[H]e hath chosen us … according to the good pleasure of his will” – Ephesians 1:4-5
God’s has a will and it gave him good pleasure putting you in it long before you even arrived on the scene.
It is found in Christ. Don’t let discouragement cause you to quit before God’s purposes are fulfilled.
– fritz
Related Post: “God’s Kind of Ending“, February 13, 2010
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“What are the most damaging kinds of strife in a church?”
The quiet ones. The submerged, diffused, unacknowledged conflicts that smolder for years and years. If the institution is not willing to grab hold, debate, decide, reconcile, split, or whatever needs to be done, the issue becomes a cancer within. It eats at the body’s vitality, consuming its energy, spreading until the case is terminal.
Give me a genuine theological donnybrook any day. At least you know what you’ve got and can set up a process to deal with it.” – Lynn Buzzard1
– fritz
1. SURVIVAL GUIDE: MASTERING CONFLICT, ARTICLE 1, War and Peace in the Local Church A leadership interview with Lynn Buzzard, pg 8
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“And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews ” – Acts 5:1
“And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.” – Acts 11:2-3
We want to shy away from conflict – we all do, but it can be a good catalyst for necessary change
“We haven’t developed a very good theology of conflict in the church. We’ve talked so much about unity and peace. Nobody ever says, “Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a few quarrels?”
But when you look historically for the great moments of the church—the kind of things we make movies and write books about—they’re chock-full of angry, bitter conflict! No one ever hails those quiet times when everybody was having wonderful potluck suppers together.- Lynn Robert Buzzard1
– fritz
1 – SURVIVAL GUIDE: MASTERING CONFLICT, ARTICAL 1, War and Peace in the Local Church, A leadership interview with Lynn Buzzard, pg. 2
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