We read in Scripture that God has made the church to be like a human body. We need to take that seriously because it is truer than we thought. In a physical body the toes are terrible at picking up a pen and endorsing a check. Have you ever tried it? The ears are hopeless at seeing, and the eyes, hopeless at hearing. The tongue boasts of great things, but you may have noticed that it doesn’t think very well.
The popular mainstreaming of computers in the 1980s introduced a whole new chasm of talent that separated me from most people. If Al Gore had not invented the internet, I suppose I would have learned of my mental deficiency in some other sideways fashion. But it was mildly devastating. I’m just glad I graduated from college before the laptop replaced the legal pad in the classroom.
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