Today's Sermon:
"Taking Our Church’s Pulse"

I. The Ground of Unity- Vs. 1

A. We are United in ...

B. We are United in....

C. We are United in ....

D. We are United in .....

II. Practical Expressions of Unity- Vs. 2

III. The Barrier to Unity: - vs. 3

“My drive in life comes from a fear of being mediocre. That is always pushing me. I push past one spell of it and discover myself as a special human being but then I feel mediocre and uninteresting unless I do something else. Because even though I have become somebody, I still have to prove that I am somebody. My struggle has never ended and I guess it never will.”-Madonna

IV. The Key to Unity: Humility- Vs. 3b

V. The Practice of Unity: - Vs. 4-11

“At the risk of nepotism, I must especially thank my coauthor, my son Jonathan. It was his love for God’s creation and deep concern about its parlous (perilous) state that stimulated my interest in this subject. As most parents will recognize, there are few greater joys than seeing our children mature to the point at which they begin teaching and setting an example for us. The opportunity to write a book like this one with my oldest child is in many respects a fitting capstone to my life as a scholar and father.”-Doug Moo

“(Here) is a word for all seasons. One can only imagine what might happen if we were to rethink- and re-experience- the love and encouragement that is ours through the Trinity, and also on that basis also rethink- and thus reorient- our life in Christ in terms of our relationships to one another.”-Gordon Fee