“The labels we use for ourselves should bring us peace and clarity. There’s no need to hold on to those that bring us frustration and confusion instead.” — hearty amen. And as you at least insinuate there are times that the same label in one context can bring peace or clarity and bring heavy confusion or frustration in another. Glad to be laboring with you and to learn from your going theological and cultural analysis
“The labels we use for ourselves should bring us peace and clarity. There’s no need to hold on to those that bring us frustration and confusion instead.” — hearty amen. And as you at least insinuate there are times that the same label in one context can bring peace or clarity and bring heavy confusion or frustration in another. Glad to be laboring with you and to learn from your going theological and cultural analysis
Yes, absolutely on context. From what I can gather, I might have a very different experience among British evangelicals as one example.