Often the Sunday sermon was based on something that surfaced in our Tuesday small group. No longer the lonely prophet descending from the mountain to deliver the Sunday message, I was now a fellow learner in the camp, sharing what God was teaching us all. We learned the meaning of 1 John 2:27—“You do not need anyone to teach you.” It doesn’t mean teaching elders are unnecessary. Far from threatening my position, it actually enhanced it through a corporate anointing of the Spirit. Thus at West Point
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