My role is to be exclusive, to lift up Christ, but he can be as inclusive as he wants to be. We can be so busy being nice that we don't speak the truth. I don't get that. I need some help. It grieves me deeply that my son has left the church because he cannot bear to always be labeled.
Some passages are more illuminating for faith and life than others.
I chose the Presbyterian Church because it was confessional. I wanted to serve in a denomination that was grounded in more than my experience. I think we have different views. Otherwise, Christ becomes a mascot for our ideas generated by other sources. My colleagues and I are trying with everything we have to follow the Jesus revealed in Scripture.