While we are called to "be at peace with one another" Mark 9:50b as I understand you to be saying, we are still to be a salt Mark 9:50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” That is without diluting the truth found in scripture. While it may sound as though irenicism is likened to being at peace with men, it maybe actually fearing what men might think of us should we speak boldly a word of truth. So what does scripture say we are to be like? If we see a person about to fall into a boiling cauldron, should we act boldly and speak the truth or should we be muddle mouthed and weak? If it was me who was about to fall, I would dearly hope to be warned with great boldness that might save my life.

You seem to like diplomacy which is an attribute that I do admire, yet, there are times when one must act boldly and definitively which is biblical and loving.

The Chestnut Mare