Seminary

Questioning the Seminary Approach

By Jim
Jan 03 2019

"Fallacies of a Master’s Level Education: Almost every seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). If a seminary is ATS accredited, it must meet the ATS criteria. This is problematic in itself (ATS is ecumenical and liberal in its core). The criteria for the Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree minors on Biblical knowledge and majors on psychobabble, faith-community, mystical gobbledygook…and it always has."

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Seminary
Accreditation
Regional Accreditation
ATS
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Online Divinity Degrees: Two-Dimensional Preparation for a Three-Dimensional World

By TylerR
Dec 18 2018

Dan Wallace: For those who will be ministering to real people in the most personal way, how is it possible for the virtual classroom, taught by a virtual teacher to virtual students, to be as good as flesh-and-blood instruction?

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Online Education
Seminary
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Can We Make Seminary More Effective?

By Jim
Jul 02 2018

"I am concerned that seminary focuses too little on discipleship and replaces it with scholarship. I am not against scholarship, but scholarship is a feeble substitute for biblical discipleship. A model of preparation for ministry based upon Jesus’ practice should seem a reasonable goal for educators with a high view of scripture." Can We Make Seminary More Effective?

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Seminary
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More seminary students leave the Master of Divinity behind

By Jim
May 15 2018

The gold standard for church leaders — the Master of Divinity — is losing some of its luster to its humbler cousin, the two-year Master of Arts.

“People are trying to get the training they need and get out,” said Robinson, 28, who graduated Friday (May 11) from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C. “It all boils down to time and convenience and the culture and lifestyle we see today.”

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Master of Divinity
Seminary
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