An unexamined faith is not ...

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for it can be true only by accident.
 James Luther Adams

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I call that church free which enters into the covenant with the ultimate source of existence. It binds together families and generations, protecting against the idolatry of any human claim to absolute truth or authority.
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