We must always pursue character as opposed appearance, substance as opposed to form.
What has largely been lost is the pattern of mentor-apprentice, master-disciple. It is in this relationship that there is an imparting of spirit and understanding and skills-material and human. There has been a decades-long push to obliterate this pattern, substituting education or money or selfish relationships to reach or be placed into positions of power. It is, in a sense, the Peter Principle applied in such a way as to circumvent rightful, God-ordained authority. We see this in business where owners and managers don't really understand the complexities of operating a business--they're too busy accumulating profits for themselves. We see this in government wherever people in power use that power only to enhance their positions, not to do what is right by the constitution or the people they are supposed to serve.
Jesus said that we were to make disciples, not theologians or bishops or even students.
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