Somewhat fewer than 95; Fit the First

I wrote these a while back, when I was inspired by an article in First Things by Philip Turner. Here are the first six -

1. Every Christian denomination has a gift with which it may bless the whole Church of God.

2. Other Christian denominations do a better job of presenting certain aspects of our common faith than Lutherans do. In some loci it is their gift to lead and ours to follow.

3. The proper approach to the gift God has given us is not to deny or downplay it in a false sense of humility,

4. nor to hold it as private property,

5. nor to revere it as the only good and true gift of God, as if our brothers and sisters with other gifts had nothing.

6. The Lutheran gift to the Church is theological depth.