Passage: Ephesian 5:1-2 Two weeks ago, when we first addressed this text, I mentioned that we needed to spend some concentrated time to see how believers can develop intimacy with God that leads to growing holiness. My purpose in this message is to persuade you that God has given us the necessary means to grow […]
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Walking in Love
Passage: Ephesians 5:1-2 There may no more beautiful description of what the Christian life should look like than our text for this morning’s sermon. Closely connected with last week’s passage, Paul now encourages the Ephesian church by painting a word picture of what he has been teaching them about putting off the old man and […]
The New Self
Passage: Ephesians 4:25-32 By now, it should be clear to us that it matters greatly to God how we live. Our lives before and after trusting Christ should be radically different. After all, we have moved from death to live because of the grace of God, and you can’t get much more different than that. […]
Be Who You Are
Passage: Ephesians 4:22-24 As we have studied the fourth chapter of Ephesians, we have clearly seen the importance of a changed life. Christians are to walk in a manner worthy of our calling, not as unbelievers who walk in the futility of their thinking. This is part of what we have been taught in the […]
The School of Christ
Passage: Ephesians 4:20-21 Paul is being painfully careful and clear to emphasize the difference that being a follower of Christ should make in the manner in which we live. Last week, we looked at his description of the lifestyle each of us engaged in before Christ; a lifestyle characterized by futile thinking, spiritual ignorance, alienation […]
Terminal Paganitis
Passage: Ephesians 4:17-19 If Chapter 4 began a new focus in Paul’s letter to the Ephesian Christians, then v. 17 is the point where the rubber really starts to meet the road when it comes to living out the Christian life. After reminding his readers to walk in a manner worthy of their calling (4:1), […]
Walk Worthy
Passage: Ephesians 4:1-3 The structure of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is pretty straight-forward: chapters 1-3 talk about all that God has done for us in Christ while chapters 4-6 tell us how to live in light of God’s grace. This is the practical, life-application section of Ephesians, and this morning, we start to consider […]
God’s Workmanship
Passage: Ephesians 2:10 Paul has spent a great deal of time speaking negatively of the role of works in our salvation. Now, in verse 10, we have a major shift. Works are now mentioned positively, as the very reason God saved us. To paraphrase Paul, we were not saved by works but we were saved […]
God Knows
Passage: Daniel 11:1-45 One well-regarded commentator denied that it was even possible to preach a sermon on this morning’s text. Granted, this passage contains an overwhelming amount of historical specificity focused upon a time that would appear to have little-to-any relevance to a 21st century Christian. But there are truths and themes contained within this […]
Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow!
Passage: Matthew 6:19-34 Who among us is not amazed at the mercy shown to our community by the Lord God Almighty in sparing Mayer from the Goodwin Fire? Today, we want to celebrate God’s goodness to us, pray for those who have suffered losses, ask for the continued protection of the responders on the ground […]