Posted on 04/05/2005 12:10:44 PM PDT by GospelUnion
One thing I've been thinking about is where the blame lies for the current state of factionalism in Christianity. As a parent, I don’t tolerate my children blaming someone else for their own unloving actions. “He started it,” I hear. When I follow up on the story, I usually find out a little more than I wanted to know about the ability of children to think like lawyers, and present the facts as skillfully as any defense attorney.
But my children also know the response they will get from me. I always point back to their God-given responsibility for their own behavior, regardless of who “started it.”
Who is alive today that actually caused the divisions around us? When it comes to spearheading a split and causing a division, very few people are actually alive who made things the way they are right now. ...
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