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From Many, One – For Flourishing – part 2

From Many, One – For Flourishing – part 2

July 8, 2018 | David Speakman

Series: God’s New Humanity

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-14

“[The difference between the husband and the wife] is not one of worth, ability, or intelligence, but of role. It is functional, not organic. It is based on the exigencies of the dance, not on a judgment as to talent. In the ballet, in any intricate dance, one dancer leads, the other follows. Not because one is better (he may or may not be), but because that is his part. Our mistake…is to think that equality and diversity are irreconcilable. The common notion of equality is based on the image of the march. In a parade, really unequal beings are dressed alike, given guns of identical length, trained to hold them at the same angle, and ordered to keep step with a fixed beat. But it is not the parade that is true to life; it is the dance. There you have real equals assigned unequal roles in order that each may achieve his individual perfection in the whole. Nothing is less personal than a parade; nothing more so than a dance. Marriage is a hierarchical game played by co-equal partners. Keep that paradox and you move in the freedom of the dance; alter it, and you grow weary with marching.”

– Robert Farrar Capon

“True shalom, comprehensive flourishing, mirrors the pattern of the Trinity itself, in which there is both unity and diversity. The choice between teeming and order, diversity and unity, is a false choice. True abundant life is found where “the one” and “the many” meet in “the three.” Healthy institutions provide the ordered context in which surprise and diversity can flourish, but they also provide the diverse and varied environment that makes order healthy rather than repressive.”

– Andy Crouch

“We believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church.”

– Nicene Creed

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