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There are moments in church history, and in our own church experience, when divisions occur over doctrinal issues. However, our churches, our marriages, and our lives are threatened more by a failure to cultivate this fruit of the Spirit. …In more conservative churches, love, joy, peace, and patience may be thwarted by a censorious temperament that’s always posed to pounce. And faithfulness may be avoided by a refusal to accept necessary reforms in the light of God’s Word. It is…