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Most of us are engaged in debates over ideas. Ideas are important, and can affect how we actually live. But if in the process of engaging in a battle of ideologies, we cease to value other human beings, then most of us would acknowledge that we\u2019ve actually lost the war, however we may fare in that particular battle.<\/p>\n

One of the things I appreciate about my church, Crooked Creek Baptist Church, is that there are so many people there who get this point. We disagree about major things and not just minor ones. But we genuinely value and appreciate one another, and the learning opportunity presented by our interaction.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"