One-ness...the Theme of Galatians 3
This sermon began with a posting on Facebook by one of my pastor friends, calling my attention to how timely this passage from Galatians 3 is this week, in light of the news about Paula Deen…racial slurs is what her remarks have been called in the news…the use of the “N” word…and as I followed the story, eagerly reported by all every news outlet, all I could think of was a wall…built brick by brick, stone by stone, of words and thoughts and acts of prejudice and injustice and separation…all of which deny the oneness of which St. Paul so eloquently speaks in this letter to the contentious church at Galatia. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, th ere is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. These were startling words in Paul’s day and time, for in declaring that these generally-accepted delineations were inadequate, no, were no longer even present in the re...