Need to hear them.Dear editor, Does not this wretched same-sex dispute bear more resemblance to a classic marriage breakdown than a doctrinal wrangle? For decades, the liberals haven't bothered to read or listen to what the conservatives have been putting out, and vice versa VICE VERSA. On the contrary; on opposite sides. . There are liberal parishes and conservative parishes and never the twain Never the Twain was a British sitcom produced by Thames Television, created by Johnnie Mortimer and starring Windsor Davies as Oliver Smallbridge and Donald Sinden as Simon Peel. shall meet. Now that an issue has popped up which has brought both to the surface, they realize how far apart they have grown. One is now screaming for divorce and both are fighting for sole custody of the "child," which each says it loves more than the other--namely, the Bible. It is a classic marriage breakdown that is happening, that needs skilled marriage counseling Marriage Counseling Definition Marriage counseling is a type of psychotherapy for a married couple or established partners that tries to resolve problems in the relationship. techniques, rather than yet more theological wrangling, which only adds fuel to the flames. Another insight I suggest is to see the Essentials movement in its historical context as a familiar "tighten-up and close ranks," which we saw in John the Baptist John the Baptist prophet who baptized crowds and preached Christ’s coming. [N.T.: Matthew 3:1–13] See : Baptism John the Baptist head presented as gift to Salome. [N.T.: Mark 6:25–28] See : Decapitation , Savonarola in 15th century Italy, Oliver Cromwell's Puritans and Martin Luther ("Here I stand"). Some expressions of this outlook have been unfortunate--the burning of witches, the Inquisition, McCarthyism--but those mistakes should not deter us from pursuing rigour rig·our n. Chiefly British Variant of rigor. rigour or US rigor Noun 1. in Christian faith and practice. I believe they are mistaken in basing belief on legalistic le·gal·ism n. 1. Strict, literal adherence to the law or to a particular code, as of religion or morality. 2. A legal word, expression, or rule. definitions, and that history is against them there, but we do need to hear them say their piece, in unemotive language, and not behind closed doors. Michael Skliros Brandon, Man. |
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