Christian Unity in Three Steps

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Real differences exist between real Christians. But where we lack unity of conviction, we can share unity of humble, sacrificial disposition.

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0:00.0	Well, happy Friday and welcome back to the podcast.
0:06.4	Pastor John is back in the studio with us back to talk with us about Christian unity today.
0:11.6	We love Christian unity.
0:12.9	We aspire for more Christian unity, but Christian unity is not uniformity.
0:19.4	Differences exist among believers.
0:21.7	So Christian unity gets pretty complex leading to a question like this one today on 1st
0:26.5	Peter 3 verse 8.
0:29.7	Here is the email.
0:31.5	Hello Pastor John, my name is Charlotte and I live in Yorkshire, England.
0:35.9	My question for you has puzzled me for years.
0:38.3	In 1st Peter 3, 8 Peter urges the exiled Christians to have unity of mind.
0:44.6	That's Peter's exact phrase, unity of mind.
0:47.4	I once heard a preacher say that this unity of mind does not however mean uniformity.
0:53.2	Since then, I've struggled to understand the difference.
0:56.3	We have basic creeds and confessions that we must all agree on as the very foundations
1:02.4	of Christianity.
1:04.6	Beliefs otherwise would be heretical.
1:07.5	How then can we not have uniformity?
1:10.6	What is this unity of mind?
1:13.1	Peter didn't insert a clause that left this just to church leaders only to pursue.
1:18.4	So how does the individual Christian pursue this?
1:22.0	I have often shared this perplexity about how unified our convictions and our preferences
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