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Originally Posted by Igzy
I'm not omniscient either, but I know from being in the LRC and particularly from watching the actions of RG that their focus is defending their own beliefs and practices, not defending the things of the Lord in general.
The reason I said the book was published to defend LRC practices was because that's why they did everything. They thought they were they "move of God" so they felt that everything they did was better and more crucial than everything everyone else was doing. They made a practice of putting down everyone else and building themselves up.
The LRC walked and walks around with a chip on its shoulder. It provokes opposition then acts all shocked when it gets it. It behaves anti-socially then blames others for not being sociable. They can't even get excited about people getting saved outside the LRC. They have to talk about them being "Moabites."
RG decided a long time ago that his best service to God is to treat WL and his ministry like they are second to God alone. As far as I'm concerned, that's a warped motive. That's probably the best way to describe the LRC. Warped.
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It may be the reason "it was published" but I certainly don't believe it was the reason it was written. RG felt that God always had a people and through this research he felt it was proof that we were touching the same divine truths that others had discovered. This was something he consistently shared in the meetings. He didn't have any interest (as far as I could tell) in the way it was practiced, but rather in the truth. I say this because there was no push in Houston concerning this practice during my 4 years there. His push was on Life Study messages and service. If anything, this book would serve to steer the practice into more alignment with the practice of the church fathers. To my observation in Houston the biggest error of RG was in promoting the use of footnotes. This was prior to the RcV being published in its entirety. EM was the point man on this little charade. But by the time we went to Irving it was clearly a push. But he may have embraced it because "it is safe to imitate the apostle" (one of his teachings). Others have talked about how messy fellowship meetings can be, as an elder he may have felt this would be an improvement.