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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
I kept one WL book that spoke to me quite deeply: "The Specialty, Generality & Practicality of the Church Life." In it he basically says we should hold certain core (essential) items of the faith tightly, but other things loosely, when interacting and fellowshipping with other believers and other groups. That principle is sound and Lee certainly wasn't the only one who advocated such an approach. Unfortunately I don't think the ideas in that book were followed very well by the LC - they adopted certain LC doctrines to also be quasi-core essentials of the faith . . .  |
Sons to Glory, I liked that book too. True, the thoughts expressed in the book no longer embodies LC practices.
The word "vision" in the local churches seems to have different meanings depending on the audience. When I think about "vision" relating to Lee's ministry, this book is what the church life should have been. Keep in mind, when it was initially published. That should tell you everything. The edition I had was published by The Stream Publishers and not Living Stream Ministry.
In the 21st century, any critique of the local churches using "The Specialty, Generality & Practicality of the Church Life", the reaction one might expect to receive is "you're using the ministry to attack the ministry". I'm not trying to be negative, but realistic.