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Can't We All Just Get Along?
by jesuskrazy
A prominent member of a particular approach was nearly murdered after
opponents from an opposing group essentially tried to go gangsta on him and
those of like mind because his views did not quite meet the opposing group's
standards.
A bad episode of "The Sopranos"?
Nope.
That was the 18th century saga of John Wesley and other Methodist-minded folk
having a hit put out on their behinds at the hands of some Calvinists who
weren't exactly "feelin" what these brothas had to say about
salvation, the Scriptures, etc.
Nevermind my own Calvinist leanings. Not important. What is buggin the
daylights out of me, is that though Christians today aren't literally killing
those within the Body of Christ because their views may differ, there is a whole
lotta hatin' and verbal murderation going on and God is not pleased.
Whether you subscribe to the Westminster Confession's version of Calvinism or
the Arminian Remonstrant argument, there has to be a better way of engaging one
another without doing drive-by character assassinations on your so-called
brothers and sisters in Christ.
I'm
rantin' about this because I see this in a number of theological
societies, well-respected ones too. Let's be clear: we have a right to defend
what we believe is right; however, that doesn't mean we have to do so
distastefully.
I'd never call the names of some of these societies that border on elitism.
Look around. They're there.
If the Church wants to be effective in the midst of the harvest, we need to
pay attention TO THE HARVEST----i.e. the freakin' people who are dying without
Jesus. The moment we fall too in love with our methodologies is the moment we
reduce our relationship with Christ to "casual" intimacy and lose
touch with the people we are sent to serve.
I AM OUT!
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jesuskrazy loves
jesus....jesuskrazy TRIES to love people the way jesus
loves people (ain't always easy)...jesuskrazy is learning what "feed My
sheep" really means...
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