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Old 07-25-2008, 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by brandonadams View Post
Just a thought, what about the Apostle Paul's model where he went to the churches to train them, not the other way around?
I don't this this is a fair assessment:

1. Paul took some of his students with him on tour, such as Timothy, Luke, John-Mark, etc.

2. Jesus ripped 12 men from their local lives for a three-year seminary education; was He disrupting the church?

3. Samuel established a "school of the prophets" also called a "college" in Isaiah; if prophets needed to be trained, how much more pastors?


Ignorant ministers lead to ignorant congregations. Ignorant congregations lead to a powerless church: my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, and so forth.

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