I went to a Lutheran grade school, high school, and college. I had religion classes, catechism classes, doctrine classes, and church history classes. I went to Sunday school and church every Sunday and VBS every summer. We had devotions at home. I knew all the Bible stories backward and forward. I could recite the catechism for memory and quote the liturgy word for word. So it finally dawned on me—I know all this stuff. Why bother going to church or Bible class anymore? I’ve got this down.

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