And I’m not trying to support my ignorance. I’m just telling what the Bible said. Peter and James passed through the gate called Beautiful, there laid a man crippled from his mother’s womb. He said, “Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, I will give thee. In the Name of Jesus Christ, rise up and walk.” And Peter grabbed that man and raised him up on his feet, and held him there till his ankle bones received strength. He went into the temple, leaping and praising God. And the Bible said that, “They were ignorant and unlearned men.” Is that right? We’re taught that Peter wouldn’t even know his own name if it was signed before him. He wouldn’t know what it was. But he knowed Jesus Christ. And I…That’s what I—I want my children to know. That’s what I want the people to know. I think education is wonderful, as long as you don’t get to be an educated fool (See? Yeah.), not gumption enough to know how to take care of your education. Education is all right, very fine thing, and we need it. God knows that. But we need salvation worse than we do education.

Experiences, 1952-07-25, Zion, IL, §8