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Originally Posted by manna-man
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That letter is an amazing window into what it was actually like and the stress elders and leading ones were under. When you read that letter you are not impressed with the love for all the saints, nor are you impressed that "these are the Lord's disciples". Rather they appear to be manipulative, back biting, false witnesses for self advancement.
When I read the entire letter it bothers me the lengths he went to in the first two paragraphs to soften the truth. How many times did he have to say that he respected WL as though everything that followed should not be ascribed to him.