United by the Gospel (Galatians 2:1-10)
SERMON NOTES
Sermon Series: What Makes Us Family
Sermon Title: United by the Gospel
Sermon Text: Galatians 2:1-10
Big Idea: We are not divided by our differences, but united by our faith in Jesus Christ.
We are united in
What we believe about the gospel
How we live out the gospel
SERMON FOOTNOTES
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VIDEO: If you had NO idea what I was talking about when I said Paul didn’t fear the other apostles firing back with, “That’s modalism, Paul!” from a bad analogy regarding the Trinity, then watch St Patrick’s Bad Analogies by Lutheran Satire.
BOOK: I referenced two resource that I have been using more as of late for my own personal time of prayer and worship that are more liturgical in nature, drawing from the prayers of past saints. One is the Anglican Book of Common Prayer (I’ve lined to the 2019 version). The other is a 31-day personal liturgy called Be Thou My Vision by Jonathan Gibson (currently on sale on Amazon). I’m currently using this on a semi-daily basis each morning as I begin my day spending time with God.
BOOK: I recently began reading Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren as a resource we might add to The Way. I shared a quote from the opening chapter about the beauty of inherited prayers (p16), as well as a quote she includes from Stanley Hauerwas regarding the benefit of liturgical repetition (p16-17).
QUOTE: “In Essentials Unity, In Non-Essentials Liberty, In All Things Charity.” - While often attributed to Augustine, this quote more likely originated with a far less known German theologian by the name of Rupertus Meldenius in a tract written on Christian unity in the seventeenth century.
Prayer in the Night
“Inherited prayers and practices of the church tether us to belief, far more securely than our own vacillating perspective or self-expression. Prayer forms us. And different ways of prayer aid us…When I was a priest who could not pray, the prayer offices of the church were the ancient tool God used to teach me to pray again.”
- Tish Harrison Warren
Be Thou My Vision
“Let’s be honest: prayer is the hardest part of our devotions and often leaves us feeling distracted and directionless. However, the good news is that help is available to us from those in the past who have exemplified an intentional structure within their prayers as well as varied use of different prayers.”
- Jonathan Gibson