Emphasis Preaching Journal

Using the example of a healthy and well-functioning body, Paul seeks to promote unity and mutual appreciation of all spiritual gifts. By corollary when the human body has dis-ease we would have the disruption and lack of grace that existed.

In "Peanuts" the children are lying on a grassy hillside observing big puffy clouds in a blue sky. One is described by one of the children to portray a map of a certain coastal region with lots of details. Another suggests that he sees in one formation the crowd at the stoning of Stephen. How about Charlie Brown? He meekly indicates he saw something like a kitty and a ducky, but decided to keep it to himself! Those with great gifts can intimidate those with small. Those with "minor" gifts can hide them and the effort suffers. Either those with great or small gifts can disrupt the harmony of the church by demanding unusual recognition or praise.

After the pitched battle of Midway, the ranking Admiral of the Pacific fleet addressed all personnel involved in this grueling event. He gave extraordinary praise to all by saying this was such a torturous and precarious battle that all who had done any assigned task well or beyond the ordinary had had a direct effect in the successful outcome.