What ought?

Let's see. I have to reclaim this timeslot and the Saturday morning one.

The book "on the anvil" is really hard hitting.

I would prefer to have a short 5 minute sermon discussion than a 5 minute greeting session in church.

I would prefer to have a group that is able to call each other out to make changes to their life than a group where everyone's failures are tolerated and kind of like whining together or to a group where everyone pretends that they have no issues like the perennial British "fine" and the standard respectable struggles of pride and so on. The trick, though, is to ensure that any calling out has good basis and is not a matter of personal preference. Insofar as it is a matter of personal preference, the person being called out and the group as a whole ought not to push, but for matters that are mixed, insofar as they are on good grounds, it ought to be pushed still because personal preferences should not be an excuse for "partial" sin and lack of character. And of course the calling each other out should be done in love. Generally, though, if not done in love, my personal opinion is that if it is on a sound basis, it ought to still be accepted because it is free improvement and progress in the life of the person being called out. Whether the person being called out can agree/accept it though, especially if there is some malice or some other undertone, is a difficult ask though. By God's grace, perhaps, and with a dose of logical thinking and maturity, maybe. But it would be much easier if it were done in love, with a dose of maturity and emotional tact.