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Still taking a break but I want to share what I have researched....

JimfromOhio

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Jim, I agree with absolutely all you've said...only you've said it much better than I could!

I am without a doubt with conservative veiws but try to give grace to those who don't have the same veiws.

Thank you.

I will still fellowship and debate with my Christian brethren even though I may not agree with their beliefs. Grace is about loving other people that we have the freedom to do so but at the same time, respect how they practice their beliefs. I just let God handle their beliefs that I disagree with.
 
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Amen Jim. I look forward to many respectful disagreements with you, and I hope that we'll also find much to agree on too. God bless you brother, thank you for bringing your gift of wisdom and clarity to us.
 
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I can't speak for anyone else, but if that post is at all typical of you, I'm going to love having you around. That was delightful!

 
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The main reservation I have to the idea that a Moderate is really a Conservative with good manners and a calm disposition is that there is nothing in Conservatism that requires anyone to be ill tempered and/or prickly...and most of them are neither.

Maybe what this forum is, then, is a forum for people who don't care too much for labels.

"As a moderate Christian, a person desires to be well-balanced, calm, careful, steady, and sane."

That's a Christian who behaves with moderation, that's all. Not a "Moderate Christian."
 
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That works for me!

We'll decide on a better name soon. Of course God's love for us is not moderate, and our love for Him shouldn't be either! But what we should be is loving to each other, and not contentious or argumentative. I think we're off to a good start on that here.
 
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