Restoring the Unity of Christ
As we continue our walk in 2025, the call for unity among believers echoes with renewed urgency against a backdrop of division and discord. Recent events—heated debates over cultural issues like gender ideology, political endorsements from pulpits, and even violent acts like the tragic shootings in Utah, North Carolina, and Michigan—have fractured communities and strained the testimony of the church. On platforms like X, Christians clash over interpretations of Scripture, with some embracing progressive theologies that dilute biblical truth, while others cling to traditions that risk becoming rigid relics. The church today, much like in centuries past, finds itself splintered, chasing "union" through compromise rather than the true unity Christ envisioned. Yet, in Ephesians 4:1-6, Paul pleads for a unity rooted in one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God—a unity that mirrors the first-century church and demands our return to the unchanging…