Two objectives in particular that are often taken as primary goals must not be left in that position. They can be reintroduced later in proper subordination to the true ones. These are external conformity to the wording of Jesus’ teachings about actions in specific contexts and profession of perfectly correct doctrine. Historically these are the very things that have obsessed the church visible—currently, the latter far more than the former. We need wait no longer. The results are in. They do not provide a course of personal growth and development that routinely produces people who “hear and
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