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I'm snowed in and have been reading Peter: Eyewitness of His Majesty by Edward Donnelly today. One portion jumped out at me as he writes about us being aware of the times like the children of Issachar who had an understanding of their times:

Yet, studying the world too much can lead to conforming to it. Healthy commitment to the branch of the church to which we belong can turn into sectarianism. A love of seeing that all thins are 'done decently and in order' (1 Cor. 14:20) can make us suspicious of genuine religious spontaneity and enthusiasm.