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Do Graduate Degrees Matter?
It’s interesting how often I hear statements like, “I’m not impressed by letters after your name,” or something similar. It’s usually stated by people who have no letters after their name at all.
I know people will disagree with me, but I tend to think that people who have never formally studied the Bible have a far more difficult time wading through it than those who have formally studied.
The other thing I often hear is something along the lines of “God teaches me everything I need to know about the Bible. I don’t need to study formally, or under pastors or teachers.” This of course is based on passages like John 16:33 which states, “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.”
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