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Contention: a point advanced in debate or argument

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contention
 The constellation of
contentiousness
litigious

disputative controversial
combative

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mongst the faithful, Contention froths from
and leads to chaos and confusion.
Texts: Acts 11:1-18;
Romans 15:1-12

Topic: Mutual acceptance among Christians

Thesis: Accepting each other becomes an

antidote to contention, chaos and confusion.

Title: CBC Value #3,

We Will Accept Each Other
1. In the Church, we differ from each other.

“And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those

who kept the rule of circumcision had an
argument with him, Saying, You went to men
without circumcision, and took food with them.”
(Ac 11:2-3 BBE)
2. In the Church, we are all the same.

“So then, take one another to your hearts, as

Christ took us, to the glory of God.”

(Ro 15:7 BBE)

 “Even as the angry,
vengeful thoughts boiled
through me, I saw the sin
of them. Jesus Christ had
died for this man; was I
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going to ask for more?
Lord Jesus, I prayed,
Corrie ten Boom
forgive me and help me to
forgive him.”
http://www.humiliationstudies.org/documents/DanaherCorrieTenBoomsStory.pdf