tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post8292811203891255047..comments2024-03-26T04:24:11.094-05:00Comments on Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology: Functional Relocation Outside the GospelDane Ortlundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583355241279798089noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post-79123404311916191102008-07-17T12:35:00.000-05:002008-07-17T12:35:00.000-05:00Thanks, Dane. The question I am asking is this. ...Thanks, Dane. <BR/><BR/>The question I am asking is this. How much does it take for me to see a Christian brother as my peer, on my level, eye-to-eye as my equal, such that my heart rejoices in that fellowship? <BR/><BR/>If my answer to that question is anything more than Christ alone, then I have lost sight of justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone apart from works, and I might even be using my allegiance to that very doctrine to undercut it, and I'm right back in Galatia.<BR/><BR/>It is a question of fellowship -- how I position myself emotionally and relationally with other Christians, including those (especially those) with whom I have legitimate differences of opinion.<BR/><BR/>Galatians 2:11-14 has been in the back of my mind for 30 years now, persistently asking me this question. Paul considered it a gospel question, nothing less.<BR/><BR/>God bless.<BR/><BR/>DadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com