STANDING SIDE BY SIDE (1 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Philippians 1:27-28
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Standing Side By Side (1 of 4)
Series: Unity In Christ
Jeff Strite
Philippians 1:27-28
In the 1600s the King of Sweden was Gustav Adolf II - and he was considered one of the great military strategists of the age. As with all great military strategists, the King was thinking ahead to how to control various areas around his nation, and one of the areas he had his eye on was Baltic Sea. In order to control these waters he needed a formidable navy and he was convinced the jewel of that navy would be one of the biggest and baddest warships ever created. And thus was born the idea for the ''Vasa''. The Vasa was a huge ship. Her builders used 1000 oak trees in its construction, her mast was over 150 feet tall (roughly equivalent to a 15 story building) and she carried nearly twice as many cannon as any ship afloat - 64. She was to be one of the most intimidating and destructive ships ever to sail the 7 seas.
On August 10, 1628, as the crowds of Stockholm crowded the wharf to see the Vasa launched, it set off on its maiden voyage...and within 30 minutes (Pause) she sank.
She sank! But why?
Because she was top heavy.
She was top heavy because her designer put everything they could on the ship. But in the process of giving this ship everything she might possibly need to go into battle, the designers forgot the single most important thing a ship is supposed to do.
What is the most important quality of any ship?
She has to be able to FLOAT! If she doesn't float, a ship isn't of much use to anyone.
(http://beyondharan.blogspot.com/2016/12/what-sinking-of-vasa-can-teach-american.html)
Now in Philippians, Paul is writing to a church that he obviously admires. One scholar said one few letters Paul wrote with NO words of condemnation. Apparently this was a great congregation. But even in this great congregation, Paul senses the need to stress something that no church can survive without... UNITY.
A GREAT church MUST have good doctrine.
A GREAT church ...
Series: Unity In Christ
Jeff Strite
Philippians 1:27-28
In the 1600s the King of Sweden was Gustav Adolf II - and he was considered one of the great military strategists of the age. As with all great military strategists, the King was thinking ahead to how to control various areas around his nation, and one of the areas he had his eye on was Baltic Sea. In order to control these waters he needed a formidable navy and he was convinced the jewel of that navy would be one of the biggest and baddest warships ever created. And thus was born the idea for the ''Vasa''. The Vasa was a huge ship. Her builders used 1000 oak trees in its construction, her mast was over 150 feet tall (roughly equivalent to a 15 story building) and she carried nearly twice as many cannon as any ship afloat - 64. She was to be one of the most intimidating and destructive ships ever to sail the 7 seas.
On August 10, 1628, as the crowds of Stockholm crowded the wharf to see the Vasa launched, it set off on its maiden voyage...and within 30 minutes (Pause) she sank.
She sank! But why?
Because she was top heavy.
She was top heavy because her designer put everything they could on the ship. But in the process of giving this ship everything she might possibly need to go into battle, the designers forgot the single most important thing a ship is supposed to do.
What is the most important quality of any ship?
She has to be able to FLOAT! If she doesn't float, a ship isn't of much use to anyone.
(http://beyondharan.blogspot.com/2016/12/what-sinking-of-vasa-can-teach-american.html)
Now in Philippians, Paul is writing to a church that he obviously admires. One scholar said one few letters Paul wrote with NO words of condemnation. Apparently this was a great congregation. But even in this great congregation, Paul senses the need to stress something that no church can survive without... UNITY.
A GREAT church MUST have good doctrine.
A GREAT church ...
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