From the June, 2002 issue of *Touchstone*

The Privilege of the Perfect by Thomas S. Buchanan

The Privilege of the Perfect

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
—1 Corinthians 2:14–16

For a birthday present, my daughter once received a board game called “What Would Jesus Do?” The goal of the game is to travel around the board until one has acquired a sufficient number of “Christlike character traits” and is ready to ascend the final golden r . . .

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