degrees and “non”sense
Degrees–In view of all this, our schools should have little to say now of “degrees,” and of long courses of study. The work of preparation for the service of God is to be done speedily. Let the work be carried forward in strictly Bible lines. Let every soul remember that the judgments of God are in the land. Let “degrees” be little spoken of.–Letter 382, 1908, p. 4. (To G. A. Irwin, Dec. 23, 1908.)
While being only a letter, this statement shows what Ellen White thot about educational “degrees”.
Recently i’ve had the opportunity to view someone’s “doctrinal” thesis. It was for AIIAS, http://www.aiias.edu/ a Seventh-day Adventist institution of “higher” learning. It was about integrating love in counseling young people around ages 6-16.
It was a handbook on how to carry out a Sabbath School program for children. I’m not kidding. The more i skimmed, the more i thot – “Hey, this looks familiar, VERY familiar.” Approximately 1/4 of the thesis was literally a hymn book for young folk. Around 1/4 was letters from people saying how much they had been blessed by this being done in their high school, and the bulk of it was how to carry on a Sabbath School service with a sample song, prayer, and a short story about Joseph, Moses, Daniel etc. and applying it to various situations kids today may face.
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