@SacrdCowTipping@dattybuhg Mutual ministry, yes. But you forget that Christ gave us teachers (Eph 4) and that we are warned that not many should become teachers (James 3). So mutual ministry has its place, as does the specialized teaching ministry of those gifted to the church.
@DZRishmawy I've taken to a discipline of reading an Introduction or First Chapter, to get the feel (and often the thesis) of a work. This gets me exposed to more books, as well as curates what I want to read fully.