unity

“I have never yet known the Spirit of God to work where the Lord’s people were divided.” Like D.L. Moody, neither have I. Instead, most of us probably have seen too often how disunity hinders the Spirit’s work in the church and damages the church’s witness to the world.

Unity in the body of Christ can’t be taken for granted or taken lightly. Unity is a gift from God made possible by the cross of Jesus and made effective by the working of the Holy Spirit. It’s not something we can create, but unity is our responsibility to guard. The greatest threats to church unity come not from outside the church, but from within. So we need to be on guard against attitudes and actions that destroy unity, like these…

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Lets go through Ephesians 4:1-17 verse by verse to look at a Bible definition of the body of Christ. We need to deconstruct what we believe about the church for a minute and see what the Bible says about the body and our faith and it’s action. To make sure what we believe is how it actually is. Remember our beliefs must be from the Bible and the belief made from the Bible in this context of defining the church (since this is its product). As we go through this chapter you will see what the church really is. This is very important because it describes the church as it should be.

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In this 3 minute video, N.T Wright gives his perspective that the main problem the Western Church faces is a lack of unity.

What do you think? Is he right, wrong, or something else? Is there another matter you would contend is more significant? Let us know in the comments below… (more…)

The idea of Evangelicals learning from Catholics is not really a novel one. Many Evangelical missionaries study the history of Catholic missions to improve the effectiveness of their own missionary activity. Some Evangelicals, obeying St. Paul’s dictum to “test everything; hold on to what is good,” even study the writings of John Paul II on the theology of the body.

Although there are many treasures within the Catholic Church, the two that Evangelicals might find most beneficial are liturgical worship and an emphasis on unity.

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