Originally Posted by Ohio

Yes and amen! The wonderful chapters 9-10 of John's Gospel describes the story of those born into legalistic and oppressive societies holding the children of God in bondage and blindness. They long to hold us in prison, manipulating us with guilt and shame, knowing we may be shunned by friends and family alike. In like manner many former members in the LC's have also been healed and set free by Jesus, our Great Shepherd.