BRIDGE BUILDER
Comedian Emo Philips explains how easy it is to divide God’s people:
In conversation with a person I had recently met, I asked, “Are you a Protestant or Catholic?” My new acquaintance replied, “Protestant.”
I said, “Me, too! What franchise?” He answered, “Baptist.”
“Me, too!” I said. “Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?”
“Northern Baptist,” replied. “Me Too! I shouted.”
We continued back and forth. Finally I asked, “Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist, Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist, Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?”
He replied, “Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist, Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.”
I said, “Die, heretic!”
Lutheran reformer Philip Melancthon proclaimed, “In the essentials, unity; in the non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity [love].”
It seems that some believers keep picking until we find something to disagree on. Perhaps it would be more godly to look for things we agree on rather than hunt until we find what we disagree on. Be a bridge builder this weekend.
Tags: denomination, division, unity
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