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Theology and Loving One AnotherI read the recent comment by the brother on Prayer for Oneness, and it was beautiful. One of the main objections to love and unity among Christians is usually that to love in a doctrinally indiscriminate manner is perceived to actually compromise sound theology. I think we need to have a bit of a different perspective on this so that we are not compromising either. May I suggest that we not compromise sound doctrine (yay!) but that we rethink how we procede to bring others into an understanding of sound doctrine? Can we love someone who's immature, in error, maybe even stubbornly WRONG in their doctrine? I think we can because we know that Christ loved us when we were just that. Okay, that's settled. Now, with that spirit of love and acceptance between you and the doctrinal toddler, adopt a vision of months, even years of gracious, loving, patient and non-judgmental dialogue between you and them. Too often we insist that the brother or sister be divinely delivered to us fully grown and able to change his or her own theological diapers. If you think this is the way God's kingdom is supposed to work, we who have raised children to adulthood collectively laugh in your face! This is more of a challenge because we like our institutions to be established and running quickly. But the kingdom is not an institution, it is an organic assembly of diverse people for whom Christ died. And having died for them, He considers them precious beyond belief! We should treat them accordingly, even as they stumble their way through doctrinal pubescence and beyond. This is not compromising sound doctrine, it's living out as it's supposed to be. By XSBC on 2007 Jul 28 - 16:21 | Ecclesiology | XSBC's blog | add new comment | email this page | printer friendly version | 496 reads
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