Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 12:28-34
by: Ellen Olson.
In our church we have people with differing opinions on many issues. We have differences about how we keep the Sabbath. We have differences about how we celebrate holidays. We have differing opinions about the second coming. Yet, despite our differences we generally function as a healthy church involved in ministry to our community. How? Because like the teacher who was able to move beyond the arguments, questions, and nitpicking of the Pharisees and Saducees, we understand the central message of salvation. Our churches, like Jesus and like the teacher in the story, need to avoid majoring on the minors and focus on the greatest commandments, loving others and loving God.