When Jesus commanded his followers to be salt and light, he was making clear that they were to be clearly different from their non-Christian neighbours: light in a dark world, etc. After all, if being a Christian makes no visible difference, then what is the point? And if those who are in the dark cannot see the light, then they will never be saved.
It's strange, then, how much effort some Christians take to distinguish their particular theological brand or denomination from other Christian brands or denominations - as if Christianity was some kind of internal competitive market.
Where Christians put more effort into this internal competition than being distinctively 'light' in a dark world, I wonder what's going on and who is being served.
I don't think that was what Jesus had in mind!
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