{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Church is Messy","title":"Masterpiece: The Art of Unity","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2309,"description":"Caleb Smith joins Svea Merry on the podcast today.\nAbout the Masterpiece series\nTheme Verse: For we are God’s handiwork [masterpiece], created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10\nSeries Thesis: We are good works of art created to do the art of good works.\nResources for this episode\nWatch the message at: https://youtu.be/opZLI4KlLD4\nListen to the message at: https://arcsermons.transistor.fm/episodes/masterpiece-the-art-of-unity\nTopics Discussed in this episode\n00:00 Intro\n01:39 Recap of the sermon on Unity and the Masterpiece Series.\n06:36 The story of Barnabas and Paul and what it teaches us about Unity--as an example of apparent disunity.\n07:40 How can we learn from Biblical examples that seem contrary to what we expect?\n08:47 Paul and Barnabas show us how one can maintain unity despite disagreements and differing directions.\n17:00 Unity is not that everything is the same, that everyone’s truth is true, that we have to abandon our faith, or that we have to ignore hard conversations.\n20:43 Not every church is the same, but we can still be united in pointing people to Jesus Christ.\n21:19 Cultures can each resonate differently with topics in Scripture, but there can still be unity.\n23:45 \"God uses the diverse to bring together the picture of the whole.\"\n25:14 What does it mean that we are a kingdom of priests?\n27:10 Applying unity to the current context of Autumn Ridge Church through good listening and understanding.\n32:03 Example of a congregant disagreeing with a local church but still believing God has called them to be at that church.\n36:17 When does disagreeing move from unity into sin?\n37:23 Leaning into trusting God and His word in the face of ambiguous faith application.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eGW0GjLFQWz3qpPjio-ji_5x5MOSNJlW79nf4VSHKIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4Mzk3LzE2ODMw/MzYzMDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}