Archive for February, 2009
Liberty University To Freeze Tuition Rates
Posted by Nick Roy in Distance Learning News Thursday, 12 February 2009 13:43 2 Comments
Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. announced that the LU Online program that provides over 35 regionally accredited degree programs and services to over 31,000 students will “freeze tuition rates” for the Fall 2009 term.
Liberty University Online offers degrees ranging from Certificate to Doctoral programs and ranks among the lowest in the nation for overall tuition costs.
As a non-profit institution, Liberty University will never charge a high tuition rate in order to earn a profit from your educational investment. Instead, our tuition is kept at a reasonable rate, and is used to cover the state-of-the-art, accredited Christian instruction you will receive from our world-renowned faculty, along with a multitude of valuable programs and personal services we offer—all designed to help you succeed, both as a student and in your future career.
“We want to encourage prospective students and our current online students to finish their degree — or begin earning their first degree,” said Chris Johnson, VP for Enrollment Management. “Now is the time to do so and this is just one way we can help them earn a quality education from the World’s Most Exciting University.”
Is Biblical Counseling Better Than Traditional Counseling?
Posted by Nick Roy in Uncategorized Wednesday, 11 February 2009 18:51 No Comments
The focus of counseling is to help a person reach their maximum potential, and to become fully functioning as a person. Using the Bible can be a source of unique insight for optimum mental health. Ask yourself this question, what can we learn from the Bible about mental health. It is full of stories and accounts that a therapist can use as examples for assisting a client to change their ways. The therapist can help the client use these insights gained from scripture into everyday behavior. Many people, including myself, have used the Bible as a way of shaping my life both in business and personal life. Improving our knowledge and renewing our faith in God, can only strengthen us individuals.
One of the fundamental differences between Biblical counseling and traditional counseling, is the premise that man and woman was created by God. “In the beginning, God created heaven and earth” (Genesis 1:1). God then proceeded to create all living things. God was also responsible for wiping out entire civilizations as in the story of Noah’s ark where God saw society was becoming corrupt. We can point out to present day events such as in 2005 when God created Hurricane Katrina to wipe out New Orleans because he saw that society was corrupt. We can apply stories from scripture to real life to help us in changing our ways and renewing our faith in God.
There are many stories in the Bible that can be used as examples in a counseling session for both Christians and non-christians. Some biblical stories include Noah’s ark and Hosea’s wife and children, just to name a few. In the story of Hosea’s wife and children, the Lord said to Hosea to take a wife so he did and she bore him and son. The Lord said to call him Jezreel, roughly translated to mean bloodshed, so that the Lord will punish the house of Jehu (Hosea 1:2-11). The story of Noah’s ark can be related in counseling to Hurricane Katrina as a way for God to wipe out the corruption and to send a message to change. Just like Hosea talked about punishment coming for Isreal and Judah (Hosea 5), so the Lord punished the citizens of New Orleans in 2005 for their misdeeds.
The Bible can help the therapist point out such stories that are pertinent to treating a particular individual.