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When to fight and when to compromise are not always easy choices to make. Stubbornly defending the truth can easily end up in arrogance that discredits the gospel, while too readily seeking middle ground can leave truth by the wayside. Torn by conflict and marred by schism, the congregation to whom John addressed his letters stood in need of his strong exhortations to love and unity within the...

Introduction When a number of reformers, including Luther and Zwingli, met at the Colloquy of Marburg in 1529 to discuss theological differences, one of the main topics of discussion was the significance of the Lord’s Supper. Luther voiced his disagreement with Zwingli and those of the Reformed confession in the statement “We have a different spirit” (see Luther 1971:70). Years later, when the Swiss theologian, Karl Barth, was teaching in Germany in the 1930s, all professors were required to open