Mark Batterson, whose blog I recommend as daily reading, wrote a particularly powerful post this week about infighting in the church. Batterson asks what would happen if all of the energy we use fighting among ourselves was used for fighting the enemy. He talks about why one of his rules for blogging is to keep it positive, and as I read it, I realized that is one of the main reasons I look forward to reading this man's blog every day. It's refreshing, it's uplifting and it's discerning.

The internet lends itself to endless arguing and sniping of other people, but Christians need to remain above this. Often we (myself included) want to read or talk about the juiciest topic, but as Batterson reminds us, we need to keep Titus 3:9 in the front of our minds: But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.

INTERACT: Do you ever find yourself defending or attacking others in the church for issues that aren't really that important? How do you balance the truth with grace?