Is a divided church no church at all?
You know, you could probably make a case either way. God created us in all our individuality. He delights in our differences. He made us that way. We are not meant to be mindless automatons. That said, we are supposed to live in unity, harmony and peace. We are supposed to love each other. So I guess as long as the differences are amicable, there probably isn’t any problem. It is when we fight among ourselves that it is a problem. It is when we make our differences more important than loving God and loving one another that it is a problem. Anything that distracts us from Him is a sin, even if it is a good thing. For example: God created sex. Sex is a good thing. It binds couples together in love. It creates new life. It is definitely a good and Godly thing. But when you make sex a means to an end, when you misuse it, when you allow it to come between you and God, it becomes a sin. The sex is not the sin. The act of allowing it to become more important than God and a distraction from Go
