Most small groups are anything but redemptive powerhouses because, while the wineskin might be the right size, they don’t have the right wine. You can do some study till you’re blue in the face, and it won’t heal the brokenhearted or set the captives free. We come; we learn; we leave. It is not enough. Those hearts remain buried, broken, untouched, unknown. It is the Way of the Heart … that turns a small fellowship into a redemptive community.
-John Eldredge