Sharing Life and Christ

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. Ephesians 2:13-16 On the American religious front, our dividing wall of hostility (or perhaps it is better to say “one of our walls”) does not come in the form of religious zeal vs. pagan lawlessness , but is rather erected between firmly-held and energetically-defended political territories.   Unfortunately, what has happened within the Church…and by Church I am referring to orthodox, Bible-believing followers of Jesus (not self-proclaimed “Christians” who have abandoned truth for tolerance and misconstrued justice al...