some paragraphs from "Courage and Calling" by Gordon T. Smith:

" A misguided sense of duty is exposed in another way when we confuse compliance with the important and legitimate discipline of spiritual submission. We are called to live in submission within the Christian community. We cannot function effectively within the organizations in which we work if we do not acknowledge and live out of the reality that someone must have authority and will probably make decisions with which we disagree.

Compliance is another matter. When pp in authority call for compliance, they are calling for unthinking, undiscerning obedience. Many religious leaders want this, implying that anyone who differs with them is disloyal, either to them or to the church. They believe that compliance and submission are one and the same.

We are called to accountability and submission; we are called to live in gracious harmony within the Christian community and this means that we need to let leaders lead. But we must never equate the voice of leadership with the voice of God. We must always distinguish between teh prompting of the Spirit on the one hand, and the voice of human authorities on the other. Our fundamental posture must be one of submission and honor; but we must live and work with the understanding that the voice of God and the voice of those in authority over us are not necessarily the same."

xin1 (heart) de2 (gains): we are called to be submissive, but that does not mean following someone else's lead w/out thinking or making sure that it is from God.......