The Problem of the Boring Testimony

Far from being a degradation of standards of covenant purity, [the Half-way Covenant] was the direct result of having artificially high standards. The Bible requires a confession that Jesus is Lord, and the absence of a scandalous lifestyle. It does not require a convulsive Damascus road experience on the part of every convert, especially those who have been nurtured in a covenant home” (Beyond Stateliest Marble, p. 175).