On the BHTers and the sMug Sellers

People are missing different things. The iMonk and crew types don't have discernment, nor do they have real valuation for the Faith. This all is evidence of a lack of the Spirit of Truth in them.

Others have some discernment for truth but are lacking the practical level of the Faith. They havn't gotten to the point where they can discern their own situation in the world and vis-a-vis the Faith. The point where a person has no where else to go but to take the step of actually doing the Faith.

One can see that, to a degree, the iMonk and crew types desire some degree of the practical level of the Faith, but they really don't have the motivation or desire to find it or practice it. If they could see it. The types they call 'TR' (truly Reformed) are too self-satisfied and intent on seeking comfort and comforming to the demands of the world (which they incorporate as actual Biblical teaching, i.e. man-fearing becomes God-fearing) to ever get near the practical level of the faith.

In both cases the world is strong in their lives. But it's also valuation for actually embarking on and hewing to the Narrow Way on its terms. The King's Highway. Unlike Christian (in the Pilgrim's Progress) both types have yet to step through the Wicket-Gate...they get stuck in the Slough of Despond (iMonk, etc.) or the Village of Morality (Turk, Pyromaniac, etc.)...

(Pause and reflect on how deadly accurate John Bunyan was in nailing these types, and nailing them in motion at the specific point they reside at between the City of Destruction and the Celestial City...)