We are in a boat we know is seaworthy, but the currents are very strong.
Secular forces move people from having any kind of faith.
It is incumbent on us as leaders to give symbols of our oneness in Jesus Christ. Almquist told the leaders after he and Bishop Joseph Martino, the archdiocecan ecumenical officer, read a joint statement by the the two local church bodies. It is incumbent on us as leaders to give symbols of our oneness in Jesus Christ. Differences remain between the two churches' teachings on this central tenet of salvation, the statement acknowledges. But the consensus represented by the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification fills all Christians with great hope and even greater resolve to heal the disunity among Christians, a disunity so sorely contrary to Jesus' will.