When the Walls Come Tumbling Down: Ephesians 2:11-22‪.‬

In Baptist circles these days it has become a part of one's homiletical responsibility to quote Fred Craddock as well as the biblical canon. Indeed, some preachers almost do not know the difference between Craddock and the canon! However, let me show due deference and begin with a Craddock story. Craddock tells about returning to his small west Tennessee hometown each Christmas. Every year he would visit an old friend named Buck. Buck owned a cafe on the main street of the town, and he always gave Craddock a cup of coffee and a piece of chess pie. One Christmas when Craddock went in to get his coffee and pie, Buck said, "Come on, let's go get a cup of coffee." "What's the matter?" asked Craddock, "isn't this a restaurant?" "I don't know; sometimes I wonder," Buck fired back.