How ethnic segregation in the church is out of line with the Gospel

Ephesians 1:3–14, Part 5 In Paul’s day, there was a major division in the church: Jew and Gentile.  It was an ethnic problem, based primarily in the Jews’ exclusive view of their covenant with God.  They thought they were special in God’s eyes, and the other peoples of the world were pagan, unclean, and thus thereContinue reading “How ethnic segregation in the church is out of line with the Gospel”

What does God say about race and diversity?

This weekend my sermon is about race.  Our sermon series is called Life in These United States, and we’re talking about what everyone is talking about.  Race relations have been in the news a lot in recent years, and again this week there have been two shootings of black men by police officers.  These shootingsContinue reading “What does God say about race and diversity?”