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Knowledge: Simply - - acquired information about one or more topics, subjects, issues, concerns or
interests. Knowledge by itself really serves no useful purpose:
1 Corinthians 8:1-3 (NKJV)
“… We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
“And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to
know …” (Emphasis added)
Comprehend: Explain and/or illustrate what the knowledge (acquired information) actually means - -
Example: “Sin” - - Student should be able to explain its origin, its propagation, its results (in a
general sense) socially and culturally and its effects or what it produces (specifically)
upon and within the lives of individuals
Understand: The ability to correctly apply in practical fashion, the truth about the subject you are writing
- - especially to assist others in applying this truth in their own lives.
Example: “Sin” - - Students should be able to explain to the readers (of this hypothetical paper)
how sin specifically affects individual lives, how to guard against sin, what leads an
individual to commit acts of sin (temptation) and how to defeat temptation so they will
avoid committing sinful acts.
Leadership Qualities: The ability to IMPART UNDERSTANDING TO OTHERS; take other people
in the correct direction; show others how to do a thing - - that is: You must
show the reader how to correctly apply the subject truth to their lives in a
manner that genuinely benefits them.
➔ For a student of True Hope Bible Institute to be approved to receive his or her graduate
degree, either Masters or Doctoral degree – INCLUDING AN HONORARY
DOCTORAL DEGREE – the student must be able to exhibit that he/she has a sound
understanding of his/her field of study, to the extent that he/she is able to impart his or
her understanding into the life of another person.

Without writing a passing thesis or dissertation, the only thing that is proven by the completion of a
student’s degree program curriculum is that he/she was able to pass a quantity of open book exams - -
which can be accomplished without the student actually acquiring the ability and astuteness necessary to
effectively minister the intended outcome of that curriculum.
Consider this: A Master’s Degree means that you have mastered the understanding in a certain field
that then qualifies you to lead in that field! A Doctoral Degree means that you have mastered the
disciplines of the field of study so that you are actually able to discriminately administer to others what
they need from your field of expertise for their own lives! (Much like a medical doctor able to prescribe
or administer medicines based on his diagnosis of the patient’s situation.)

Only time will truly tell if you have reached such a level of mastery or not, but the dissertation or thesis
is the initial evidence showing that you have indeed achieved that level of understanding.
While the thesis or dissertation does not add study credits, the student cannot pass the graduate degree
program without submitting a successful dissertation or thesis paper.

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