Email: Practice makes perfect [SD]

Franklin is good to be saying that your choices determine your outcome (free will and all) and you should do what I call "see what is really going on"... but like many preachers he sounds formulaic, as in "Do A then B and you will achieve result C" (what I call one-size-fits-all, vending machine or assembly line faith). However, God has left so much more room for freedom, intuition and creativity in life than most preachers seem willing to admit (probably because they see freedom as an occasion to sin more than an occasion to bless). His message, "Practice makes permanent," encourages creating good habits because that's the most efficient way to keep people toeing the line, but the conventional wisdom, "Practice makes perfect," is geared beyond avoiding errors or encouraging mediocrity but to cultivating excellence.