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There's nothing wrong with sharing secondhand information. Matthew and John quoting Jesus expresses secondhand information. Paul relied on 3rd and 4th hand info.
I recall reading a post on factnet that Larry Cotton was to have been included as part of the mantle of authority with G&M but Larry ended up walking away from it all. The poster (if authentic) seemed to have been at one time an insider so the information about Larry Cotton wasn't widely known. I think Larry Cotton was a kinder, more compassionate person than the others.
There's nothing wrong with sharing secondhand information. Matthew and John quoting Jesus expresses secondhand information. Paul relied on 3rd and 4th hand info.
I recall reading a post on factnet that Larry Cotton was to have been included as part of the mantle of authority with G&M but Larry ended up walking away from it all. The poster (if authentic) seemed to have been at one time an insider so the information about Larry Cotton wasn't widely known. I think Larry Cotton was a kinder, more compassionate person than the others.