Paul indeed said, “We preach Christ crucified,” and many denominations, despite rancorous differences and long standing doctrines, would agree. After all, it is who we are, followers of Christ, albeit unable to achieve full unity in the faith. When I first read 1 Corinthians 1: 11-13, a long time ago in my Christian walk, it appeared evident to me…”Hey, this must be where the church was evidently splitting into denominations, after all, Paul observed that some believers followed him, others followed Apollos, Cephas? How do we interpret this verse?” As a lay person, and not a theologian, I admit to my often disconcerting thoughts about the issues which have beset the church since the beginning. The failure to agree on Baptism, infant or adult, immersion or sprinkling, communion (sign or actual presence), sanctification, justification, end times prophecy, and list goes on. Confusing to theologians, even more confusing to those of us who are less educated. Am I alone? Am I a Lutheran if I question some of our distinctives and doctrines, or just wonder if we are 80 percent correct, 20 percent wrong? These are doubts which have not been resolved in my own mind, and probably won’t on this side of glory. Thank God there are still areas of unity, and we can rely on their clarity. I think this lack of unity he saw in his day also troubled him greatly. So Paul said we must preach Christ crucified. I humbly agree.