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Chris Sterrett wrote:

<snip>

>To those who jumped, thinking I am against higher education,
>you jumped too soon.  I never claimed that.  I just state that
>the Best educated minds cannot compete with a blessed mind.

First of all, we all know that Chris is presently attending
college because you have reminded us several times.  Secondly,
Chris is the one who made a clear (although perhaps
unintentional) insinuation that education is of little value
where the ministry is concerned.  Does this look familiar?

<Original Comment quoted by Chris Sterrett>

>>  What the Apostolic Movement needs is several Godly people
that are willing to 
>>pay the price to earn the proper academic creditials to write
textbooks.
 
>>It takes much work and money to earn a PHD or a ThD.  This is
one of my
>>personal soapboxes, the Apostolic Movement needs Scholars.

Please note that the poster deliberately described the object of
his comments as "Godly."  We are to assume from this that the
person in question has honorable motives.  There is no hint of
giving up the blessings of God or that those who pursue academic
credentials should not desire a "blessed mind."
 
<Chris Sterretts reply>

>When did Man's wisdom become more important than the annointed
wisdom
>given by inspiration from God?  The Best minds cannot compete
with
>Blessed minds no matter how many PHD's ThD's, or ABC's  are
after their name.

<snip>

No one ever said that education was "more important than the
annointed wisdom given by the inspiration of God."  Chris was the
first to make the insinuation.  Furthermore, it is also
indirectly inferred that the one cannot have a "best mind" and a
"blessed mind" (to use the terminology of Chris) concurrently. 
Note again, all that was previously inferred prior to the
comments of Chris is that "Godly" people should also seek
educational credentials to enhance their effectiveness.

<Chris Sterrett continued>

>I wonder how many at Azusa street were Biblical Scholars, or
carrying
>around degrees in those days......I wonder how long Paul went to
Bible
>school.....

Again, we know from many sources (not the least of which was Paul
himself) that the Apostle Paul was an applied scholar.  As for
Azusa Street, it is rather evident that the recognized leader of
the Azusa Street revival realized the value of formal education. 
William Seymour himself attended a Bible college started by
another Pentecostal pioneer, Charles Parham.  In fact, he even
went as far as to sit in the hallway just to listen to the
lectures when segregation laws in the South prevented him from
being able to sit in the same classroom as white students (sad,
but true).  Parham himself apparently saw formal education as an
important component of spreading the truth since he started
several Bible Schools (Topeka, Houston, etc.).