Is it too much to expect that the one who stands for Christ in the earth, say and do what his Master said and did?

If a factory whose workers spend 97.3% of their time studying its policy and procedure manuals and the rest making products, how long would it stay open?

Jesus didn’t rescue us out of darkness and death, to a life of love and power and sanity, so we could study the Bible. It is the reliable playbook, but only for those who get in the game.

If church members define discipleship as listening to sermons and talking Bible - and have behaved like this for decades, there are maybe two options: Repent, or close up shop.