Emphasis Preaching Journal

If you were to stop a person on the street, at random, and ask him or her, "Show me the foundation of the church," you might get one of several answers.

Some literal-minded individuals might point to the actual foundation of the building: the bricks and mortar on which it stands. Others might hum quietly to themselves that old Sunday school song, "The church is not a building, the church is not a steeple, the church is not a resting-place, the church is people" -- then, they'd point out the gathering of Christians who comprise the church-as-organization.