Disagreeing with Other Christians

"Disagreeing with Other Christians" | Watch This Episode on YouTube {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/disagreeing-with-other-christians\/#arve-youtube-erfm-95qdm8656f3ccc39915442198672","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/erFM-95qdm8?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0","name":"Disagreeing with Other Christians","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/STP-S24-EP04-Love-Over-Differences.jpg","uploadDate":"2023-05-18","description":"Disagreeing with Other Christians"} Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel Support Our Podcast Join Our Mailing List Watch Us On Rumble Related MessagesThe following sermons will help us to think further through our approaches to the differences we have with other believers:The Behavior of a Healthy ChurchThe Church in it's Right MindKeys To Church UnityGetting Along in the Family of God - Part 1Getting Along in the Family of God - Part 2Loving Those With Whom We DifferThe Worthy Walk - Part 2Gentleness "Disagreeing with Other Christians" | Watch this episode on Vimeo {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/disagreeing-with-other-christians\/#arve-vimeo-821823456656f3ccc3aa92683243675","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/821823456?h=74e49c9bd3&dnt=1&app_id=122963&html5=1&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0","name":"Disagreeing with Other Christians","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/STP-S24-EP04-Love-Over-Differences.jpg","uploadDate":"2023-05-18","description":"Disagreeing with Other Christians"} Follow Us On Vimeo Listen to the Audio Podcast Subscribe on iPhone Subscribe on Android Subscribe on Spotify Disagreeing with Other ChristiansThis week on the Straight Truth Podcast, Dr. Josh Philpot shares some of the intense wrangling and controversial debates he sees happening within Christian circles. These things being talked about and sometimes hotly argued about are highly magnified by social media, the comment sections, and all the rest. Understanding that all believers, even within a solid local church, will not agree about everything, he asks Dr. Richard Caldwell how can Christians find a way through some of this. Can Christians disagree so strenuously and not cause disunity that brings harm to the body of Christ? What might be the best approach to having some of these discussions that need to be had? Can some of this lead us to dis-fellowshipping with other believers? Dr. Caldwell shares that these are great questions and honestly, they are difficult ones to navigate. He says it is sometimes difficult to know how to shepherd people on some of these things. However, something important to point out is that in Christianity, there is a unity that's been created by God, in salvation that is fixed and unchangeable. As believers in Jesus Christ, we are one. Jesus prayed for this, and the Father answered that prayer. There is a unity that we have, that even when we are not living it out, it still exists, and Heaven will reflect that. However, there are some non-negotiable terms of fellowship that have to do with us being believers. Some issues will be deal breakers when it comes to whom we consider to be our brother or sister and with those whom we can walk with in the most general kind of Christian fellowship. Beyond that, you move to the realm of the local church. You can also have a group of like-minded churches who will be able to fellowship together because of their like-mindedness. But the idea that you’re going to have unanimity of opinion about everything in the world across Christendom is just an unrealistic expectation. So if we ask where can we find true unity, the answer would be in the Christian family and the Christian church, one local church at a time.