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Originally Posted by Dave
You make an excellent point about the LC and how WL characterized everyone else but himself. I am just wondering about the alternatives with some Biblical and historical perspective. It seems that we come up with various reasons (excuses?) to justify all the different names of denominations, groups, upstarts, churches, ministries, etc and then throw them all under one cloak of "Christ" or "fundamental Christianity" etc when that doesn't seem to be what the NT is saying. How is this clarified?
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I don't think that in a post-LC world, anyone here is 'excusing' demoninations. Rather the existance of denominations is accepted as an inevitable fact of life, a problem which is no one's responsibility to solve.
Our responsibility is to endevour to keep the unity of the Spirit. And the word 'endevour' implies that there may be failure here and there. If we do fail, all is not lost.
So my point is simply that the alternative to division is a personal responsibility in getting along with others, both Christians and non-Christians alike.