Quotes on “Unity in Diversity”

“Linking arms with charismatics, pentecostals, and evangelisticals of every stripe, I have joined in the crusade against this outrageous perversion-not only by book and lecture, but also on the airwaves.  Sometimes uncomfortable airwaves.  Each time I have walked onto the set of “Pat Robertson’s “700 Club,” for example, I have wondered what in the world I’m doing there.  For the sake of the cause, however, I put on a brave face and do the interview.  (Christian television is one of the few avenues I have to promote my books and my message to the kind of readers who care about what I’m saying.)  Despite yawning doctrinal gaps between us, on any number of issues I have common cause with Pat Robertson.” [F. Lagard  Smith; “Who Is My Brother”; 1997 Cotswold Publishing;  pg. 65]

“The only way we can have unity without diversity is to have an artificial unity.  Brethren on both sides of the issue cannot bring themselves to accept those with whom they cannot agree.” – [Charles Wheeler; preacher for the church of Christ in Cherry Tree, PA; Wed Mar 6, 2002; Berean Spirit Study List; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BereanSpirit/message/48747]