ON TOLERANCE
"The truth is being lost in our churches, not by those who teach errors, but by the men who don�t care. They sit indifferently as though they weren�t involved, as though they could be noble gentlemen by being above all such struggling. They don�t realize that all we need to do to lose the truth is nothing. Then there are those who throw the dirt of slander at the finest fighters. They�ll have to face God for that" (Christian News, June 22, 1992).
"Those who defend heretics, even if they do not believe in their teachings, are guilty of lending credibility to their heresies, and will be held accountable to God for the souls that are destroyed as a result" (Al Dager).
"From the Liberality which says that everybody is right; from the Charity which forbids to say that anybody is wrong; from the Peace which is bought at the expense of Truth; may the good Lord deliver us" (J.C. Ryle).
"On all hands we hear cries for unity in this and unity in that; but in our mind the main need of this age is not compromise but conscientiousness. �First pure, then peaceable...� It is easy to cry, �A confederacy,� but that union that is not based on the truth of God is rather a conspiracy than a communion. Charity by all means: but honesty also. Love of course, but love to God as well as love to men, and love of truth as well as love of union. It is exceedingly difficult in these times to preserve one�s fidelity before God and one�s fraternity among men. Should not the former be preferred to the latter if both cannot be maintained? We think so" (C.H. Spurgeon).
"To seek unity with false prophets without challenging their errors leaves one�s own beliefs open to questions. Those who defend heretics, even if they do not believe in their teachings, are guilty of lending credibility to their heresies, and will be held accountable to God for the souls that are destroyed as a result. It�s up to those that know the truth to defend the church against false teachers whatever the cost to unity or to personal benefit" (Al Dager).
The Crowd that refuses to point out error Nothingarians or Neutrality party
"That�s the wrong spirit--AVOID the liberal! I love to be with liberals, especially if they are willing to be taught, much more than with hard- boiled Fundamentalists who have all the answers. ... Evangelicals should seek to build bridges" (Stephen Olford, cited by Dennis Costella, "Amsterdam �86: Using Evangelism to Promote Ecumenism," Foundation, July-August 1986).
"At Fuller we are characterized by balance in that we are an institution of �both-and� rather than �either-or.� We seek to be both Evangelical and ecumenical..." (David Allan Hubbard, President, Fuller Theological Seminary (Christianity Today, Feb. 3, 1989, p. 71).
"I�m not a charismatic. However, I don�t feel it�s my calling to shoot great volleys of theological artillery at my charismatic brothers and sisters. ... More than ever we need grace-awakened ministers who free rather than bind: Life beyond the letter of Scripture ... absence of dogmatic Bible-bashing" (Charles Swindoll, The Grace Awakening, pp. 188,233).
"LUIS PALAU�S form of worship presents such a broad Christian message that it appeals to Protestants and Catholics alike ... [Palau] carefully avoids the controversial differences between Catholics and Protestants" (The Arizona Republic, Oct. 31, 1992).
"Wagner makes negative assessments about nobody. He has made a career out of finding what is good in growing churches, and affirming it without asking many critical questions" (Tim Stafford, "Testing the Wine from John Wimber�s Vineyard," Christianity Today, August 8, 1986, p. 18).
"It has become a favorite pastime of new-evangelical writers, who know so little of historic Fundamentalism, to call it offensive names, as if to bury it by opprobrium. The real danger is not strong Fundamentalism but a soft and effeminate Christianity--exotic but cowardly. It is sad that these men would not heed the warning of W.B Riley about the menace of �middle-of-the-roadism�" (Dollar, A History of Fundamentalism in America, 1973, p. 208).
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while there's a premium on clarity, David, average TT readers dealing with 'strife' may want to consider a fuller, perhaps more concrete picture of your view of tolerancesome sample questions might help out:how does tolerance factor into your world view? E.g., is tolerance global or is it of certain people?is love associated as closely with tolerance as it is with unity?what reference/s allow one to form the clearest answers to questions about 'tolerance'; also, about the relationship between tolerance and unity?GOn Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:38:57 -0500 "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>*note subject change>Subject was "Basis of Unity"||>We need to practice more tolerance ..
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