culture, filled with real sins, real pain, and real joy? In my own church body, this uneasy tension has been present for decades.1 As a pastor and circuit counselor, it has been readily apparent to me that this tension remains.2 But perhaps, in some ways, this is a good thing. The recognition of each extreme may help to maintain a healthy balance for those in the middle majority. It may also continue to provide needed dialogue regarding the orthodoxy (doctrine) and orthopraxy (practice) of twenty-first-century,