Grapes on the other hand mingle juices.
Up with worship bag of marbles grapes.
Churches are either bags of marbles or grapes.
Bunch of grapes or bag of marbles.
Anne ortlund in her book up with worship groups christians into two categories marbles and grapes.
Instead as anne ortlund suggests in her book up with worship we need to be more like grapes.
A bag of marbles or a cluster of grapes.
One bag made noise but remains unchanged.
The early christians didn t bounce around like loose marbles ricocheting in all directions.
Grapes cluster together for a long time and then they work together to form into one great unit sometimes juice sometimes jelly sometimes jam and sometimes just a snack.
But each grape has been changed by the grapes clustered around it.
Marbles are single units that don t affect each other except in collision.
Each one is a part of the fragrance of the church body this analogy paints a fairly accurate picture of church life.
Marbles are single units that don t affect each other except in collision grapes on the other hand mingle juices.
The other bag changed quietly and the contents will never be the same.
Instead as anne ortlund suggests in her book up with worship we need to be more like grapes.
Grapes on the otherhand mingle juices.
Each one is a part of the fragrance of the church body.
Address at salisbury diocesan synod 18 february 2012.
The difference is authentic community.
In the sense that it was reformed in its focus on the grace of god in.
He gets back one bag of marbles and one bag of mush.
Marbles hold their space in the bag while rubbing with great pressure against its neighboring marble.
Then kevin walks over and asks for the two bags.
Tensions arise in jesus church when members act like marbles.
Marble churches rattle with activities.
But each grape has been changed by the grapes clustered around it.
Grapes cluster together for a long time and then they work together to form into one great unit sometimes juice sometimes jelly sometimes jam and sometimes just a snack.