The true obstacle to unity is not difference but self-centeredness.
02488 – Obstacle to Unity
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02288 – Differences? We Need Each Other
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
02175 – Exaltation vs. Exploitation of Jesus
Recognize the difference between the exaltation of Jesus and the exploitation of Jesus. You can stick the name of Jesus on anything. On any church, on any speech, on any campaign, on any ministry, business, banner, t-shirt, or car bumper and shamelessly exalt the...
02155 – Doubting God vs. Doubting My Understanding of God
It dawned on me that there’s a difference between doubting God and doubting my understanding of God. Would I be able to doubt my understanding of God while simultaneously trusting God beyond my understanding? In a strange way, that question for the first time in my...
02120 – Music Cuts Through All Boundaries
We are the same. There is no difference anywhere in the world. People are people. They laugh, cry, feel, and love, and music seems to be the common denomination that brings us all together. Music cuts through all boundaries and cuts right to the soul.
02056 – What Divides Us?
It's not our differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.
02002 – Our Differences Don’t Divide Us
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
01981 – Unity vs. Uniformity
Unity is not the same as uniformity. Unity, in fact, is the reconciliation of differences, and those differences must be maintained. We must actually distinguish things and separate them, usually at a cost to ourselves, before we can spiritually unite them (Ephesians...
01746 – Mission-Driven Communities
In a mission-driven community, harmony emerges when diverse people synchronize voice, vision, and energy around a common goal. Trivial differences diminish and the common mission replaces personal agenda.
01708 – Hate is as All-Absorbing as Love
Hate is as all-absorbing as love, as irrational, and in its own way as satisfying. As lovers thrive on the presence of the beloved, haters revel in encounters with the one they hate. They confirm him in all his darkest suspicions. They add fuel to all his most burning...