Today I want to talk about an idea that was tossed out briefly in our American political circles. That is the idea of unity. Obviously that was a shorted live political idea and this blog is not a political one. But what it made me think about is the current disunity in the body of Christ. This is important as we continue to look at what it means to lead as a Christian in the current culture.
You don’t have to look far to see this disunity. I want to think about where this comes from and more, what would unity look like – or at least the beginning of unity. Also I’m not talking today about the thousands of denominations. I have strong opinions on that but for today let’s phrase it this way; Assuming our denominational divisions how can we have a more unified front in our western culture. Even then some aren’t going to like my answers but that’s nothing new for me. Ha!
Let’s start with a couple of the main causes of our disunity.