Sermonette: Building a Home for God

Sermonette: Building a Home for God

Integrity
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Mike Ford (1955-2021)
Given 05-Aug-06; 16 minutes

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description: (hide) Mike Ford, reminiscing about his boyhood love of baseball, commends Ted Williams for his integrity for voluntarily cutting his salary 30% when he realized his ability had waned because of a pinched nerve. Several metaphors by Paul and Peter apply to this vital trait of integrity, including the breastplate of the armor of God and the building blocks of the temple of God made up of God’s called out ones. Integrity, in these contexts connotes standing firm and being upright. Every piece of the building, including Christ the corner stone and all the lively stones described by Peter, must have integrity in order for the edifice to fit together or stand firm. It is ironic that the tunnel bearing Ted Williams name should now become associated with a lack of integrity on the part of a contractor or engineer in using inferior material in the construction of this tunnel. We must be careful that in our part in the building of God’s temple, that we are not compromising integrity by using inferior materials.