They don’t make them like this anymore
Long before most people could read, the Church was preaching the Gospel. And to do so, she used the very structure of her buildings to preach.
Many of our older builds are a sermon in stone and stained glass.
The Scriptures come alive in our art, statues, paintings, and majestic stained glass windows that soar along the walls of our Churches like jewels of light.
Even the height and shape of our older churches preach the word.
The height draws our sights up to heaven as if to say, Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, seek the things that are above where Christ is seated at God’s right hand (Col 3:1).
And the shape of most of our older churches is the shape of a cross. As if to say, May I never glory in anything, save the Cross of my Lord Jesus Christ(Gal 6:14).
My own Parish Church is a sermon in stone and wood and glass.
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