photo rs-foto pretty safe peace differences values beliefs opposing goals affiliations approaches problem-solving tend result constant bickering deadly violence mind listen news stories health care debate escalating problems afghanistan tension rooted differences address issues daughters schools classroom kids educational emotional properly cared marriage failed overwhelming frustration ways overcome ephesians embracing handle differences pastors church teaching fall book ephesians decided study small group things pastor pointed word paul times ephesians greek singular form words paul talking individual faith personal goal striving talking communal process faith hard group people band collectively stark differences involved impossible what's amazing book ephesians collective group paul writing includes jews gentiles groups historically stark contrast division joining throw party start business focusing thing divided starting church surely accomplish crazy thing they'd start abolishing differences reasonable route peace differences generally rest marriage personal relationship lots coercion compromise give make decision make healthy interactions person group powerful bigger stronger educated wealthy forces conform ways early church jews power terms number historical claim church worshiping easily demanded mass gentile circumcision adherence jewish customs laws acts learn plenty debate discussion enforce turns jesus highway sort deal painful compromise we'll things things we'll sort happy sort frustrated jesus makes choose paul puts ephesians peace made destroyed barrier dividing wall hostility abolishing flesh commandments regulations purpose create making peace rules wall symbol division destroyed left doorway wall turns visiting time time completely dose hope cynics easy cynical category includes nice idea realistic symbolic history church followers christ terrible living true church history makes cringe what's true movement survived years built principle embracing incorporating celebrating differences nice idea happened worked things work hard effort mysterious things work trust bigger working world peace differences 