A different kind of confession

Perhaps I'm jaded: some of the political trickery and strong arming within the church is not just distasteful, it offends me. It's bad enough that the Jews sought to kill Paul. It is unseemly that Christians fight anyone in the name of Jesus. It is unthinkable that I would ever resort to strongarm tactics to win the day. That may be because I am well past my physical prime. But it is surely more so that I believe the cunning and deceitful schemes of man will never prevail against the grace of God in Jesus Christ, and carried within us by the power of the Holy Spirit.