Sometimes I think we make it too easy to join the church. We’ve set the bar too low. Anybody can get in. Even sinners like you . . . and me. Suppose we required people to walk on hot coals as an initiation into the church? Maybe people would take church membership more seriously. I thought about fire-walking when I read an item from Adam Horowitz’s book, Dumbest Moments in Business History.

Horowitz tells about a group of Burger King employees who went on a corporate retreat to Key Largo, Florida back in 2001. The trip was a team‑building exercise for the fast‑food chain’s marketing department, and the highlight of the training was a fire-walking exercise. Each of the 100 people in attendance was to walk barefoot across an eight‑foot length of hot coals while co‑workers cheered.

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