Without the Truth, All "Unity" is a Lie

It is a common tactic of revisionists to cast themselves as the tolerant, open-minded heroes in the ongoing battle with bigoted, hateful traditionalists. Both the religious and secular press have proven all too willing to perpetuate this myth. In fact, from the perspective of worldview, there is no real difference between "religious" and "secular," as far as the press is concerned. Both tout the revisionist party line that "unity" is something which can be brought about through accommodation and compromise among disparate factions within the church. Revisionists disingenuously issue calls for "dialogue" and "listening sessions" in which they are required to give up nothing while traditionalists are required to give up all claims to any kind of absolute truth.

Traditionalists easily see through such transparent overtures. Yet, when they reject them for obvious reasons, they are portrayed in the media as the ones with the "Unity be damned" attitude. But the "unity" sought by revisionists and their media allies ought rightly to be "damned," because it is no unity at all. In the Church of Jesus Christ, unity is not a matter of political accommodation. Unity in the Church can only be rooted in the truth. A "unity" not rooted in the truth is, at best, an illusion and, at worst, a demonic deception.

The truth must be the basis for unity in the church because it is the truth which draws the church together as one body, bound by one Spirit, being of one mind, and singularly focused on the one mission of gathering all the disparate peoples of the world into one under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Without the truth as its basis, all "unity" is a lie.

There is but one truth which binds the church together. That truth has a name. That name is Jesus. We can accept no imitations.