“For too many of us religion has come by inheritance. We have never said to God as Job did, “I had heard of You, Lord, by the hearing of the ear, but now I have seen You.” In other words, “Now I have seen You with my own eyes. Now I know you personally.” Most of us have become disciples of the disciples of the disciples of someone in the past who had personally experienced God. But it is impossible to transmit real love or commitment this way.”