TLDR: Bob Marley got it wrong.

Modern Christians often speak as if unity is a polite ideal—nice to have, but unnecessary. Yet Scripture, the Apostles, and two thousand years of Christian witness paint a very different picture.

St. Paul calls the Church to one mind, one judgment, and a communion without division. Christ did not found a spiritual democracy but His Bride, a covenantal Body that lives and worships as one. To break that unity, Scripture says, is not innovation but spiritual infidelity. The early Church understood this clearly, and the Orthodox Church, preserved from antiquity, continues to preserve that unity today.

In this episode, we explore why the Church must be one, why division is not merely unfortunate but spiritually damaging, and what it means to enter the covenant Christ Himself established, which is through His Body, the Church.

Highlights

• Unity as a Biblical command, not a preference

• St. Paul’s insistence on one mind and one judgment

• Why denominationalism contradicts Apostolic teaching

• The Church as Bride and covenant, not abstraction

• Why “just believe in Jesus” isn’t a Biblical position

• The impossibility of Christ having multiple Bodies

• Why the early Church cannot “fall away” without accusing Christ

• Unity as the fruit of Pentecost and sign of truth

• The spiritual danger of creating personal versions of Christianity

• Faithfulness to the Church as faithfulness to Christ