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Racism, sexism, tribalism and more, the church faces many ‘isms’ today and prejudice is rife. How can we make sure the gospel reaches those wounded by these?

The Church Meets ‘Isms’

Jesus became excluded, which is what everyone else deserved, so that we could be included and be embraced by God.

“The church has people who come from different backgrounds and the beauty of it is the gospel actually takes us, the gospel of Jesus takes us, and transforms us and gets us to be better than what we can be alone. That’s what the gospel does, that’s the beauty of the gospel. This is what God has done in all of history in the Church. And he has done it in our church and he continues to do that.”

Topics & Timestamps

00:00 – A quick recap
02:36 – We are all prejudice
07:36 – Prejudice in the bible
14:04 – How we exclude others
22:03 – The Bible corrects our sinfulness
28:19 – How we embrace one another
33:08 –The Bible calls us to repentance
35:48 – Walking it out


Top Quotes: The Church Meets Isms

“When we have seen our sin and seen how God takes people of different backgrounds as we are today, and unites us, it magnifies the gospel.”

“Jesus became excluded, which is what everyone else deserved, so that we could be included and be embraced by God.”

“God embraces us so that we can embrace each other. That’s the purpose. We’re reconciled to God vertically, so that we could live reconciled lives horizontally”


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Text: Ephesians 2:11-22

Date preached: 14 November 2021

Location: Christ Church Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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