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Episode 32: What’s Enough? Unity in the Church and Unity among Christians (Part 1)

Lutherans confess that it is enough for unity in the church for the Gospel to be preached in its purity and the Sacraments to be administered rightly (AC VII). And then, as sinners, we turn around and use this very call for unity as a tool to divide “us” from “them.” We create subcultures, identify target markets for outreach, and decide who is worthy enough to be graced by unity with us.
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Lutherans confess that it is enough for unity in the church for the Gospel to be preached in its purity and the Sacraments to be administered rightly (AC VII). And then, as sinners, we turn around and use this very call for unity as a tool to divide “us” from “them.” We create subcultures, identify target markets for outreach, and decide who is worthy enough to be graced by unity with us. Listen in on another conversation between Sandra and Pastor Riley as they try to figure out what it looks like to be bound in unity through the Word and Sacraments because we are actually unified by Christ.

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Listen to Part 2 of Episode 32.

By Rev. Christopher Gillespie

Rev. Christopher Gillespie is a strange brew of husband & father; Lutheran pastor (St. John Ev. Lutheran Church - Sherman Center, Random Lake WI); media producer (gillespie.media); specialty coffee roaster (gillespie.coffee).