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Theological Education Bubble I : exegesis
As a visiting professor in an African school that taught to the Master’s level I was once confronted with student who plagiarized a paper and failed the class as a result. The academic dean pleaded...
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Theological Education Bubble II: Driving an SUV could make you a goat, but an...
Close to forty years ago Singer wrote a powerful paper in ethics on the culpability of rich people in allowing the poor of the world to die. And yet rather than read that paper and Singer’s other work...
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Theological Education Bubble III: Just because you got a PhD from … does not...
Are you thinking about a PhD in evangelical theology? I want to share part of a message that a seminary dean once sent to me. Now pretend that you are the recipient and that you had just been...
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Theological Education Bubble IV: Is a PhD a good investment?
Let’s consider the costs of doing a PhD: (1) Tuition and living expenses: My guess is this is going to be in the range of an average of about $55K per year for a family; 45K per year for a … Continue...
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Theological Education Bubble V: On the payment of adjuncts
Fourteen years ago, after finishing a PhD at Cambridge, I managed to land a part time job at a seminary as an adjunct instructor. The pay was $2700 per course, and I taught a full-time equivalent load...
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Theological education bubble VI: blowing bubbles overseas
Theological education overseas is a marvelous idea. Basically it goes like this: rather than send people overseas to do mission work, why not train the native leaders in local schools of theology and...
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Education bubble XII: Hiring policy, nothing to do with your merit
I was once interviewed for a job in Georgia. It was a no brainer. A small pentecostal college that had a academic dean with a master’s degree–paid probably 30k, and so the money wasn’t anything...
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Society of Biblical Literature pro-union
I’ve decided that the latest decision by the Society of Biblical Literature, save someone from SBL apologize, is the last straw for me. SBL has become a pro-union association not a professional...
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Charles Hugh Smith: The education system is doomed
Why the Higher Education System Is Unsustainable (i.e. Doomed) Here is an excerpt: Before we start, it’s important to stipulate that the industry’s failings are systemic, and do not reflect the...
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Discipleship vs. Seminary: the medium is the message
Discipleship and school are two different media for learning. If we take the model of Jesus and his disciples and contrast it with theological seminary, we can see significant differences that may...
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