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We live in a world filled with darkness. And into this world of darkness Jesus came. In John 8:12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life." Like the worship song sings, "There is a light, his name is Jesus. He's the light of the world. But here’s the amazing thing. Don’t miss this thing. Of all Jesus’ I am statements, six of them only apply to him. There’s only one "I am" statement where Jesus says, and so are you. He says, "I am the light of the world. And so are you."

Jesus is the light of the world, and so are you!

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In this episode, I'm going to talk about the beauty of the sound of dropping stones. You will hear it, in your heart, as you listen to this episode, the sound of dropping stones. Did you know that you can recognize by a sound, whether or not you are following Jesus? Do you know what sound you hear when you start living and loving and becoming like Jesus? It's the sound of stones dropping.

I used to have this rock that I kept in my office. It was large enough to write on it the words, "first stone." It was a reminder to me of the fact that I can't throw stones at people who have blown it, if I don't want stones thrown at me when I blow it. And when I blow it, when I make those choices I wish I could undo, I so love to hear the sound of stones dropping.

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Who are your untouchables? We spent a couple of weeks at Calvary talking about being bridge-builders. I think one of the most vital gaps we need to bridge today is the gap between you and whoever your untouchables are because we still have
untouchables today, don't we? How long has it been since you went out of your way to be around the friend who betrayed you? Has she become untouchable? If someone invited you to go with them to do prison ministry, would you go? Would you sit and talk, share the good news of forgiveness to a child molester? What about those on the other side of whatever political divide is your gap?

See the word "judgement" goes with the word "untouchable." In fact the greek word for judgement literally means to seperate. To be judgmental is to seperate, divide and condemn. It's all about building walls instead of bridges. So who are your untouchables?