Okay, here's a testimonial from a pastor, Josh Merrill.
The seminary I now attend costs nearly $2,000 a class.
Did you hear that?
Don't tell me it's not about the money with these Bible colleges.
Listen, the seminary I now attend costs nearly $2,000 a class.
Progress is painfully slow because I cannot afford a full load without incurring debt.
The May Offering allows Heartland students to avoid such an educational quagmire by subsidizing
over half their tuition.
We give, therefore we get trained men and women into the field quickly and debt free.
So this is like an infomercial where they're like, "The leading brand could cost you up
to $2,000 a class, but we will give you the whole year.
How much would you expect to pay for such an education?
Would it be $12,000?
Not $10,000?
Oh, it's $7,840.
You heard it right, folks.
And if you call right now, you'll also get the chamois squeegee thrown into the bargain
so you can squeegee the exercise facility when you're done.
Look, this is garbage.
First of all, $2,000 a class.
Who believes that this guy's actually paying $2,000 a class at any school?
Unless he's at Harvard.
Is this guy at Stanford?
Okay, well guess what?
I looked up what school he goes to.
I Googled this guy's name, and I looked up what school he goes to.
He goes to a Southern Baptist seminary.
So this is their graduate, right?
Notice he says he's paying $2,000 a class to go to seminary.
Well guess what?
This guy already graduated from this college.
So here's my question.
If he already graduated from this college, why does he need to go to seminary for $2,000
a class?
Didn't they teach him everything?
Is anybody listening?
Didn't they teach him everything in four years?
I mean he went to this school for four years, and he got such a great education at this
school for four years that now he has to pay $2,000 a class just to fix it.
Think about that.
I went to his church's website.
It says that he already has a degree in equine science.
This guy, this pastor, who's paying $2,000 a class.
He's got a degree in equine science, that's horse science.
Horse pucky.
But anyway, he got a degree in horse science.
Then he got a degree in animal science from Oklahoma State University.
Then he went to Heartland Baptist Bible College and got a bachelor's degree in pastoral theology.
How much college does this guy need?
You got the horse degree.
You got the animal degree.
You got the pastoral theology.
I mean look, what else do you need to take care of sheep, buddy?
You got two degrees.
You got two degrees on being a physical shepherd.
You got one degree on being a spiritual shepherd.
You're ready.
But no, no, he's got to spend $2,000 a class to get his Master of Divinity degree.
That's what he's getting.
He says he's pursuing a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Fort Worth, which is a Southern Baptist Seminary.
So the graduates of this independent fundamental Baptist college, they're such awesome men
of God.
They're such awesome preachers.
I mean, we've got to fund this thing so that their graduates can go hang around with Southern
Baptists all day and go dump $2,000 a class into a Southern Baptist school.
It's madness and folly.