Sunday

Acts 15

As brothers in Christ we need to daily gaze into the mirror of God's living word, guarding against putting on the mask of Pharisaical tradition and falling into the trap of partiality.

Self-righteous men stand on the water's edge and labor behind crumbling walls of sand in a futile attempt to fight against the rushing mighty wind of heaven, as wave after endless wave of truth strips away another layer of division. Using the most unlikely materials, the Master potter will assemble willing vessels of integrity to carry the letters of freedom to His scattered flock.

Let us become warrior shepherds, wielding divine weapons to break the yoke of oppression and demolish the strongholds from the water's edge, so that all can come and be sanctified by the washing of the word.

Robert MacPhee Jr