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Podcast: West End UMC Podcast Audio Podcast
Episode: The Union of the Church
Description: This is the fourth Sunday in Lent, and our theme for Lent is “I Will: Living Our Baptismal Vows.” Today we’re looking at the fourth baptismal vow, “Do you promise to serve him as your Lord in union with the church which Christ has opened to people of all ages, nations, and races?” The focus is on the question of “union,” knowing that historically Christians have differed on matters of policy, belief, understanding of the Bible, and have, through history, split into widely varying denominations. Given that reality, how can we be in union? Today’s reading from John 17 gives us clues w...