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Blogging Craig's mental space...

nb. this post was published a while ago. Blogger's been a bit weird and I've had to re-post it.
A little while ago I wrote:

In the end, churches have to stand for something. If they don't they have no basis in truth.

Since then I've seen a lot of posts around and have tried to apply myself to the question a little.

The posts are here:
Maggi Dawn and Sean the Baptist's link from there.
Steve Taylor at e~mergent kiwi.
Posts at Heretic's Corner here, here and here.

Paul at Prodigal Kiwi(s) writes:

Walking side-by-side means that I will honour and bless the unique ways in which God is at work in you. I will encourage you to grow, to become more, to fix your eyes on Jesus, to share in this adventure that is faith-development. I will learn to love unconditionally, and as I’ve already said, I will leave any judgement to God who sees and knows perfectly. (here)

I think this humility in judgement is very useful in questioning ideas of tolerance, however it should never become naive or a cop-out.

What's more difficult: unconditional love or following conviction?

I've been pondering this since my recent tramp, where a friend challenged me (indirectly) on matters on conviction. It's the eternal balancing act between truth and love. Conviction based on faith and reason is good. Very good. I guess I'm having a hard time deciding what is worth fighting for. I'm still pondering.

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