Comments on: Successful Seminarians http://glenandpaula.com/wordpress/archives/2006/11/27/successful-seminarians disciple, husband, father, college minister, blowhard Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:21:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Seminary Meme at Glen Davis http://glenandpaula.com/wordpress/archives/2006/11/27/successful-seminarians#comment-30058 Seminary Meme at Glen Davis Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:38:31 +0000 http://glenandpaula.com/archives/2006/11/27/successful-seminarians/#comment-30058 [...] 0 minutes ago in Of Random Interest. Brian just tagged me with this seminary questionnaire. As I’ve mentioned before, seminary is great preparation for ministry. In fact, I think the ideal ministry trajectory is for [...] [...] 0 minutes ago in Of Random Interest. Brian just tagged me with this seminary questionnaire. As I’ve mentioned before, seminary is great preparation for ministry. In fact, I think the ideal ministry trajectory is for [...]

]]> By: Dan Myers http://glenandpaula.com/wordpress/archives/2006/11/27/successful-seminarians#comment-20584 Dan Myers Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:37:14 +0000 http://glenandpaula.com/archives/2006/11/27/successful-seminarians/#comment-20584 For every Michael Dell or Bill Gates, there is a Warren Buffet (Master's in Econ from columbia). More important, for every Michael Dell, there are a million Earnest Skillmans. Never heard of Earnest? I'm not surprised. He went to my high school and dropped out of college after one semester. The same principles apply. Exceptions don't make the rule. Seminary is a plus. For every Michael Dell or Bill Gates, there is a Warren Buffet (Master’s in Econ from columbia). More important, for every Michael Dell, there are a million Earnest Skillmans. Never heard of Earnest? I’m not surprised. He went to my high school and dropped out of college after one semester.

The same principles apply. Exceptions don’t make the rule. Seminary is a plus.

]]> By: Anthony Scoma http://glenandpaula.com/wordpress/archives/2006/11/27/successful-seminarians#comment-20504 Anthony Scoma Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:37:19 +0000 http://glenandpaula.com/archives/2006/11/27/successful-seminarians/#comment-20504 Here in Austin, billionaire Michael Dell is well-known for having dropped out of UT after starting his fledgling computer company from his dorm room. That's a lot like the Bill Hybels story. I spent my freshman year in the same dorm that Dell did. Somehow I doubt I would have ended up better off if I dropped out. We all like to celebrate the Abe Lincoln, "self-educated man" stories. They're inspiring, but they generally make for lousy models. Here in Austin, billionaire Michael Dell is well-known for having dropped out of UT after starting his fledgling computer company from his dorm room. That’s a lot like the Bill Hybels story. I spent my freshman year in the same dorm that Dell did. Somehow I doubt I would have ended up better off if I dropped out. We all like to celebrate the Abe Lincoln, “self-educated man” stories. They’re inspiring, but they generally make for lousy models.

]]> By: Randy Peterman http://glenandpaula.com/wordpress/archives/2006/11/27/successful-seminarians#comment-20332 Randy Peterman Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:58:49 +0000 http://glenandpaula.com/archives/2006/11/27/successful-seminarians/#comment-20332 Having been to seminary myself I have to say that seminary is not a bad place to go, but one of the problems lies in that churches should be discipling and equipping their body in a manner that seminary doesn't feel like a huge leap, it should instead, be one of many ministry growth options. I'm in the process of taking a small group of believers through many of the entry level subjects I took in seminary so that they're theologically grounded. Seminary may just be an option for some of the folks in the group. Having been to seminary myself I have to say that seminary is not a bad place to go, but one of the problems lies in that churches should be discipling and equipping their body in a manner that seminary doesn’t feel like a huge leap, it should instead, be one of many ministry growth options. I’m in the process of taking a small group of believers through many of the entry level subjects I took in seminary so that they’re theologically grounded. Seminary may just be an option for some of the folks in the group.

]]> By: Will Phillips http://glenandpaula.com/wordpress/archives/2006/11/27/successful-seminarians#comment-20319 Will Phillips Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:21:47 +0000 http://glenandpaula.com/archives/2006/11/27/successful-seminarians/#comment-20319 Joel Osteen didn't go to seminary?! I can't believe it! Joel Osteen didn’t go to seminary?! I can’t believe it!

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