How to be the Right Kind of Cult

1. Make sure that the only particular human figure and object of your system of veneration, devotion, and hero-worship is Jesus Christ.

2. Make sure that the only extreme and dangerous belief you hold is that Jesus Christ actually died from crucifixion and then actually rose from the dead.

3. Make sure that the only major book you use as a reference is the Bible in all of its translations and paraphrases from its original languages.

4. Make sure that the only rite and ceremony you require is to love one another as demonstrated by your Founder.

5. Make sure that you condition (“brainwash” and “indoctrinate”) yourself with the mystery and paradox that in Jesus Christ you have confident knowledge of the truth AND that you have remaining blind spots, with more to learn about everything from everyone. Condition yourself with humble confidence and confident humility. Condition yourself with Peter’s conviction that you will always have room to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Condition yourself with the absolute conviction that you yourself are always limited and God’s Spirit is never limited!