![]() We are to guard our lives so that this unity is maintained. “Be diligent” implies that this takes effort. (One note here-probably not all the differences are completely worked out, but enough to be a settling of the dispute.) The noun unity is used in Ephesians 4:3 where we are to “be diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” Keeping in mind that there is an action base in the word for unity, let us briefly examine this verse. Stop on the road, sit down, turn towards one another, talk things out and cause an alliance to be made. Agree here means “to settle or reconcile, to make an alliance.” The way that is done can be seen in this verse. The Aramaic root verb, aoa, is the word “agree.” Obviously, if the man in this verse agreed already, it would not call his opponent an adversary and they would not be on the way to the court. Matthew 5:25: Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Unity comes from a verb root in Aramaic that means simply “to turn towards a place or person with interest or affection.” An intensive form of the verb means, “to cause to turn towards, or reconcile.” An example of this verb usage is in Matthew 5. The abstract concept is linked with this action and can be understood more thoroughly by looking at the root action. In other words, we can learn what the concept means by identifying the root verb and its action. What is unity? I love to study the Eastern languages, Hebrew and Aramaic, because abstract concepts (such as unity) are usually based on an action verb as the root of the word family. But, be that as it may, I do not know, that if questioned, a believer would have solid Biblical answers for: what is unity? How should it be based? How does one promote it? These are the questions addressed in this article. If you as an individual or a ministry are not promoting it, you are considered “out of sink” with the times. It has almost become a “buzz word” in Christian circles. The Walking Frog (arr.Keeping the unity of the Spirit is a hot topic these days. ![]() Salute to the Colors (as arranger) (1922).Barnum and Bailey's Fractured Favorite (arr.Barnum and Bailey's Favorite (arr Milford) (arr.Coast Guards (Flex instrumentation) (arr.Shaker Heights (Ohio) High School Concert Winds (Joseph Kulikowski, conductor) - 2013.Carrollton (Ohio) High School Concert Band (David Dickerhoof, conductor) – 11 March 2018.Mogadore (Ohio) High School Band (Stephanie Bonitz, conductor) – 28 April 2019.North Central Missouri Bandmasters Association (Chillicothe) Clinic Band (Andrew Glover, conductor) - 22 November 2021.To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project ![]() (Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.) The marches were placed in an album called Liberty March Folio (with a picture of the Statue of Liberty on the cover) and each was given a patriotic, world peace title in accordance with world events in Geneva, Korea, and the United States at the time. ![]() He did, however, run out of titles and presumably asked Barnhouse publishers to name this march and fifteen others which he wrote in 1955.
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