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Originally Posted by DMcFadden  Chris is on target. The big argument against degrees from the same place is the insular one. But, PLEASE consider how much you will save vs. how much debt you will be in FOREVER if you go elsewhere. If the insular argument bothers you, pick up a M.A. from someplace else while you are teaching full time. But, Chrtistian profs are not well paid and it is VERY difficult to get rid of debt on either a pastor's or professor's salary (esp. if your wife does not work). | Why would he be in debt forever? If he goes to an upper tier secular university he'll probably get a financial package that will cover tuition and provide a yearly stipend.
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Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics
This may explain the old adage about Baptists being Methodists with shoes, and Presbyterians being Baptists who can read. To round out the adage, Lutherans might qualify as Presbyterians who drink to excess, and Episcopalians as Lutherans who know when to say when. - D.G. Hart
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