Major Dalton - April 12, 2026
Peace With God And Unity With Others
Our life is rooted in belief. The question is—whose? Most of us have never stopped long enough to ask where our deepest convictions actually came from. We inherited them. Absorbed them. And somewhere along the way, we stopped questioning whether they were actually true. Philosophers call these beliefs axioms. Self-evident truths. Propositions so foundational they need no proof, because everything else is already being proven by them. You have them. So do I. Here’s the problem. Most of us, even those of us who have been in church our entire lives, are living from axioms we inherited from a world that does not know God. We’ve simply baptized them. Dressed them up in religious language. And called it faithfulness. Paul sees this. And rather than leaving us there, he offers something better. He offers a different set of foundations altogether. Truths not founded on human wisdom or cultural assumption, but on the promise, the power, and the presence of God himself. In Ephesians 4, he issues one of the most disruptive invitations in all of Scripture. He says, in light of everything Jesus has done, in light of the cross, the resurrection, the new life you’ve been given, walk worthy of it. Live in a way that actually corresponds to what is true. In other words: check your axioms. Join us this Sunday as we begin this journey together.
