Church Infighting

Jim and Dwight are mortal enemies. They are also strange allies. They at once hate each other and respect each other. They fight with each other, so much so that they sometimes miss the real enemy: Staples.

So goes the church. There is always some sort of fight within churches. "You use the wrong Bible" "You don't baptize with enough water" "You use grape juice instead of wine." We often fight with each other and forget our true purpose: To reach out to those who don't know God.

The conflicts between Jim and Dwight provide humorous moments that make me laugh hysterically...like this joke my old Baptist preacher once told from the pulpit on Sunday:
" A newly deceased group arrives at the Gates of Heaven. St. Peter takes them on a tour of heaven. They pass by a mansion with an old American Flag outside. St. Peter says "That's where George Washington lives." Then they pass by a huge mansion that looked like a hut. St. Peter says "That's where Mother Teresa lives." Then they get close to a huge compound. St. Peter stops the tour and says "Be VERY, VERY quiet. That's the Church of Christ and they think they're the only ones here."

Yeah, Yeah, I know horrible joke...and that's kinda my point. I gre up in a Baptist church and heard almost as much negative things abut the Church of Christ as I did about Satan. It's simply crazy to fight amongst ourselves, when Jesus gave us very clear instructions of what we should be doing.

So, whether you are Jim or Dwight...put aside your differences. The occasional stapler-in-the-jello is fine, but remember all those poor souls that want their paper from Staples instead of Dunder-Mifflin.