The Posters, Right?

No, my last entry was not a justification of the farrago called Emergentism nor an allusion to those magnificent pertinent posters. (I'm envious that they aren't my own creation.) Rather, the chaffing was intended regarding an almost 2 year old feud (but one that is emblematic of a longstanding, larger problem in Christendom) between parties who won't allow for variety in The Body.

You've no doubt heard of the various psychological temperaments. Well, there's a spiritual parallel: if, spiritually speaking, you are a Choleric and I am a Phlegmatic, or you are a Sanguine and I am a Melancholy, then allow for that difference to affect the way we approach the whole Christian life. As little as I care for Gothardism, sometimes he comes up with something valid, as in his "Christian Temperaments," where he says that some folks are "prophets," and others "mercy workers" (I don't remember all the others types he lists). The prophet will most likely resemble Jeremiah or Isaiah in his approach to walking with Christ, whereas the "mercy worker" will be more like Mother Theresa. All together, the various spiritual types make up the amazing multifacetedness of His Body.

As vital as correct doctrine is, we mustn't equate differing spiritual temperaments with heresy. Receive ye one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.