Emphasis Preaching Journal

Everyone is welcome! So read many of our church signs and announcement boards. For the most part, the church is very intentional about making clear that the gospel is for everyone, regardless of race or social status. The Christian message is for all people. That has become such a truism that we take it for granted. What we may forget, however, is that it was not always this way in the church. There was a time when the church struggled to understand its relationship with Gentiles, that is, with everyone of the time who was not Jewish.