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Originally Posted by Kevin  What can I say? You know someone that didn't complain.
That is a ringing indictment!
I have met several of the prof's, have taken classes from a couple, and heard a few more preach. If an AoG guy could sit through the classes I took & not notice the disconect with his (stated) theology then who am I to correct him.
I have noticed over the years that classes I have taken have often included student from outside the tradition of the instructor. Sometimes I have been that student! As a presbyterian I never doubted the value of the baptist prof that taught me a particular subject.
BTW Ben, didn't you take your BA at a dispy school (as I did)? and your MDiv at a Baptist school? And now a Presbyterian school is not "Reformed" enough??
I am not recruiting for ES, but your criticism (it seems to me) hits below the belt. |
Kevin - You're asking for offense. You asked what I thought of the DMin offered to chaplains from Erskine and I told you. Please chill. I'm looking for something very specific at this point. Erskine is not it. None of the feedback I've received from the MANY liberal and charismatic chaplains I know who've attended there has given me the impression that I would want it on my resume. If you like the profs - great! Then you go there. I am in no way wanting to tell another man where to pursue his education.
Besides - I thought I mentioned this near the top. I'm not looking for any old DMin program. EVERY DMin program is modular. Most DMin programs do not interest me because they're focused on a "practical" skill. The RTS-Charlotte one stands out as actually being focused on Reformed Theology. So in that sense it is "impractical." I don't really want a DMin at all - I'd much prefer a PhD - but I need the modular format.
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Originally Posted by Grillsy Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin What can I say? You know someone that didn't complain.
That is a ringing indictment!
I have met several of the prof's, have taken classes from a couple, and heard a few more preach. If an AoG guy could sit through the classes I took & not notice the disconect with his (stated) theology then who am I to correct him.
I have noticed over the years that classes I have taken have often included student from outside the tradition of the instructor. Sometimes I have been that student! As a presbyterian I never doubted the value of the baptist prof that taught me a particular subject.
BTW Ben, didn't you take your BA at a dispy school (as I did)? and your MDiv at a Baptist school? And now a Presbyterian school is not "Reformed" enough??
I am not recruiting for ES, but your criticism (it seems to me) hits below the belt. | I think what he is saying is that NOW he is going for a school that is as Reformed as can be and a school that fits his criteria. He said the was trying to be "well-rounded". |
Exactly. I went to Moody an evangelical... and became a Reformed Baptist. I went to Southern and became a Presbyterian. My education has led me to being progressively more Reformed. I want to pursue my terminal degree at an institution that will really try me in that regard.