"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things" (1 Corinthians 13:4-7). 

IDEA: We can make too little or too much of our doctrinal differences.

Do you think that all the divisions we see between denominations, churches, or Christians are the result of differences in doctrine? Are other feelings at work?

Do you think it is legitimate for Christians to disagree over biblical or theological truth?

We can make too little over our doctrinal differences.

I. Non-Christians make “too little” of doctrinal differences. They see all the differences as trivial. 

Are they?

Can Christians in good conscience and with good spirit draw lines where they believe vital issues are at stake? We differ because we desire to please God.

We have to “call it as we see it.” We can “agree to disagree.” What does that mean?

II. What I believe about a certain issue is how I hear God’s Word at present. It isn’t because I “don’t like” other Christians.

While we all draw circles that exclude others, it’s when we are on the receiving end of the exclusion that we get upset.  (Jim McGuiggan, Where the Spirit of the Lord Is )