When I was in college, I found that one of the required subjects for graduation was not available to me because I had a conflict with the times it was offered. And so I took a correspondence course from another university. Today, there are even claims that a person can take his or her entire college work for a degree, through correspondence courses.

This sounds great, but the ads don’t mention that since the student has the book in hand, so he can look up the answers, those answers are very, very long and complicated. In other words, the student will learn the course as he writes out the answers. And get ready for either writers cramp, whether you’re writing by hand or with a computer. It reminds me of a song and recitation that came out when I was a DJ, called, “It’s In The Book.” It’s in somewhat of a religious vein, and the raspy gentleman ends each brief recitation by saying, “It’s in the book,” and that’s the substance of the chorus after each of his comical tirades. To date myself, that was in the days of those 78 rpm records, and I have a copy somewhere among my music.

So what’s the point? You can take Jesus Christ seriously or otherwise, but your fate will be sealed when your life ends, and there’ll be no excuses. The rules are IN THE BOOK, and your answers must agree with those pages, or you fail the course. And this is a permanent failure. The grade of “F” you’ll get won’t rate a make-up test, and God doesn’t grade on the curve. That means the teacher won’t take the highest and the lowest grade in the class, and give you the benefit of the doubt on whether the test was too hard for the whole class. You’re on your own on the Great Judgment Day.

Think about it.