tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14386953.post113594937493394580..comments2023-05-01T05:20:32.574-07:00Comments on Observations and Opinions: Reformation 21 ArticleRayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950476090876270020noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14386953.post-1136646156471823472006-01-07T07:02:00.000-08:002006-01-07T07:02:00.000-08:00I was not aware that Spurgeon had any higher educa...I was not aware that Spurgeon had any higher education above school level. I could be wrong.<BR/><BR/>FF Bruce not a PhD?! His books are useful, but he was not always that sound doctrinally.<BR/><BR/>God Bless<BR/><BR/>MatthewMatthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14386953.post-1136403342340136972006-01-04T11:35:00.000-08:002006-01-04T11:35:00.000-08:00I also believe that Spurgeon was not all that scho...I also believe that Spurgeon was not all that schooled, I could be wrong. I know he had some schooling but was not a PhD.<BR/><BR/>I could, quite possibly, be wrong, but I seem to recollect something like that...Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950476090876270020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14386953.post-1136387982670282882006-01-04T07:19:00.000-08:002006-01-04T07:19:00.000-08:00The proof is in the pudding. There are plenty of ...The proof is in the pudding. There are plenty of degreed fools, and others whose finances and life-situations just didn't allow the luxury of a doctoral program -- but whoa, what they do with what they have!<BR/><BR/>I wonder what the author would say about F. F. Bruce? I believe Bruce never earned an academic degree higher than M.A.; but I seriously doubt anyone would question his scholarship. Biblical orthodoxy, yes; but not scholarship.<BR/><BR/>HAVING SAID ALL THAT, other things being equal, the discipline required to earn advanced academic degrees is not to be sniffed at, and at least means <I>something</I>.<BR/><BR/>What that "something" is, again, goes back to the pudding itself.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14386953.post-1136122784362251252006-01-01T05:39:00.000-08:002006-01-01T05:39:00.000-08:00Same here!Same here!Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950476090876270020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14386953.post-1136052412186317312005-12-31T10:06:00.000-08:002005-12-31T10:06:00.000-08:00I would not presume to call myself a scholar.God B...I would not presume to call myself a scholar.<BR/><BR/>God Bless<BR/><BR/>MatthewMatthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14386953.post-1136043759051799282005-12-31T07:42:00.000-08:002005-12-31T07:42:00.000-08:00Stop by anytime...Stop by anytime...Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950476090876270020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14386953.post-1136041307025014552005-12-31T07:01:00.000-08:002005-12-31T07:01:00.000-08:00Thank you for your thoughts. I think I will read ...Thank you for your thoughts. I think I will read you some more.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625691560372353977noreply@blogger.com