One of the questions I often get asked when talking about discipleship, spiritual formation, and small groups is: "How do you measure success?" I'm not a big fan of this question. See, there was a time in my life, when I could have easily answered that question. Back in the day we (me and lots of other Christians like me) used a formula to measure how spiritual someone was. It looked like this: SQ = [(SUa+TUv)/26]+[(SUp+WPM)/52]+[(TRM+MC)/5] 8 is the perfect score, meaning you are very spiritual. Of course you could apply a bonus formula to gain two extra bonus points if you wanted. Those two points could come in very handy if you fell short of 8, or if you wanted to be elected to a committee during the annual fall elections. A score higher than 8 virtually assured you a spot on the committee of your choice. The bonus formula was as follows: BSQ = SQ+KJV+BAPT If you grew up in a church like mine, this is all old hat to you. You've seen these equations many times
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