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Direct Answer Bercot suggests some evangelicals develop suspicion toward set prayers and basic moral commands because they want to signal a “higher level” spirituality centered on being “saved” and “faith alone,” and they treat practices associated with Catholics as inferior. Jesus’ words challenge that by declaring the Golden Rule is not shallow at all but a summary: “this is the law and the prophets.”

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• He says it’s considered “unspiritual to pray the Lord’s prayer” in “so many circles today, particularly among evangelicals.”
• He says some also see the Golden Rule as unspiritual: “Oh, that’s something Catholics worry about… we’re on a much higher level than that.”
• He affirms it is foundational: “certainly the golden rule is a starting point.”
• He emphasizes its weight: Jesus says, “For this is the law and the prophets,” and Bercot adds it “sums up everything that had been given.”
• He warns against looking down on it: not “just for baby Christians… that’s where mature Christians should be.”