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$\"Christian$ <\/p>\n

I saw this ad on Reddit<\/a>. It is no different than a lot of the\u00a0degree mill scams around, except this one is using religion in service of the deception. If the Bible is \u201cyour only textbook\u201d then you are not getting a college education \u2013 not even a\u00a0Christian<\/em> college education. Most Christians are aware that, even if you want to go to a Christian college and to major in Bible, you need lots of books to assist you in learning the relevant languages, understanding the culture, and of course, making sense of the texts themselves.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be fooled. \u201cAmbassador Christian College\u201d is clearly not Christian, not college, and ambassadors only for the interests of those who\u00a0seek to profit from the gullible.<\/p>\n

But do check out their website<\/a>. It claims, on the one hand, to offer \u201cadvanced\u201d Biblical studies. On the other hand, the place where faculty ought to be listed is blank, and the page where alumni should be listed is\u00a0Lorem ipsum\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"