“I n the last chapter, we described some basic principles underlying discernment of God's will—committing ourselves to God first, committing ourselves to getting to heaven, and accepting God's revelation on his terms. These basic principles belong on the objective side of the ledger in discernment. Perhaps we can understand them as the bones of a vertebrate animal—they provide the structure. But these bones need flesh, blood, a heart, and a brain. Unlike Dorothy's traveling companions in The Wizard of Oz, we already possess them.”