Individual Body Parts

I was quite concerned about the ‘life choices’ that a fellow believer was making, so we had a conversation along these lines:

“Why are you doing this?”
“Because I believe it’s what God wants me to do.”
“Oh… Well, there’s no arguing with that then is there.”
“No.”

Or is there?

I mean, to say that I disagree with them has little authority since they believe that they are simply a part of the body that has a different function to mine.

Maybe they have an Immovable Faith or maybe they have a Foolish and Misguided Pride.

Is there a frightening implication of untamed prophetic belief amongst liberal apostolic Christian movements in that people can, by and large, do what they want in the name of God?

If we are of One Spirit, shouldn’t there be a means by which the Individual Faith and the Corporate Faith collide and align?

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Diversity

“ We don’t see light until it hits something …”

“ The church is to display … to equip and release others to display God’s manifold wisdom in diverse ways, through diverse characters …”

“ ‘metanational’ … instead of ‘multinational’ … expressing a desire to bring the contributions of the many parts to the whole, rather than just bringing a single approach to the many ..."

3 thought-provoking blog excerpts from a conference delegate.

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