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Personally, as a rule, I prefer to base my understanding on the facts, which does require me to collect huge amounts of information over an extended period of time. My simple conclusion regarding blending is simple -- Lee used it as a tool to force compliance with his hand-picked successors.

Paul's use of "blending" was not on a ministerial level. He did not use the phrase in the beginning of the epistle, when he exposed the Corinthian tendency to be "of" any minister. Rather Paul used "blending" to display how God Himself brought the diverse members of the body together in your local assembly. The lesson to be learned is to love the members next to you, placed there by God, even though you might not be inclined to even like them.

Biblical "blending" loves those nothing like you, Recovery "blending" loves only those just like you, e.g. Ministry approved "good material."