Why audio?

This actually is a good question. Given the problems of configuring computers and Internet bandwidth, wouldn't it have been better if we merely published text?

1. If a professor is going to go to the trouble of writing out his lectures, then because of the work load and the nature of the academy, he will probably be looking for a publisher. We considered transcribing the lectures, but people write and speak significantly differently, and what communicates in speech often does not communicate in print. When I speak, I am employing many additional facets of communication such as intonation, pauses, tone of voice, etc. All that is lost when the lecture is transcribed, and we don't believe anyone would give us the opportunity to transcribe without insisting that they go over the transcription, correcting and rewriting it. Very few teachers have the time to do this. So one advantage is that we can get the lectures.

2. The teacher's personality is part of the teaching process. You can read Ron Nash, for example, and understand the data; but if you hear him speak, and his personality comes through, his humor, his passion, all these things help to communicate the truth and encourage you to apply the truth in your life and that of your church or ministry.

3. Whether we like it or not, we are moving more and more into a non-reading culture. We can reach more people by speaking to them through Biblical Training rather than writing out lectures.