by Doy Moyer<\/p>\n
Knowledge is not the enemy of God’s people, and this means that education is not the enemy either, for one must participate in some form of education in order to receive knowledge. While knowledge without love puffs up (I Corinthians 8:1), knowledge itself is not the root problem. On the other hand, ignorance is a problem for it results in the blind leading the blind so that both fall into the pit.<\/p>\n
Education is not what causes people to leave the faith. It is not what causes people to interpret the Scriptures poorly or to take wild positions that threaten the faith of others. Education is not the enemy and ignorance is not something to celebrate. God’s people are to love God with all the mind (Matthew 22:37), so we must foster the mind in service to God and beware that we are not promoting a form of anti-intellectualism and calling it righteousness.<\/p>\n
I’m not saying that Christians must have college degrees to be good Christians. Education comes in many forms, and there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to this matter. Yet seeking to do what we do in excellence is a matter of commitment to the Lord no matter how much ability each person has. We are to seek to be the best workers, students, teachers, (name it) that we can be because we are serving the Lord. Being satisfied with minimal effort isn’t what the Lord accepts (cf. Matthew 25:24-26). As Paul wrote, “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ<\/em>” (Colossians 3:23-24).<\/p>\n Knowledge, understanding, and wisdom are connected in Scripture, so if we want to be able to use wisdom with understanding, we need to seek excellence in our knowledge as well. Let this wisdom guide us:<\/p>\n by Doy Moyer Knowledge is not the enemy of God’s people, and this means that education is not the enemy either, for one must participate in some form of education in order to receive knowledge. While knowledge without love puffs up (I Corinthians 8:1), knowledge itself is not the root problem. On the other hand,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[381,1093,730],"class_list":["post-55241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-education","tag-knowledge","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62297,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/education\/","url_meta":{"origin":55241,"position":0},"title":"Education","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Download Audio Text: Psalms 78:1-8 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Why go to school? 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Hamilton \u00a0 Every school-aged child asks questions like these: \u201cWhy do I have to learn this stuff?\u201d Why should a person go to school? What use are all those endless facts? Does education have a value from a biblical viewpoint? To answer such a question, we need\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2089,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-the-philosophy-of-true-education\/","url_meta":{"origin":55241,"position":2},"title":"What is the philosophy of true education?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 18, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What is the philosophy of true education? Answer: At its core, education is the process of transferring knowledge, understanding, and wisdom from one individual to another. John Milton Gregory, in his book\u00a0The Seven Laws of Teaching, said, \"Teaching is arousing and using the pupil's mind to grasp the desired\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":53551,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-i-have-to-give-up-my-knowledge-because-my-parents-lied-to-get-me-into-a-good-school\/","url_meta":{"origin":55241,"position":3},"title":"Do I have to give up my knowledge because my parents lied to get me into a good school?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi, I finished my first year of college, and I've been struggling on and off with the sin of deceit for the past few months. I recently read some books in the New Testament recently, but I've become convinced recently that all dishonesty and deceit are sinful (Revelation 21:8\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":91062,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/because-i-tell-you-the-truth\/","url_meta":{"origin":55241,"position":4},"title":"Because I Tell You the Truth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton Paul had no desire to be the enemy of anyone. He had every right to expect that people should and must appreciate truth, even if it hurts at first. The truth teller is telling the truth because that is what love demands. Love demands that people\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39199,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-new-gnosticism-intellectualism\/","url_meta":{"origin":55241,"position":5},"title":"The New Gnosticism: Intellectualism","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffery Kingry via\u00a0Truth Magazine, March 22, 1979 The Gnosticism of the first century, which gave the apostles and teachers so much trouble, was a religion, not a philosophy. It was grounded in Dualism, a view that the state of man was divided; that only spiritual things were good, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}“For learning wisdom and discipline;<\/em>
\nfor understanding insightful sayings;<\/em>
\nfor receiving prudent instruction<\/em>
\nin righteousness, justice, and integrity;<\/em>
\nfor teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced,<\/em>
\nknowledge and discretion to a young man –<\/em>
\nlet a wise person listen and increase learning,<\/em>
\nand let a discerning person obtain guidance –<\/em>
\nfor understanding a proverb or a parable,<\/em>
\nthe words of the wise, and their riddles.<\/em>
\nThe fear of the LORD<\/em>
\nis the beginning of knowledge;<\/em>
\nfools despise wisdom and discipline<\/em>” (Proverbs 1:2-7).<\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"