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[...] MacInnis for drawing my attention to John Stackhouse’s piece, and for Amanda’s own perceptive comments on this issue. Share this:Like this:LikeBe the first to like [...]
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“if more pastors had PhD’s there would be far less nonsense being preached to gullible parishioners who don’t know any better and accept whatever load of garbage they are fed week to week.” True true!
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Great post. Love the last sentence “Sometimes the more theological and philosophical questions, the ones that take the longest time to wrestle through and require the most study and work turn out, in...
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Where is the money going to come from for these PhDs? I started a PhD at McMaster Divinity but bailed before a dug a debt to deep to see the light of day from (sorry for the alliteration). And what...
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David, And of course money is always an issue. Especially in Canada, there are so few confessional schools in which to do a doctorate as it is, and to my knowledge most of them don’t have funding for...
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Hello Amanda Thank you for this great article. If we think about the rich education that pastors had in the past, modern seminary education is rather weak – and shallow – tea. The related issue that...
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Wow. Great thoughts here. I do love the idea that pastors should continue to be on the pursuit of healthy and helpful knowledge. I would agree that the standard in pastoral ministry of truly...
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[...] It just feels like Anglicanism at every level is in the process of change. And the fact that it’s all happening at the same time is a little overwhelming, especially to someone who is new to the...
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[...] MacInnis for drawing my attention to John Stackhouse’s piece, and for Amanda’s own perceptive comments on this issue. Share this:Like this:LikeBe the first to like [...]
View ArticleBy: Amanda
“if more pastors had PhD’s there would be far less nonsense being preached to gullible parishioners who don’t know any better and accept whatever load of garbage they are fed week to week.” True true!
View ArticleBy: LLM
Great post. Love the last sentence “Sometimes the more theological and philosophical questions, the ones that take the longest time to wrestle through and require the most study and work turn out, in...
View ArticleBy: david cl driedger
Where is the money going to come from for these PhDs? I started a PhD at McMaster Divinity but bailed before a dug a debt to deep to see the light of day from (sorry for the alliteration). And what...
View ArticleBy: Amanda
David, And of course money is always an issue. Especially in Canada, there are so few confessional schools in which to do a doctorate as it is, and to my knowledge most of them don’t have funding for...
View ArticleBy: B.R.
Hello Amanda Thank you for this great article. If we think about the rich education that pastors had in the past, modern seminary education is rather weak – and shallow – tea. The related issue that...
View ArticleBy: summathetes
Wow. Great thoughts here. I do love the idea that pastors should continue to be on the pursuit of healthy and helpful knowledge. I would agree that the standard in pastoral ministry of truly...
View ArticleBy: Another Adventure in Anglicanism « Cheese-Wearing Theology
[...] It just feels like Anglicanism at every level is in the process of change. And the fact that it’s all happening at the same time is a little overwhelming, especially to someone who is new to the...
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