What You Carry
Appendix: When Someone Says
This book was not built to be read front to back, though it can be. It was built to be opened where you are standing. The table lists the sentences a disciple hears, from others or from himself, and says where to turn. The left column is the situation. The right column names the chapter, and the card where there is one.
| When you hear | Open |
|---|---|
| I feel nothing, so I must not be saved. | Chapter Two, then the dark season in Chapter Twenty-One, then the card "Where am I disconnected?" in Chapter Fourteen. |
| How do I know it is God speaking? | Chapter Eleven: the four tests, the three marks of a prompting, and "Which way does it flow?" |
| I keep falling. | The season after failure, Chapter Twenty-One. Chapter Two for the floor. |
| I am right about everything and cold as a stone. | The card "The cup," Chapter Fourteen. |
| My prayers have gone dry. | The card "The formation question," Chapter Fourteen, and the dark season in Chapter Twenty-One. |
| I am stuck and I do not know why. | The card "The questions of the King," Chapter Fourteen. |
| Is this teacher sound? | The Theology Grader and the Spiritual Discernment Tool in Chapter Sixteen, then the first caution of Chapter Seventeen. |
| Should I watch this whole channel? | The Spiritual Discernment Tool, and the Absolute Transparency Standard for a series, Chapter Sixteen. |
| What does this verse mean? | Chapter Nine: "The photograph and the room" and "The two-condition method." |
| My study Bible says. | "The page as argument," Chapter Nine. |
| Is that Scripture or tradition? | Chapter Ten. |
| Is the group I am in closing in on itself? | Chapter Eight, then the Spiritual Discernment Tool in Chapter Sixteen. |
| Is that a near-truth? | Chapter Six. |
| Are there other powers? What are the sons of God? | Chapter Seven, and Chapter Four for what the corpus says about the school. |
| When is Christ coming? Is the rapture biblical? | Chapter Twelve, which sets out three readings evenly, and Part Two for where the volumes differ. |
| Does science disprove God? Must the earth be young? | Chapter Thirteen. |
| My friend is an atheist. | "Don't defend. Test," Chapter Thirteen. |
| Can I use AI for this lesson or sermon? | Chapter Fifteen: the three cards. |
| A chatbot told me. | Chapter Fifteen on smoothing and invention, the Hallucination Guard in Chapter Sixteen, and the fourth caution of Chapter Seventeen. |
| What score did that get? | The second and third cautions of Chapter Seventeen. This book prints none. |
| I am looking for a church. | Part Five, beginning with Chapter Nineteen. |
| My church and I read the passage differently. | "Ask who decides what Scripture means here," Chapter Nineteen. |
| This church is flawed. Should I leave? | The school, Chapter Twenty-Two, then the map's questions in Chapter Nineteen. |
| Someone near me is afraid of the news. | The street, Chapter Twenty-Two. |
| Am I becoming God? | Chapter Four. |
| What is the one thing? | Chapter One, and the ordinary hours in Chapter Twenty-Two. |
The table does not replace the book, and it does not replace the Scriptures. It has one purpose, which is to put you in front of the right page in the time it takes to ask.