Jesus prayed, “that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you (John 17:21). The oneness of God’s people is a priority throughout the New Testament. In the Gospels Jesus talked about, and prayed for, His people to be one. In Acts the early church demonstrated what it looks like to be one. In the Epistles we are instructed how to be, think and do...“ONE!"

Jesus fulfills His promise to build His Church on the foundation of His Apostles. He ascends to the Father, sends His Holy Spirit, and the church begins at Pentecost. Peter preaches the first sermon, people trust Christ, experience forgiveness and receive the Holy Spirit. The church is born!

Jesus’ promise to build His Church came with a rudimentary blueprint for its construction. His first task was to lay a firm foundation of stones, twelve of them, with plenty of jagged edges to smooth out. Jesus builds His church, made of people, on a foundation of people.

We hit the high point! Or was it the low point? Perhaps both! Jesus came (the high point). Jesus died (the low point). Jesus rose from the dead (the highest point). In Season 4 we’ll see just what the Resurrected Christ can do.

The Apostle Paul was willing to become ALL things to ALL people, that by ALL means some might be saved (1 Cor. 9:22). Let’s follow his lead as we go “ALL OUT” for the sake of the gospel both AT and AS Calvary Church.

The Apostle Paul was willing to become ALL things to ALL people, that by ALL means some might be saved. (1 Cor. 9:22) Let’s follow his lead as we go “ALL OUT” for the sake of the gospel both AT and AS Calvary Church.

The Apostle Paul was willing to become ALL things to ALL people, that by ALL means some might be saved. (1 Cor. 9:22) Let’s follow his lead as we go “ALL OUT” for the sake of the gospel both AT and AS Calvary Church.

The Apostle Paul was willing to become all things to all people, that by all means some might be saved. (1 Cor. 9:22) Let’s follow his lead as we go “ALL OUT” for the sake of the gospel both AT and AS Calvary Church...

The book of Ephesians tells us that for those of us in Christ the dividing wall of hostility between races has been broken down. Yet, today in our country, in our state, even in our county the walls of hostility between the races persist. How should our identity in Christ and the eternal truth that in Christ we are one—cause us to engage in this complex issue? Does it have to be complicated?

“And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me, he'd grown up just like me. My boy was just like me.” So sang Harry Chapin in the 1974 hit folk song, Cat’s in the Cradle. We tend to grow to be like our parents—good or bad—whether we like it or not. How strange! How revealing! Succeeding generations can’t seem to live with each other, or without each other. Complicated? Yes! Hopeless? No! Why? We have Christ and His Church!