I was having a discussion the other day on the unity of the Churches of Christ and it is really ironically funny. We are a movement that grows out of the ‘essentials of salvation’, and we are all pretty much in agreement with those, ‘essentials’.  Yet we remain divided.  We are in unity in thought on the important aspects of the Bible and our salvation, yet we still are not unified.  How absurd.

When do we get over ourselves?  I am not favoring any positions, or on the sides of liberals or conservatives, but is it possible that Christians really could be just Christians.  These are the thoughts that moved the Restoration Movement and have escaped us today.  Maybe I find it hard to answer, ‘Where should I go to church?’, because I shouldn’t have to even answer that question.  I have heard the sides argue their positions, I have even been in the arguments, I once even chose a side (traditionalist).

I think relying on the ‘essentials’, embracing respect, and having an ability to have the Church not be about you really would go a long way in solving things.  Let’s be just Christians, rooted in the ‘essentials’, and learn to really love our brothers and sisters before ourselves.  Just because we have an opinion and we think we are right does not mean we NEED to always have our own way and voice it.  Unify in Christ, he demands it.