confusion and correction

So i've decided i'm most apt to write late at night. I've been thinking lately a lot. I guess I just want to encourage everyone to just get real with each other. It makes life so much better. I also want to encourage us to just be the Church as it was meant to be- UNIFIED! I feel that we as the Church get so hung up on pointless debates about free will/predestination, what worship music is better, whether praying to Mary is right or not, etc. In the end all these things are very trivial in comparison to the fact that we all believe in the same basic tennants of the Christian faith namely; the virgin birth, that God created everything (yes it is possible He used evolution for this-thats your call), that Christ lived and died a sinless man and rescued us from our sins when he died and rose again for us, that Christ is comming back again, that we have Christ's Spirit in us when we confess with our mouths and believe in our hearts that Christ is Lord. In the end Catholics, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Baptists, etc. are all the same thing- the Church.

Truthfully I can't think of one person I've ever met who loves the division of the Church into these stupid denominations. Its only because our Church "leaders" can't get over themselves and their unflenching committment to a certain theology, rather than Christ himself, that we have these dumb denominations. And yet I do encourage people to know what they believe and why on these dividing issues. But we should be dogmatic about the things that form the core of our beliefs only. Lets not let politicians divide us because they only want a vote and could care less about the purpose of the Church or its ethics. We should never be more loyal to a politician or political party than we are to our fellow brothers and sisters in the body of Christ. So lets be like the Church of Acts that shared everything, cared for everyone, and excluded no-one. For Christ accepts everyone to come as they are, He just wont let them stay the same once they see the truth of His love. No one can stay the same in the face of Love. Amen!
Much love and respect-
J
"Happy the pure in heart, they shall see God" Matthew 5:8