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I understand and I'm sensitive to your lack of amusement Pastor Winzer. There are very good reasons for why some splits happen just as there are good reasons for why a family may need to leave a church. A church split is about as comical as a divorce or a death.
I've been in the 'business' of church for many, many years. I've held just about every office and position in a church. I've seen Christ work mightily through clay footed men and women; I've seen very unflattering and embarrassing weaknesses. The thing is, sometimes the reasons we break fellowship ARE frivolous and Christ is not honored. People lose purpose and focus and let pride and pettiness rule the moment. Sometimes one can't help concluding that what we witnessed was just plain stupid and worthy of ridicule. When the reason is frivolous I see nothing wrong with pointing that out. We make jokes because we are frustrated, we make jokes because we are scared that the same thing could happen to our church. We know the proper way to deal with a serious topic but some of us resort to humor in order to protect our own mindsets. Thank you for reminding us that we also need to keep the 'main thing' the main thing.
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