> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.dashhouse.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Substitutes for Transformation
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2005126substitutes-for-transformation-html/
- Published: 2005-01-26T19:03:56.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:35:04.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Quotes, #DashHouseCom, #wp

Another quote (sorry, Pam):

> Conforming to boundary markers too often substitutes for authentic transformation. The church I grew up in had its boundary markers. A prideful or resentful pastor could have kept his job, but if ever the pastor was caught smoking a cigarette, he would’ve been fired. Not because anyone in the church actually thought smoking a worse sin than pride or resentment, but because smoking defined who was in our subculture and who wasn’t