“There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism.” (Ephesians 4:5 NLT)
Our neighborhood Bible study attendees come from various denominational backgrounds--Methodists, Baptists, Evangelicals, and Catholics. The churches we belong to have many theological and ritualistic differences. However, our group tries to focus on commonalities. We can all agree on some things:
-God loves us unconditionally.
-Christ represents God’s sacrificial love.
-We are called to imitate Christ by loving and serving God and others.
In his bestselling book, The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman describes the various ways we show and receive love. Even though each of us has unique love languages, we can learn to express and understand love in all its multitudinous forms.
Most denominational differences can be boiled down to how we express our love to God and others. We may all have different love languages, traditions, and rituals--but at the core we all have One thing in common: God’s Love.
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