I published a transcript of comments by John Piper about the value of pastors getting PhDs a couple of days ago.
Dane Ortlund (who has, like Piper, earned a PhD) offers some complementary and complimentary comments on Piper’s comments that make something of a case for the intensive further study that a PhD represents.
Here’s one of eight points:
5. Dr. Piper addresses the ‘what we learn’ benefit of PhDs but ignores the ‘how we learn’ benefit. I can already see how my PhD has forced me to develop (for instance) better critical thinking skills. I was making arguments in my dissertation knowing Doug Moo would be reading it the next month and pointing out all the holes. It wasn’t only what I learned but how I learned–how to write, how to argue, how to think.
Read all of Ortlund’s post:Stupid PhDs vs. Wise PhDs
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