[B-Greek] College Suggestions

Minton, Ron rminton at bible.edu
Thu Feb 17 14:31:26 EST 2005


I got a BA in Greek from Grace College in IND.  I do not know what they
have now.

Ron Minton
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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of George F Somsel
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 2:27 PM
To: perkins at commspeed.net
Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] College Suggestions

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:09:29 -0700 "Charlie and Mary Jane Perkins"
<perkins at commspeed.net> writes:
> I received the following e-mail from another list. Any college 
> recommendations? Please "Reply to All" or respond offline to:
> 
>     Charlie Perkins at Perkins at commspeed.net OR
> 
>     Alan Handermann (the original requestor) at 
> handera at bellsouth.net
> 
> Thank you,  Charlie Perkins
> 
> 
> We are a homeschooling family and my middle son, at age 15, told me 
> of his desire to follow God's calling to preach/teach the gospel. He 
> hit the ground running and took particular interest in biblical 
> languages.  Having taken 5 years of Latin and studying intro Greek 
> and some Hebrew for last two years, along with quite a bit of 
> reformed theology, he seems determined as ever to follow through - I 
> couldn't persuade him that chemical engineering is less 
> controversial :)
> 
> Currently 18, he is looking for a college where he can major in a 
> four year undergraduate Biblical language program.  Can anyone 
> recommend colleges to consider?  So far, we have heard mostly of 
> colleges offering Biblical language minors (maybe someone can 
> recommend a college that has a good BL minor program).  Undergrad 
> majors in this BL, especially one at least somewhat consistent with 
> the reformed faith seem rare.  
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions on college options or other 
> higher educational alternatives for a would be reformed 
> preacher/teacher.
> 
> Alan Handermann
> Asheville, NC
> Cornerstone Presbyterian Church
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It would appear that thus far everyone has missed the one obvious school
which should be considered since you indicate an interest in Reformed
theology.  

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
www.calvin.edu

I have no interest in this school other than being an alumnus, etc.  :-)


george
gfsomsel
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