Helmut Thielicke had lived on the borderline between life and death enduring a life-threatening illness in his youth and confronting the perpetually present carnage of World War Two. He ministered to a skeptical generation that teetered on the borderline between faith and unbelief.
Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we celebrate the 400th birthday of one of the most enigmatic figures in the dissenting tradition and father of the “Friends”: George Fox.
Surely a division now called the "Great Schism" should command our attention, but it is vital that we do not impute similar significance to all modern disagreements in the church.