Whether you be “strong” or “weak” on a particular issue, the Apostle Paul is clear in 1 Corinthians 8 and Romans 14 as to how Christians ought to disagree with one another. Strife and/or separation do not seem to be–at all–the way in which Paul recommends Christians ought to handle their disagreements, but is this not the way many Christians handle disagreement? How can it be, with so much instruction on how to handle disagreement, that Christians either ignorantly or arrogantly go about their own way!

In our Midweek Bible Study & Prayer (Wednesday nights at 6:30), we have been working through Romans 14 in a series through the Epistle to the Romans. In this chapter, Paul does not have in mind top-tier, “first importance” (1 Cor. 15:3) issues in mind but tertiary issues that, while significant, are not worth dividing over in the way gospel-related or orthodoxy issues would be.

We are going to break from the exposition through Romans tonight in order to look at this article by Andy Naselli and JD Crowley published on the 9Marks website. Printouts will be available tonight for us all to work through.

See you then!