Tangents, sidebars, and the making of conflict

Simple instructions through a summary of Romans 14 in reference to "disputable matters".

Mark Lauterbach:

Romans 14 gives us simple direction:

1. Do not judge and do not despise those with whom you have differences in these matters.

2. Welcome those with whom you differ as your brother or sister since Christ has already welcomed them.

3. Do not welcome them for the purpose of disputing these things.

4. Keep you convictions to yourself. God is pleased that you have them and you live by them. He is not pleased when you make them points of contention or self-assertion.

5. Serve each other in love despite these differences.

6. Be of one mind about the main thing!

Let us flee from tangents and sidebars and pursue agreement on the main thing.

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