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I've been giving this some more thought. After I took Power for Abundant Living, I thought that I was a better Christian. Whether or not I really was is something for the Lord Jesus Christ to judge, but that's what I thought. I promoted PFAL because I thought it could help people be better Christians. I now realize how devilish that mindset is. If the class can make me a better Christian, that must mean that I am a better Christian than anybody who hasn't taken the class. A grad is by definition a better Christian than a non-grad. I think that's what I Corinthians 8:1 means when it says that knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. John Schoenheit and John Lynn each believes in his own heart that he is the best Christian on the face of the earth, because he has the knowledge that others need to have in order to become better Christians. Not that they would say it that way. They would have some seemingly self-effacing way to say it, but it would mean the same thing. That's why Schoenheit can write, "It is our assertion that there are theological issues that we understand more correctly than most translators, and thus our translation will reflect that theology." In other words "I understand the Bible better than any other translator on the face of the earth." That's why John Lynn, in his much more wordy way can write, " ...How excited do you think Jesus was when, after God raised him from the dead, He told him “the Secret” He had kept to Himself from all eternity?” No doubt Jesus exclaimed, 'VERY COOL!'... That “Secret” is by far the most important truth in the Word of God, and very few Christians could tell you what it is. The true “Secret” is that Jesus Christ would diversify himself all over the world in a body of vastly diversified people, each of whom is equipped with the same power he used to bring God’s Truth, Love, and Power to mankind. Now the Lord Jesus can exert a life-changing influence in Jerusalem and Kansas City, as well as wherever YOU live. The Living Truth Fellowship is all about helping you walk in the fullness of what Jesus made available to you." In other words, "I know how to walk in the fullness of what Jesus made available to us better than anybody else on the face of the earth." Those guys have their whole identities invested in regarding themselves as being better Christians than anybody else. That's why they HAVE to do new translations and teach new classes, to validate the opinions they hold of themselves. The problem is, they AREN'T the best Christians on the face of the earth, and that truth is obvious to anybody who has not already bought into their error. Love, Steve