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  • Free Kindles for seminary students
    Have you thought about sharing your seminary journey with the world? Perhaps you are interested in pontificating about how seminary could be better, or have questions that you’re not finding answers to regarding your seminary journey. Maybe you already have a blog, but not the readership you’d like to have. Now is your chance to build readership, pontificate about...
    by Brian Schmitt at March 8th, 2010 at 02:03 pm
  • 400 Free Online Textbooks
    Thanks to a 2008 California law the Open Educational Resources Center for California now provides over 400 open textbooks to the public. The site was intended for California’s community-college faulty and staff members, but it is open for anyone to use. As the number of visitors to the site grows to a significant level they will begin adding forums. Four hundred...
    by Brian Schmitt at February 10th, 2010 at 09:02 am
  • The Dog Ate My Paper! (hard drive nightmares)
    We’ve heard hundreds of horror stories of students losing their paper. Whether it is computer theft or a hard drive crashing, we are all vulnerable to loss of intellectual property. Days, even months of work can disappear in an instant. Each term we exhort students to back up their data frequently, but faculty members are just as guilty of not taking the necessary...
    by Brian Schmitt at December 1st, 2009 at 06:12 pm
  • 25% Off All Logos Bible Software
    Cyber Monday, or everyday: The good folks over at Logos Bible Software are offering the GtS readers 25% off the latest Logos software. Either click here or use coupon code GTS1 when checking out. iPhone users should check out their recently launched iPhone app. AKPC_IDS += "2875,";Popularity: 2% [?]
    by Brian Schmitt at November 30th, 2009 at 02:11 pm
  • Google Wave invite
    We were fortunate enough to get a Google Wave invite yesterday. And, we have so few friends that were interested in Wave we didn’t give all our “nominations” (read invites) away yet. If you would like to get nominated for a Google Wave account post your crazy idea for how it could be used in ministry. Then be sure to vote on the ideas you like the best...
    by Brian Schmitt at October 14th, 2009 at 11:10 am
  • Choosing a seminary – a pastor’s opinion
    In my never ending quest to provide information that will help you decide on the right seminary for you, I occasionally find other people who have weighed in on the subject. Today I came across an older post by Mark Denver at togetherforthegospel.org. In his post, Mark explains five factors to consider when choosing a seminary. They are: Confession of Faith –...
    by Brian Schmitt at October 31st, 2007 at 08:10 pm