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Believe it or not God did not intend for the christian church to be divided. He did not intend to have different types of Christianity. We as followers of Christ did that ourselves over the last 2000 years.

So why then do we find ourselves shopping around for churches like they are just items on the shelves of a supermarket? That we read the labels and find out what each church contains, what you're getting yourself into, and then make our choice based upon "man-made" interpretations of the same book? The bible, the same Word that every other christian church uses.

The question that begs asking is this; why can't we all just get along? Why can't we all just decide to put aside our differences and come together as one church to seek out God's purposes for us as followers and believers of Jesus Christ? The bible is clear that we are all called to love God and love our neighbors. Why can't we all do this together as one body united in the mission of Jesus? Where does all the red tape of today's "church" come from and who put it there?

I would encourage you all that if you have questions about what your church believes compared to other churches, go find out. But I implore to you take whatever you find with a grain of salt. I understand that entire christian faiths are built on these differences, but that is where I believe we have stopped being a church of we and more a church of me. We've tailored our "religion" to be more about who's right and who's wrong. If that is even an issue for debate then dare I say we've missed the whole point!

If we are all sons and daughters of the same God, if we as Christians believe that Jesus died on a cross and rose again, then can we not agree that everything else, the differences, are relatively small? Not small enough to ignore, but small enough so that they aren't the main reason for our Christian faith being a constant "them vs. us." We are Christians. Plain and simple. Our faith is in the same God, and our mission from Him is a constant throughout all religions. Let no smaller things take that away.

Markonius~