tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post4101230276741838190..comments2023-10-19T10:34:33.030-05:00Comments on Praisegod Barebones: I'm Thrilled That You Can Earn Your MDiv Online…Now, Please Don'tBart Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-24127205445204444882013-10-11T19:30:34.273-05:002013-10-11T19:30:34.273-05:00My thoughts, exactly, Matt.My thoughts, exactly, Matt.Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-76973240837255924642013-10-11T10:38:23.403-05:002013-10-11T10:38:23.403-05:00Dr. Barber,
As someone who finished the last 30 h...Dr. Barber,<br /><br />As someone who finished the last 30 hours of their BS degree online (in Bible), and is now also 24 hours into a 36 hour online MA degree in a secular field, many might think I would disagree with your assessment. I do not!! I agree wholeheartedly. <br /><br />I hate to hear stories like the one from the brother where his faith was questioned. Unfortunately, I've Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18412360893708871691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-52080700599282130972013-10-09T15:29:19.594-05:002013-10-09T15:29:19.594-05:00Great point, Ray!Great point, Ray!Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-49221658533348253282013-10-09T10:22:20.723-05:002013-10-09T10:22:20.723-05:00Bart, count me as one who is skeptical of an onlin...Bart, count me as one who is skeptical of an online Masters as well. I still remember sitting in a theology class with Dr. Kirkpatrick when someone asked him what our textbook would be. He pointed to the Library and said, "there is your textbook." Without the library I could have never received an education, which I consider to be altogether different from receiving a Degree.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460302405983971286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-67952092126785123342013-10-08T22:05:30.028-05:002013-10-08T22:05:30.028-05:00BDW, :-)
I agree with you about the value of disc...BDW, :-)<br /><br />I agree with you about the value of discussion in seminars. I don't know how to express how much I miss it. Something about walking into a room with a number of people, all of whom are actually prepared for the discussion, is exquisitely valuable.<br /><br />As for the "not politely," only one time did I go into a classroom for the express purpose of dismemberingBart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-70609333653342816342013-10-08T21:24:43.790-05:002013-10-08T21:24:43.790-05:00You led off with a great thesis - most people don&...You led off with a great thesis - most people don't learn as well online - and then proceeded to ruin the argument with your German example! No way that the average student, even the average quality student, can learn German online well enough to pass the various language tests that we all had to pass to either get into a Ph.D. program or graduate from a Ph.D. program!<br /><br />I learned Big Daddy Weavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270791070315400815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-1533267217965062482013-10-08T17:29:27.801-05:002013-10-08T17:29:27.801-05:00Good points, Doug. And for some the prospect of an...Good points, Doug. And for some the prospect of an on-campus education will be impossible. That it proved so for you does not mean that the on-campus would not have been more valuable for you if you had been able to experience it.<br /><br />I never lived in Fort Worth. I served as a pastor the whole way through two degrees at SWBTS. I know that I was not nearly as involved in the seminary Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-55875499588466910822013-10-08T14:59:59.826-05:002013-10-08T14:59:59.826-05:00I am uncertain how it is bigger proof that you are...I am uncertain how it is bigger proof that you are committed to your calling to abandon your local church and move away then it is to stay put and serve.<br /><br />And having gone through the process of packing off, moving to a seminary, and then being forced by finances and family situations to quit school, it's not all it's cracked up to be. Especially when the only response when I Doug Hibbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01099486048716032843noreply@blogger.com