An Extended Thought

I had a conversation with Justin Beck regarding the previous post surrounding the topic of unity and diversity within the New Testament. The conversation led me to Raymond Brown and the paradoxical thoughts with which he concludes his book, The Churches the Apostles Left Behind. Brown writes…

"I contend that in a divided Christianity, instead of reading the Bible to assure ourselves that we are right, we would do better to read it to discover where we have not been listening. As we Christians of different churches try to give hearing to the previously muffled voices, our views of church will grow larger; and we will come closer to sharing common views."

Let's continue to work at "demufflizing" voices, in order that our views might grow larger and might come closer to sharing common views.

Ephesians 4