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“The elephant in the living room of contemporary Christianity is people’s ability to simply sit in church, to consume the experience, and then who dispose of it, totally unchanged at the soul level as they leave the sanctuary. Sure they might feel challenged encouraged or even moved, but the horizontal self simply “feels” the experience and moves on.” Page 51

When we don’t know who we are, we become entrapped by circumstance. The world defines us, our lives become reactive to whatever is happening around us, and we become more and more frustrated as the ups and downs of life govern us.