Together as One

“IF A football team is unified, it does not mean that everyone’s playing the same position. It does mean everybody’s going to the same goal line. If an orchestra is harmonious, it’s not because they’re all playing the same instrument; it’s because they’re all playing the same song. If a choir is singing in great harmony, it’s not because they are singing the same parts; it’s because they’re adding their part to the same song. It is the goal that produces the unity. Unity is not sameness. Unity has to do with same purpose.”

“THERE is a story of a little teeny pygmy who was standing over a rhinoceros that he killed. This was an odd sight to behold, a big, violent rhinoceros under the feet of a little teeny pygmy. A guy saw this dead rhinoceros and this little pygmy over it and said, “Did you kill that?” The little pygmy said, “Yeah I killed it.” Curious, the man asked, “So how did you, a little tiny pygmy, kill this rhinoceros?” He answered, “With my club. Yep! I killed this rhinoceros with my club.” The man was still thoroughly confused, “Well, how big is your club?” The pygmy said, “There are about a hundred of us in my club.” In other words, he was surrounded by folk ”who had the same belief systems and worked together so that they could handle being attacked by a rhinoceros.”

“ONE hundred pianos, all tuned to the same tuning fork, are inherently tuned to one another. In order for there to be unity, there must be something out there that everybody is tuned to. For Christians, that tuning instrument is the Spirit. The only way to be unified is that everybody is focused on going where the Spirit is going. Everyone has to have a God perspective that governs their thinking”

Excerpt From: Tony Evans. “Tony Evans' Book of Illustrations.” Apple Books. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/tony-evans-book-of-illustrations/id643114862?mt=11

They were together as one:

Excerpt From: Tony Evans. “Tony Evans' Book of Illustrations.” Apple Books. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/tony-evans-book-of-illustrations/id643114862?mt=11

They were together as one:

In the Gospel

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“IN THE game of football, there is no game without the ball. Players can put on the gear, wear the helmets, and walk in the cleats, but there is no game without the pigskin. Nothing really matters much in football if you don’t have the ball.

When you think about it, that little piece of pigskin controls a lot. A touchdown is only a touchdown measured by where the ball is. A first down is only a first down measured by where the ball is. You’re on-side or offside in relationship to the ball. Whether it’s a catch or an incomplete pass depends on control of the ball. Everything has to do with the ball. Three points or a lack of three points has to do with where the ball went. Isn’t it amazing? You can have all the other stuff right, but if there is no football, you just wasted your Saturday afternoon.

In the Christian faith it is possible to have a bunch of stuff right. You can go to the right church, carry the right Bible, and use the right “Christian-ese.” You can have all the accessories of Christianity and still not have the main thing. If you don’t have the main thing, everything else is a waste of time. Just like we can’t play football without a football, we can’t be effective Christians without the gospel.”

Excerpt From: Tony Evans. “Tony Evans' Book of Illustrations.” Apple Books. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/tony-evans-book-of-illustrations/id643114862?mt=11

In the Going

In the Going

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In the Goal

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To Lift up Jesus and care for one another!