Debominationalism

Who is Paul, who is Apollos?

Who is Cephas, who is who?

Denomination or abomination?

Is Christ divided?

Who then is loyal to him?

Are you loyal to an abomina...

Uh, I mean a denomination?

Or are you loyal to Christ?

Can you be truly loyal to both?

It is a rhetorical question

One body, one Spirit, one hope

One Lord, one faith, one baptism

One God and Father of all

How many denominations?

"A kingdom divided against itself

Cannot stand"

The oldest rule of warfare:

Divide and conquer

Glorify the enemy?

Surely not!

But do these divisions glorify God?

Another rhetorical question

Ten fingers and ten toes: good

But severed from the hand: useless

There is one Head, one body

But it's a body made to dance

Fluid and graceful, alive and vibrant

Not to be bound invalid

Quaking with dystrophy

Soiling itself

Where do the rivers run deep?

Not in denominations

Not in Christian City

But over there, across the desert

Across the burning sand

Where there is no water

But water from the Rock

Over there, past where churchianity died

Way past where the best of tradition fell short

Where the music of heaven sounds

And the voice of many waters rises

In the Holy City

United we stand, divided we fall

Holy means whole, completed

Not divided, not denominated, not dominated

Paul, Apollos and Cephas are together now

In the Holy City

Where there are no, abomina...

Demoniza...

Denominations

Stephen Pursell, 9/04