Caleb Smith joins Svea Merry on the podcast today.
About the Masterpiece series
- Theme 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
- Series Thesis: We are good works of art created to do the art of good works.
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Topics Discussed in this episode
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:39 Recap of the sermon on Unity and the Masterpiece Series.
- 06:36 The story of Barnabas and Paul and what it teaches us about Unity--as an example of apparent disunity.
- 07:40 How can we learn from Biblical examples that seem contrary to what we expect?
- 08:47 Paul and Barnabas show us how one can maintain unity despite disagreements and differing directions.
- 17:00 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.
- 20:43 Not every church is the same, but we can still be united in pointing people to Jesus Christ.
- 21:19 Cultures can each resonate differently with topics in Scripture, but there can still be unity.
- 23:45 "God uses the diverse to bring together the picture of the whole."
- 25:14 What does it mean that we are a kingdom of priests?
- 27:10 Applying unity to the current context of Autumn Ridge Church through good listening and understanding.
- 32:03 Example of a congregant disagreeing with a local church but still believing God has called them to be at that church.
- 36:17 When does disagreeing move from unity into sin?
- 37:23 Leaning into trusting God and His word in the face of ambiguous faith application.
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Church is messy podcast recorded at Autumn Ridge Church in Rochester, MN