are invited to step across the line. Once they do so, they are in—they are saved (regardless of the direction they are headed afterward). In this paradigm, it is very important to clearly define the line so that people can step across it. This line is very fixed. Once you are in, you are in. The need for discipleship, then, is very ambiguous. It is interesting to note that different denominations draw different lines to determine who is inside. For some, it is a prayer; for others, it may be baptism,
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