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 %POWERFUL BOOK WALTER WINK OLD NEW TESTAMENT ANGEL 050326
 %ANGELS SPIRIT CITIES CORPORATIONS CHURCH RELIGION 050326
%PERVADE GUIDE DOMINATE SUGGEST SYSTEMS ANALYSIS IT 050326
%HEART MIND SOUL NATURE NATURAL CONTRIVED CONTROLLE 050326
 %SCRIPTURE CONFORM DOCTRINE SCORE JUDGE CONTENTION 050326
%ABSENCE MISSING GRACE LOVE HOSPITALITY HONEST WELL 050326
      
           In his powerful-book "The Powers That Be" Walter Wink
      wrote   in  reflection  upon  passages  in  both  the  Old
      Testament  and the New Testament which spoke of the "Angel
      of The Church" in different ancient cities ---  reflecting
      upon "The Spirit" of each Church.
      
           "The Spirit"  and "The Angel"  of a church reveal the
      nature of the attitudes,  assumptions,  beliefs,   values,
      concerns, etc. which pervade the life  of the  church  and
      its members.
      
           Often  revealed are Dominant-Concerns with:  Liturgy,
      Scripts,  Scriptures,   Conformity,   Doctrines,   Scores,
      Judges, Contention,  Tension,  Polarizations,  Self-Right-
      eousness, Purity, Superiority, Being-Best, etc.
      
           Often associated with such Dominant-Concerns there is
      an Absence-of-Concern with: Distributive-Justice, Balance,
      Equality, Sympathy, Empathy, Hospitality, Civility,  Hope,
      Joy,  Generosity, Humor, Hospitality, Hospitals,  Healing,
      Relaxation, Rest, Reconciliation, and Reverence.
      
           No superiority in knowledge,  wealth,  force,  power,
      technologies,  weapons, passion, determination, endurance,
      or their close-associates --- can compensate for the above
      noted Dominant-Concerns and associated Absences-of-Concern
      that mis-lead Mislead-Contenders-for-Dominance.
      
           Where "The-Spirit"  and/or "The-Angel" of a church is
      misleading ---  sophistication, wealth,  power-coalitions,
      orthodoxy,  dreams, imaginative-visions,  certainty,  etc.
      cannot  provide  any kind of salvation for those  who  are
      thereby-misled.
                               (c) 2004 by Paul A. Smith in
                            "Search for Honesty and Integrity"
                          (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy)
      
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