My father always used to say, “Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.” Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.