During a fairly long life I have read many things about these matters, and I have become ever more firmly assured that all sectarianism comes from a bias beyond what God's Word actually says. We all, at times, hit on some bright idea about Scripture, a novel theory that appeals to us as going some way towards solving a problem. That is all to the good. It is the way to better understanding of the Word. But at the entrance of that way lies a pitfall: bias in favour of what we have ourselves created. That we must avoid at all costs. The moment we even entertain the idea of setting our own discovery on a sort of pedestal, we have become a sect and started a schism.
R. B. Withers
