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Originally Posted by Freedom
For many of those in the LC who have been around for awhile, they had the opportunity to either see Lee speak in person or perhaps to meet him. So it is understandable that some of these people appreciate his ministry, since they were there as his ministry happening. For someone like me, however, W. Lee is just a name that I see on LSM books. I wasn't there when he was speaking Life-Study messages, or anything else. So even when people go over his messages again and again or read his footnotes over and over, I don't have the same connection to it as those who have been around while his ministry was happening. In fact, I think I have a rather large disconnect with his ministry.
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Though I had seen Lee speak at conferences, I never felt connected to his ministry. Witness Lee was just a name I saw on books my parents had on their bookshelf.
Though being raised in the local churches and recognizing the value having been raised in the local churches, "when people go over his messages again and again or read his footnotes over and over", I experience a large disconnect with the churchlife. Now, it's merely a shadow of what it once was. Now it's the real life application of
The Emperor's New Clothes. Instead of marveling of the emperor's new clothes, what's being marveled over is the latest and greatest up to date speaking.......:
