People are vague about \"ecumenism.\" I am going to avoid the word, and hopefully I will make myself clear.
I think we should always be willing to sit and break bread with anyone. Christ celebrated the Passover with Judas, and Judas wanted to kill Christ. Paul condemned Peter to his face because Peter wouldn\'t sit with people who held different beliefs than him (i.e., circumcision doesn\'t matter), even though Peter held those beliefs at one time.
The Gospels do not teach that we merely hold particular beliefs, but that we bear fruit, and that you can know a tree by its fruit. We can thank God for not making us like the Catholic, Protestant, New Ager, or we can beg God to have mercy on *us*.
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