We want an end to the culture wars.
We want a truce between science and faith.
We want to be known for what we stand for, not what we are against.
We want to ask questions that don’t have predetermined answers.
We want churches that emphasize an allegiance to the kingdom of God over an allegiance to a single political party or a single nation.
We want our LGBT friends to feel truly welcome in our faith communities.
We want to be challenged to live lives of holiness, not only when it comes to sex, but also when it comes to living simply, caring for the poor and oppressed, pursuing reconciliation, engaging in creation care and becoming peacemakers.
But they ALL MUST be backed by sound Biblical doctrine!
“becoming peacemakers.”
Peace is not something that can be attained without struggle, and generally armed struggle. This is because peace is not a permanent condition, but an interval. It is the interval between the last time we kicked evil’s butt, and the next time evil attacks. And there will always be a next time, right until the last trump.
Most often the actual peacemaker is the soldier using weapons to kill the minions of evil, and the weakling who blathers about appeasing evil is nothing more than a useful idiot whose efforts serve only to run up the butcher’s bill.