to differentiate the saved from the lost. Moreover, because these debaters typically get life from the rightness of their beliefs, as we’ve said (chap. 2), these debates generally are more hostile than they are educational. It’s impossible for people to sustain a calm and rational discussion when their idolatrous source of life hangs in the balance. One almost gets the impression from this line of questioning and arguing that God’s primary concern was to form a kingdom of the world’s most competent
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