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Why can one not call another member by their denomination?

I read this here

As a brother in the Lord and a minister of the Gospel I wil recommend the following:

Abstain from calling anyone a Calvinist or Arminian unless they call themselves that.

I think we all want to be known as bible believing Christians and not be defined by a title that brings so much controversy among us.

The bit tha gets to me is "we are bible believeing Christians and not be defined by a title that brings so much controversy among us"

WHAT? If denominations dont matter, why do people start up new denominations every day? Surely one has to accept that the 40K plus denominations are NOT unified. Just read the Discussion Losing Salvation!! A major topic that you guys cannot agree on!

Can any one explain why Evangelicals want to pretend they all share the exact same beliefs?

So far I have learned that in most cases the ONE thing they agree is that The Bible is the SOLE authority. However each one interpretes it is another story that NO ONE seem to be prepared to face! Evangelicals are not UNITED. How can you expect people to see you like you are?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Vernon McEntire on January 6, 2011 at 3:39pm

Ya-el, I don't always agree with David, but I think that we are very blessed to have him in this community. With regard to his last statement, I think that's the most important one. I still have to repent daily. When I do, my vision of Christ not only remains clear, it gets clearer month after month. It's exciting to think how beautiful Christ could become to me in the thirty years I may have left in this body! I'm getting wiser as I get stupider, so some things are getting easier. Specifically, my most deeply besetting sin used to be intellectual (including theological) pride. David won't like this, but as the decades have passed, I have been able to say, "It's OK that I don't know the answer" to more and more religious questions, and focus more and more on the divine personality revealed in Christ Jesus the Lover of my soul!

Permalink Reply by David Velasquez on January 6, 2011 at 5:10pm

Thanks for the kind words brother. Whatcha talkin bout Willis? you don't alwasy agree with me? hahaha

Hey - I actually agree very much with this statement: "It's OK that I don't know the answer"

I usually put it like this: I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT GOD TO TRUST HIM WIHT THE THINGS I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND OR KNOW.

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