Bears repeating, thanks metmom.
...the beauty of the unity of the Spirit, is that any believer can have communion and fellowship with any other believer in spite of differences in worship style, how communion is served, whether women should wear long dresses and long hair, whether you speak in tongues or not, what day of the week you worship, whether you eat meat or not, whether you're OK with an occasional beer or glass of wine or not, and so on.
We've learned to relax over things that are not critical in matters of salvation. The foremost unity comes from salvation by grace through faith in Christ.
Almost everything else is incidental and Catholics simply cannot tolerate shades of gray. With them is has to be black and white, period. No questions asked.
The freedom found in Christ is simply beyond their comprehension.
I have walked into many Christian churches for the first time and instantly realize that I am among family, brothers and sisters in the Lord.
The unity among Christians is amazing.
“have walked into many Christian churches for the first time and instantly realize that I am among family, brothers and sisters in the Lord”
That is truly amazing considering there are approx. over 40,000 christian denominations and counting. Many idividual churches with leaders, that have NO accountability to anyone. The exact number of churches is unknown because churches like Westborow Babtist Church (sp) pop up everywhere and NO ONE is keeping track. With God all things are possible.