tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post6455286271937147601..comments2024-02-27T00:11:57.219+11:00Comments on Extra Nos: Prefer university educationLPChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-62587453593972908582008-05-29T18:20:00.000+10:002008-05-29T18:20:00.000+10:00It can be quite useful combination and for some ha...It can be quite useful combination and for some having graduated from a secular university then seminary can be give one a well rounded education.<BR/><BR/>I am quite a theoretician and my bias is showing that is why perhaps I will be comfortable with a secular degree in religion then doing my own studies after that.<BR/><BR/>Where I am coming from is the equipment for handling Biblical texts in the original and doing hermeneutics on other non-Biblical texts.<BR/><BR/>LPCLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-31085755953512454212008-05-29T04:47:00.000+10:002008-05-29T04:47:00.000+10:00St. Paul is a great example of the combination of ...St. Paul is a great example of the combination of a "university" and "seminary" education co-existing. There is no way he could have preached on Mars Hill without the classic Greek education.<BR/><BR/>I don't view these as mutually exclusive by complimentary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-21557978105592061942008-05-29T04:28:00.000+10:002008-05-29T04:28:00.000+10:00D.P.The lack of equipment is just that, they are n...D.P.<BR/><BR/>The lack of equipment is just that, they are not trained to be critical of their own position. This is because of the in-breeding of ideas.<BR/><BR/>I see most parroting their own teachers.<BR/><BR/>Even Jesus allowed Judas with his disciples for 3.5 years.<BR/><BR/>LPCLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-33374394687329684882008-05-29T04:10:00.000+10:002008-05-29T04:10:00.000+10:00"I hope no one finds it weird that I would rather ..."I hope no one finds it weird that I would rather have a university education rather than a seminary one when it comes to doing ministry work."<BR/><BR/>Not in the slightest: a lot of seminarians I know are not properly equipped for the role at all.Doorman-Priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06407399232593479871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-68460173559651353102008-05-29T03:38:00.000+10:002008-05-29T03:38:00.000+10:00Thanks bro, been working on some family issues lat...Thanks bro, been working on some family issues lately...I can use some prayers ;-)<BR/><BR/>oh...<BR/><I> never had experienced anything outside of their church run schools, colleges and seminaries</I><BR/><BR/>this is what I mean by theological ghettos. You hit that in the head. bro ;-)<BR/><BR/>LPCLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-77442788310875656512008-05-29T03:33:00.001+10:002008-05-29T03:33:00.001+10:00LPC,Do you ever sleep? It's the middle of the nig...LPC,<BR/><BR/>Do you ever sleep? It's the middle of the night. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-60570132876980810592008-05-29T03:29:00.000+10:002008-05-29T03:29:00.000+10:00Steve N/Pr. Will,What is helpful to would-be minis...Steve N/Pr. Will,<BR/><BR/>What is helpful to would-be ministers is that they have been forged in the fires of theological challenges. A none Church education helps one's scholarship methods improve. Besides theological education is there not so much so you can correct others but so that you get to spot error in yourself.<BR/><BR/>Folk in the pew do not have the time to do the research themselves, the minister does great service if he does it for them.<BR/><BR/>When I read 'confessional' blogs on a topic I am familiar with like Calvinism, I come with a conclusion that they are parroting propaganda or myth they have heard from their seminary professors.<BR/><BR/>Seminaries have an obvious bias, there is no substitute for doing the research and the minister should to this himself.<BR/><BR/>LPCLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-75151416313569131272008-05-29T02:10:00.000+10:002008-05-29T02:10:00.000+10:00Even though I am not a pastor, I believe that it i...Even though I am not a pastor, I believe that it is good if a pastor had an education experience in a non-Church educational institution. I am a product of public schools, a state university for a B.S. and an MBA at a private university. Compare that to many pastors who never had experienced anything outside of their church run schools, colleges and seminaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-39371227210725500642008-05-28T23:04:00.000+10:002008-05-28T23:04:00.000+10:00But, of course, traditionally we have both: to en...But, of course, traditionally we have both: to enter seminary usually requires at least the B.A. or B.S. obtained at either a university or college. In my case, I attended one of the Church's colleges before I headed to her seminary, but even there the secular battle was raging fully. At least for the LCMS, it's usually not a one or the other; pastors have both a liberal arts or science education, and a specific training in the Word of God at the seminary level.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-4992486945011887682008-05-28T16:24:00.000+10:002008-05-28T16:24:00.000+10:00Steve M.At least our young ones know their enemies...Steve M.<BR/><BR/>At least our young ones know their enemies when they enter university and can be prepared. Leftist folk no longer hide their libertarian bias, so we do not have to take them seriously.<BR/><BR/>However, it is hard to fight an enemy you can not see,<BR/><BR/>LPCLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-22519439944524656532008-05-28T16:11:00.000+10:002008-05-28T16:11:00.000+10:00Good info. L.P.. Thanks!Here in the States, howeve...Good info. L.P.. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Here in the States, however, I think the problem is much the same in our universities as it is in the seminaries of Australia.<BR/><BR/>Here we have a double whammy. They are all insular bastions of leftist thought and very little of the other is tolerated.<BR/><BR/>A truly sad state of affairs, it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com