If you had asked me a question this apparently brazen a few years ago, you would not have gotten much more than a laugh of disbelief at asking such a question. But as I’ve matured (and aged) I’m frequently finding myself willing to ask harder questions. This question came up over at Pyromaniacs (crazy name, pretty good blog).

His answer is very insightful. I think I tend more toward this guarded, but non-institutional view more and more. The model in Scripture seems to revolve more around life on life learning from elders to men in the congregation and less around things like “Masters of Divinity”.