How do you feel about the way Christianity is represented in the media today? One of the earliest marks of Christian faith, from its infancy, when it was still considered a small, Jewish sect that was likely to phase out, was its multi-ethnic, multicultural framework. No longer did followers of this faith need to share the same national, political or cultural identity. Gentiles were welcome, and they weren't expected to convert to the Jewish way of life to join. This wasn't a development that anyone was expecting, least of which the Apostle Paul, who pioneered the mission of the early Church to non-Jewish nations. The early church wrestled with the change that the death and resurrection of Jesus was bringing to history. The movement was now meant to honour the Jewish nation, reject antisemitism, but also allow a multi-national identity to emerge. Ephesians 3.1-13 reminds us that, today, if we are going to represent the good news of Jesus, it cannot be exclusively tied to political allegiance, cultural preferences or language.  Podcast by Heather Cetrangolo, 28 September 2025