"If you only had one sermon to preach..." 

Well, we made it through the first one, and you came back! So what's the theme of the second Sunday? The church, of course. This week and next, we will explore two images of what it means, for me, to be the church. This week, we look to one of the most important books in the New Testament: Paul's letter to the Ephesians. I discover that I have preached from this book more often than any other book in the New Testament. It offers Paul's clear statement of the core of the faith, his vision for the church at its best, and the powerful proclamation of salvation by grace.

So if you asked me to choose my favorite book in the New Testament, I'd probably have to say Ephesians. If you asked me to choose a favorite image of the church, perhaps it would be…