my experience which was from 1976-81. Many of the "older married men" of that era had pastored churches prior to coming to HAC. They felt the need for more training to be more successful at pastoring. Many had never before...

I'm glad you felt it was positive. That is interesting that the media majors do offer certifications that can be useful in a wide array of employment settings. May I ask a couple more questions? I know your knowledge would be somewhat limited, but I'm trying to evaluate the present version of...

I just wanted to thank you for recent information on the school. There aren't that many people on this forum who have recent information or experience. It seems to me that there are varying feelings on what HAC meant to those (Like me) who attended in the past. Some want the school out of...

Just this morning I read of an arrest of a 24-year-old female teacher in a public high school who sent nude pictures (of herself) to a 16 year old male student. The complete sinfulness of man doesn't ask what church someone attends or their race or their sex. People sin because that's who they...

Frankly, I don't know that there are any more "scandals" in IFB churches than any others. I believe in the depravity of man, which knows no denominational boundaries. People are sinful and they commit sinful acts, sometimes grossly sinful. But I also believe that what resides in them (a sinful...

I remember him but I can't say that I knew him.