WHAT ARE THEY TEACHING THESE KIDS ANYWAY(S)?

I have a few friends still in seminary. In different parts of the country. One recently shared with me a tidbit that one of his professors shared with a class recently.

It seems that this professor was questioning whether or not Solomon was in Heaven. To begin with, I didn't think it was for us to judge, but as a former non-seminary professor of mine used to say, "no never mind".

My student friend asked him if he meant that someone who had written 3 books of the Bible (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon) or 1/22nd of the Holy Bible breathed by God was not in Heaven? "Well, that's a good point," was the answer he received.

The seminary prof had apparently based his view on the fact that Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. Now had he questioned that Solomon was the most intelligent man ever, based on that fact, then I could understand. But a seminary prof questioning whether or not any person is in Heaven, and to base that presumption on his lifestyle or works is not what I have read about salvation and God's gift of grace.

Without a doubt, God uses all kinds of people for His purpose. But I don't think He would use a person separated from the Father for all eternity to compose three books of Holy scripture.