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Originally Posted by John Atkinson
Vocations in he ministry are God called, not people called, and Jesus' has different qualifications standards than we have.
I'm sure we have different perspective on this, but Martin Luther was a secular philosopher on religious topics.
Prayer, fasting, consecration, the word of God (sans all the interpretations therof) close spiritual relationship to Jesus Christ, the mentoring of a people who are part of that, the Holy Ghost. More importantly the calling of the Lord.
Books and degrees don't make preachers, pastors and missionaries. God does.
And from how I see it "apostolic" bible colleges are nothing more than a really expensive dating service or a "ticket punch" into a ministry position that someone may not be called to or qualified for.And what have they done except turn out a group of leaders who are the architects of the plastic powerless pentecostalism that every one here gripes about?
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Your right, books and Degrees don't make pastors and preachers, but they certainly don't hurt. *winks*
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