Quarrels

"But I'm of Paul. I, rather, with Apollos. I, instead, with Cephas. Well, I'm of Christ." 1 Corinthians 1:12.

And so it goes. I'm of Luther. I'm of Leo XIV. I'm of Calvin. I'm of Nestorius. I'm of Arminius. I'm of Campbell. I'm of Augustine. I'm of Wesley. I'm of Menno. I'm of Athanasius. I'm of the Orthodox. I'm of the Protestants. I'm of the Messianics. I'm of the Pentecostals. I'm of the Roman Catholics. I'm of the Evangelicals. I'm of the Progressives. I'm of the East. I'm of the West. Oh, yeah? Well, I'm not with any of you losers - I'm with Christ - so there! put that in your pipe and smoke it! (As though Christ were divided and we were baptized into whom did not die for us.)

We meet today with a brother or sister humbled by fleshly quarrels. And giving thanks together we ask our God for forgiveness and for growth in the power of the cross of Christ.