"Christianity did not begin with a confession. It began with an invitation into friendship, into creating a new community, into forming relationships based on love and service."
"Doctrine is to be the balm of a healing experience of God, not a theological scalpel to wound and exclude people."
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Source: Moving Beyond Tribal Religion by Ryan Thomas Neace, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 1, 2014.
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