Some Kindle readers underline specific sentences, which is valuable feedback to the author, but updated editions do not transfer underlining between versions. So what follows are summaries of what was found noteworthy by readers who underlined these words in earlier versions.

The sentences in bold below were originally underlined in the 1^st Kindle version.

some religious leaders do not fully understand their basic purpose, to help each churchgoer develop into a Christ-follower. (p. 6).

While some churchgoers want Jesus to save them from hell and deliver them to heaven, they reject his authority over how they live. (p. 7).

The actual practice, if any, of what Jesus commanded, taught, and exemplified must take place outside a church building’s walls. (p. 47).

Any shepherd who fails to help his sheep learn to closely follow the Good Shepherd enables them to wander away where Satan prowls, ready to devour them (1 Pet 5:8).  (p. 51).

It makes no sense to keep welcoming people in the front door if they are allowed to gradually slip out the back. (p. 56).

The sentences in bold below were originally underlined in the 2^nd Kindle version.

The core issue is a lack of focus on basic teachings that are easy to understand, but hard to live out. (p. 30).

We are not saved by being good, we are good because we have been saved. (pp. 35-36).

Some churches emphasize Jesus as Savior, but then downplay Christ as Lord and Master. (p. 39).

Maybe it is a gradual recognition by some believers, and increasingly their offspring, that going to church no longer has any substantive connection to following Jesus.           (p. 47).

Churchianity focuses on institutional goals, like building up its numbers without attention to each churchgoer’s individual spiritual status. (p. 57).

When leaders do what best serves their institutional efficiency, rather than what most effectively helps their members, what God instituted as the church has become something less than he intended. (pp. 59-60).

Any shepherd who fails to help his sheep learn to closely follow the Good Shepherd enables them to wander away where Satan prowls, ready to devour them (1 Pet 5:8). (pp. 64-65).

It makes no sense to keep welcoming people in the front door if they are allowed to gradually slip out the back. (p. 71)

The best leaders (for any organization, not just religious ones) are those who see themselves as servant leaders. (p. 118).

Church leaders who fail to encourage, facilitate, and monitor spiritual growth indirectly assist God’s enemy. (p. 134).

As subsequent revisions occur, this segment will be updated so that Kindle readers can see what others found significant earlier and will also keep paperback and audio audiences informed.