Posted on 08/09/2012 9:54:59 PM PDT by darrellmaurina
We most certainly do. When I was in school a professor once took a large sheet of paper and drew a dot on it and then asked each of us to describe what we saw. Invariably we all concentrated on the dot which accounted for something less than one tenth of one percent of the total area of the paper. No one really commented on the other 99.9%. We tend to do the same thing in these forums. We have significantly more in common than we hold differently. When we both profess that Jesus is Lord and Savior we have stated the 99.9%.
Eccumenicalism and cooperation is an area we have to trust to faith. Agreeing that it is not a recruiting tool or a negotiation, we must rejoice in what we have in common and respect what we as individuals hold different and work for the Glory of God, not ourselves or our denominations.
I have to say that as a Catholic I am prepared, in order to confront the threats to Christianity and to religious freedom, and to protect life and traditional marriage, and our liberties, to embrace what I do not yet know and accept what I do not understand, and trust that God will guide our efforts. I have faith that the separated brethren will stand with us. Peace be with you
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