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Originally Posted by Igzy
Trust me, I'm still a work in progress. But I'm happier and freer than I've ever been, though I care for my agenda and reputation less. At the same time (as you guys have probably noticed) I don't get pushed around much.
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I have very much appreciated our give and take. We need fixed points in discussions, in order to measure where we are, and where we are, and are not, going. And if you have more fixed points than I, or they are more fixed than mine are, I take it as from the Lord.
At the same time, I equally appreciate people like
Peter asking hard (seemingly unanswerable, even) questions, and "pushing" us to at least consider and examine previously unquestioned tenets and assumptions. I think that the tension produced by both positions ("pushing" and "resistance")can lead to healthy discussions. As long as the respect is there: that is where, to me, Jesus' "Love one another" is an immutable aspect of fellowship. We don't love one another equivalent to the degree of mutual agreement. We simply love one another because God loves us.
I have long appreciated
OBW batting away my perhaps frivolous speculations. At the end of the day, whether or not anyone agrees with my present positions (which are evolving) matters no where near as much to me as "hey, someone out there is listening to my voice". And that is why the assembly of the faithful remains so attractive to me as a believer.