"What will they do without us?"

One of the things that fascinates me about life is when different experiences come together in a moment to give an “epiphany” that opens up a new, clearer way of thinking. Most of my “epiphanies” are more like blinding flashes of the obvious. This is the story of one of those “epiphanies.”

For the past several months I have been teaching on the Spiritual Gifts, particularly the gifted people listed in Ephesians 4 - the Apostles, the Prophets, the Evangelists, and the Pastors and Teachers - who are given to the Body to equip the individual members for service. At the end of this passage Paul brings the whole section to a point in saying, “As each one does its part, the Body grows in love.” Every individual member of the Body of Christ plays a unique and indispensable role in Christ’s work among His people and in the world. This may be true and good theology, but do we really apply it? Read More...