The Dilemma of Democracy

A perennial problem in almost any organization is the conflict that often arises between what is held to be principally right and practically advisable.  Churches, for example, face this issue when they deliberate about admitting into their fellowship members who had been divorced and remarried while still unchurched.  Principally it would seem not only that confession should be made, but also that the guilty parties should leave their way of sin.  On the practical level, however, it seems...