Faith: We don’t need to be the same, but we do need unity

Faith: We don’t need to be the same, but we do need unity

Karl Barth, a 20th century Swiss theologian, is quoted: "Take your Bible and take your newspaper and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.” As a pastor, this is how I was taught to preach — with the newspaper in one hand and Bible in the other. After reading Scripture, I was taught always to ask, “So what?” In other words, we can understand the narrative of a Gospel story or the commandments from the Old Testament or encouragement…