A couple of quotes from an article I read recently written by Seth Dunn.
"In the church world, people seem to think that things revolve around everything being right, which means you are always at work, aiming to show that you are right. This means that if someone disagrees with you, then you not only have to prove yourself right, you have to prove them wrong."
"God does not exhort me to prove myself right, but rather in love to show myself as one who believes. We are exhorted to live the Gospel of Peace, not to show ourselves as right."
"Walking in love gives us the freedom to make corrections and ajustments and leave our identity in Christ intact. If I am trying to prove that I am right, then I am standing on my own strength and cannot make changes without admitting that I was wrong ( which is hard for most people).
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