Direct Answer
The transcript does not specifically discuss modern evangelicals or list spiritual virtues, but Bercot implies that receiving truth through the church may be uncomfortable because it resists individualism and personal independence. It would require willingness to depend on others, especially the apostles and the earlier church, rather than insisting on direct private discovery.
Support from Transcript
- Bercot says, "The early Christians were content to receive the Christian truths secondhand through the apostles and the apostolic church. Why aren't we?" - He argues that Christ wants "a church" rather than "a cluster of lone rangers." - He says the church is "one body" dependent "on each other" and "on the church of the preceding centuries as well." - He criticizes "rugged individualism" as something that "is not what fuels the church." - He says the Spirit would lead Christians back to the early church witness "if only we could put aside our prejudices and preconceptions."
Discussion Follow-ups
Based on the chapter, this would require humility, teachability, and a willingness to lay aside inherited assumptions, though those virtues are inferred rather than directly named.