opportunity: online bible interpretation class

In my “bibledude manifesto for 2009” one of the areas that we identified as important for all Christians is being “biblically literate”. So I’d like to offer an opportunity for you to focus on development in this area. One of my many roles is that of Instructor of Biblical and Ministerial Studies at Sarasota Bible College. This is a small school that my church started several years ago to help train people for global missions and/or local ministry. Recently we have broadened our focus to help individuals simply increase their knowledge on the topics that we teach on.

Well, this Spring semester I am teaching my Bible Interpretationclass, and for the first time we would like to open this class up to remote, online-only students. The online version would be run in a private Facebook group where students could access the video of the lectures each week, post assignments, and interact with other students (even the local, in-the-classroom ones).

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water in africa :: elephant pumps

I just came across this article about an effort to get more clean drinking water to poor areas in Africa. In many areas of Africa the lack of clean water is a major problem, and often results in widespread disease. Pump Aid is doing some great work particularly in Malawi and Zimbabwe (I have some friends that live there) in theri effort to tackle water and sanitation issues. Check out this short video about what they are doing…
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