tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post2644270792304139602..comments2023-09-07T04:43:10.746-04:00Comments on Building His Body: Question of the Week: Why So Many Denominations?Anne Lang Bundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-80314400753233664732010-04-09T11:57:18.778-04:002010-04-09T11:57:18.778-04:00David ~
(Since you repeat your comment here, I&#...David ~ <br /><br />(Since you repeat your comment here, I'll repeat my reply here.)<br /><br />I'm grateful for your remark. I hope it brings balance, since I definitely appreciate the reasons for distinction and diversity and definitions. I can even accept the labels that help identify those. For example, I appreciate Roman Catholic reverence and social activism, Charismatic exhuberance in praise, and Baptist fundamentalism which embraces truth. <br /><br />But my experience has been that people have a tendency to identify with the label more than with the Lord. They tend to exalt practice above the Person. They sacrifice mercy for method.<br /><br />I still hear remarks such as a Baptist preacher who rebukes his congregation with the words, "You're singing like a bunch of Methodists." People are still told they're not saved unless they speak in tongues / are baptized (or are baptized a certain way) / belong to a certain denomination. <br /><br /><b>Jesus Christ</b> alone is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.<br /><br />Denominational divisions tend to make me bristle. I earnestly pray that I allow it only enough to make me work all the harder toward unified diversity. And I hope I've brought that balance here.Anne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-22566965690604979642010-04-09T07:57:50.636-04:002010-04-09T07:57:50.636-04:00It's true that some denominations are due to i...It's true that some denominations are due to infighting and division.But, many are simply born out of history and need. <br /><br />A number of denominations were started in countries that had revivals. The churches that came out of those revivals gathered for encouragement and to share resources. <br /><br />As time went on, those honorable principles faded and for the most part, denominations are simply organizational bodies.David@ Red Letter Believershttp://www.redletterbelievers.comnoreply@blogger.com