Introduction: Let me start by saying that I am not against scholarship. In fact, I myself am currently engaged in scholarly activity as a Ph.D. student studying Church History. I serve alongside a pastor who will graduate this December with a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies.  I read scholarly books and journals. I am a member of a scholarly society (Evangelical Theological Society), and I am in the process of composing a scholarly dissertation. I like libraries and old books to boot. I say all this so that the reader might recognize that what I am saying in this brief post is […]

8 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. 11 T…