Anyone who observes any political advertisement, speech, or rally can clearly see the division, or rather disunity within our nation.  Sadly, the political realm is not the only thing that experiences disunity.  Even within the church, the Body of Christ, we see divisions strike up.  Even while writing this, it is hard to get a handle on how many Christian denominations there are, not only in America, but also in the world.  Apparently the 33,000 number that has been circulating over the past 12 years is not even close.  While we may not know how many splits the Church has undergone, we do know that we have been splitting over rather trivial things, like style of worship, preferred translation of the Bible and some more crucial matters like definitions of Elder and Deacons, and the gifts of the Spirit to name a few.  This week we will start the first fo several messages on spiritual gifts and the purpose of them.  Please join us as we seek to clear a few things up, and hopefully bring clarity on how we can view such things in a Biblically responsible manner.