Thanks for some good words on the negative aspects of triangulation. It is important not to exaggerate or misrepresent or demonize others or their points of view. Charity is important when talking with or about those we disagree with. At the same time, while the glue of common faith practices and of a shared mission can bind us to people we disagree with, and most especially the Holy Spirit, this unity of the Spirit must also include and be based on the glue of a common and basic biblical confession, including our 3 forms of unity. And this is precisely what's at issue in our human sexuality disagreements. If we cannot agree on what constitutes central and fundamental biblical confessions, we shouldn't pretend that we share the "glue" needed to bind us together. Such differences should be honestly, though kindly, acknowledged, and unity encouraged by mutual submission to our shared confessions, or else we should kindly separate.
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Thanks for some good words on the negative aspects of triangulation. It is important not to exaggerate or misrepresent or demonize others or their points of view. Charity is important when talking with or about those we disagree with. At the same time, while the glue of common faith practices and of a shared mission can bind us to people we disagree with, and most especially the Holy Spirit, this unity of the Spirit must also include and be based on the glue of a common and basic biblical confession, including our 3 forms of unity. And this is precisely what's at issue in our human sexuality disagreements. If we cannot agree on what constitutes central and fundamental biblical confessions, we shouldn't pretend that we share the "glue" needed to bind us together. Such differences should be honestly, though kindly, acknowledged, and unity encouraged by mutual submission to our shared confessions, or else we should kindly separate.