As an aside...
I recall trying to lure my older brother into the fellowship in the late 70's, providing him a 'This Week'--thinking he would be overwhelmed by the anointing that saturated the pages, and demand to be part of the movement. He read it in front me (fast reader), handed it back, and simply said it was "hypnotic." That was that. He was clearly annoyed that I wasted 3-4 minutes of his life.
note: unfortunately, although he was spared the misery of the cult, years later he was done in by a combination of schizophrenia and street drugs. And no, I don't think what happened to him was a result of him rejecting a "living word" years earlier. Life is unpredictable--or hasn't anyone noticed?
I recall trying to lure my older brother into the fellowship in the late 70's, providing him a 'This Week'--thinking he would be overwhelmed by the anointing that saturated the pages, and demand to be part of the movement. He read it in front me (fast reader), handed it back, and simply said it was "hypnotic." That was that. He was clearly annoyed that I wasted 3-4 minutes of his life.
note: unfortunately, although he was spared the misery of the cult, years later he was done in by a combination of schizophrenia and street drugs. And no, I don't think what happened to him was a result of him rejecting a "living word" years earlier. Life is unpredictable--or hasn't anyone noticed?