THE GENTILE, THE JEW, AND THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS (7 OF 15)
Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-20
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The Gentile, The Jew, and The Church at Ephesus (7 of 15)
Series: Ephesians
Donald Cantrell
Ephesians 2:11-20
I - The Past Rejection and Separation (11 - 12)
II - The Peaceful Reconciliation and Unification (13 - 18)
III - The Perfect Revelation and Construction (19 - 22)
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CLINKER BRICKS
Although at times it seems as though the church is in ruin and rubble, God sees it as a beautiful building.
Clinker bricks are bricks that did not quite make it. For some reason or another, they come out of the kiln misshapen or deformed. I read about a Presbyterian Church in New York State that was intentionally built of clinker bricks. Apparently, the congregation wanted to send a message, so they build their church of imperfect, rejected bricks.
Gates Presbyterian Church:
The bricks that make up the exterior walls as well as the walls of the sanctuary are called ''clinker'' bricks. These are basically the bricks that were normally rejected by masons because they were imperfect or defective. These ''clinker'' bricks represent not only that we as Christians are all unique, as no two bricks are the same, but also that God, as well as the church, accepts and loves us with all our imperfections.
www.gatespres.org
The message is that we are all clinker bricks, we are sinners, we are imperfect people full of follies and foibles, but through Christ we become living stones in his church.
We do not become living stones because we are so great. It is Christ who is great. We are connected into his church through him.
HOME, SWEET HOME
There was a time during the American Civil War, when the rival armies were encamped on the opposite banks of the Potomac River, the Union's band played one of its patriotic tunes, and the Confederate musicians quickly struck up a melody dear to any Southerner's heart.
Then one of the bands started to play ''Home, Sweet Home.'' The musical competitio ...
Series: Ephesians
Donald Cantrell
Ephesians 2:11-20
I - The Past Rejection and Separation (11 - 12)
II - The Peaceful Reconciliation and Unification (13 - 18)
III - The Perfect Revelation and Construction (19 - 22)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
CLINKER BRICKS
Although at times it seems as though the church is in ruin and rubble, God sees it as a beautiful building.
Clinker bricks are bricks that did not quite make it. For some reason or another, they come out of the kiln misshapen or deformed. I read about a Presbyterian Church in New York State that was intentionally built of clinker bricks. Apparently, the congregation wanted to send a message, so they build their church of imperfect, rejected bricks.
Gates Presbyterian Church:
The bricks that make up the exterior walls as well as the walls of the sanctuary are called ''clinker'' bricks. These are basically the bricks that were normally rejected by masons because they were imperfect or defective. These ''clinker'' bricks represent not only that we as Christians are all unique, as no two bricks are the same, but also that God, as well as the church, accepts and loves us with all our imperfections.
www.gatespres.org
The message is that we are all clinker bricks, we are sinners, we are imperfect people full of follies and foibles, but through Christ we become living stones in his church.
We do not become living stones because we are so great. It is Christ who is great. We are connected into his church through him.
HOME, SWEET HOME
There was a time during the American Civil War, when the rival armies were encamped on the opposite banks of the Potomac River, the Union's band played one of its patriotic tunes, and the Confederate musicians quickly struck up a melody dear to any Southerner's heart.
Then one of the bands started to play ''Home, Sweet Home.'' The musical competitio ...
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