The Christian Conflict | Ephesians 6:10-24
We are wrapping up our current teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series has been to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 6:10-24, where Paul closes his letter by explaining the Christian conflict. He wants Christians to understand that they are in a spiritual battle. Though our difficulties may appear to be with the world around us, our real enemy is the devil who is actively at work to ruin God’s good world. He closes his letter with advice on how to protect ourselves against the schemes of the enemy and even how to fight back. Join us this week as we conclude our series and seek to rightly prepare for our Christian conflict.
Gospel Transformed Work | Ephesians 6:5-9
We only have two weeks left in our current teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series has been to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 6:5-9, where Paul explains how the gospel is meant to transform how His people engage in work. Many of us see work as a curse rather than an opportunity. Work was created before the fall of mankind and therefore is good. Join us as we discuss how the gospel is meant to transform how we approach our work.
Gospel Transformed Family | Ephesians 6:1-4
We are currently in a teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 6:1-4, where Paul explains how the gospel is meant to transform the family. As Paul has been addressing the practicality of the gospel, he finally makes his way to the family. The gospel should impact the household—including how children relate to their parents and how parents relate to the children. Join us as we explore what a gospel transformed family looks like.
Gospel Transformed Marriage | Ephesians 5:22-33
We are currently in a teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 5:22-33, where Paul explains how the gospel is meant to transform how men and women approach marriage. Paul provides helpful instructions for how a husband and a wife are meant to relate to one another. Then Paul explains the purpose of marriage and how it is meant to point people to the good news of Jesus. Join us this week as we seek to understand how the gospel transforms our approach to marriage.
Walk in Wisdom | Ephesians 5:15-21
We are currently in a teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 5:15-21, where Paul explains how the gospel is meant to produce a life of wisdom. Wisdom that is meant to characterize believers comes from being filled with the Holy Spirit. When a Christian walks by the Spirit, he or she will be able to avoid foolish living and instead live a life of beauty. Listen in as we discuss what this means and how to practice it.
Walk in Light | Ephesians 5:7-14
We are currently in a teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 5:7-14, where Paul explains how the gospel is meant to produce a life of light. The old nature of a human was characterized by darkness—hiding, covering, and deceiving. But now as a new creation, a Christian is meant to live a life of light. Join us as we discuss what this means and how to practice it.
Walk in Love | Ephesians 5:1-6
We are currently in a teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 5:1-6, where Paul explains how the gospel is meant to produce a life of love. While the concept of love might mean many different things to many different people, biblical love is patterned after Jesus and empowered by the gospel. In Ephesians 5, Paul implores Christians to walk in love and then connects walking in love to a person’s sexual ethic. Paul’s point is that a primary way a Christian walks in love is to follow God’s standard with their individual sexuality. Listen in as we discuss what this means and how to practice it.
The Old and the New | Ephesians 4:17-32
We are currently in a teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 4:17-32, where Paul explains how the gospel is meant to produce a holy people. How does morality fit into the Christian life? Some assume that morality IS the Christian life—doing good things and avoiding bad things. Others assume Christians have been set free from the obligation of morality—free to live however they want. The answer to this question is one of the keys to getting the gospel right. Paul’s point to the Ephesians is, in addition to unity, the miracle of salvation is meant to produce a whole new way of life. The Holy Spirit gives the believer a new nature along with new desires which are to lead to new behaviors. A believer is meant to be characterized by a new set of values, priorities, and deeds that stand in direct contrast to the pattern of the world. Listen in as we discuss what this changed life looks like.
The Reason for Spiritual Gifts | Ephesians 4:7-16
We are currently in a teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 4:7-16, where Paul explains particular gifts Christ has given to the Church—the apostles, prophets, evangelists, teachers and shepherds. We will learn that God’s purpose in delivering these gifts is for the equipping of God’s people and the building up of His body. Every believer is called to maturity, to serve the body, and to care deeply about ministry. Listen in as we discuss the reason for spiritual gifts.
Walk in Unity | Ephesians 4:1-6
We are currently in a teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 4:1-6, where Paul explains how the gospel is meant to produce unity among His people. How important is unity in your life? Do you work hard to repair broken relationships, or do you quickly move on when relationships get strained? Paul spends three chapters explaining what God has done for believers in Christ through the Holy Spirit. Then in chapter four, he shifts gears and explains how a Christian should respond—by walking in a manner worthy of the calling. This primarily manifests itself in unity among God’s people. God is very serious about His people getting along, which is meant to be a primary way to identify that a person belongs to Christ (John 13:35). Yet even with the new nature in Christ, unity is still difficult for believers and requires continual reliance on the Spirit of God. Listen in as we discuss what unity is and looks like.
A Prayer for Spiritual Strength | Ephesians 3:14-21
We are currently in a teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 3:14-21, looking at prayer. How do we pray? Is our prayer life a “laundry list” of needs that we expect God to fix? Do we run to God strictly in emergencies? Or is prayer so routine that we don’t even know what we are saying? In Ephesians 2:11-3:13, Paul reflects and celebrates the amazing work of God to make salvation possible to the whole world by making one new family—the Jews and Gentiles. Paul then launches into prayer for God’s people. Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians is theologically rich and full of beautiful truths. This is not designed as a template for prayer, but there are important theological truths to be learned that could help us grow in our prayer life. Listen in as we discuss how the gospel should impact our prayer life.
The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed | Ephesians 3:1-13
We are currently in a teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 3:1-13, where Paul explains how the mystery of the gospel is revealed in Christ. In this section, Paul explains that the mystery that has been revealed is the forming of the Jews and Gentiles into one people called the Church. He also tells us the purpose of the Church is to reveal the wisdom of God to the world.
A New People | Ephesians 2:11-22
We are currently in a teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 2:11-22, where Paul explains how the gospel has created a new people. In this section Paul explains how the gospel has changed the alienation that once existed between Jews and Gentiles. Because of the work of Jesus, God has brought together all different kinds of people and has called it His Church.
Was Dead But Now Alive | Ephesians 2:1-10
We are currently in a teaching series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 2:1-10, where Paul explains the nature of salvation. Is it a worldview that individuals decide to adhere to? Is it a code of morality that people subscribe to? The Bible suggests that it is a miracle. Salvation is God taking a spiritually dead life and making it alive. This was done as an act of divine grace toward rebellious and undeserving individuals. His rescue of us is for His glory—that we would be about the things He cares about by stepping into the works He has prepared for us. Listen in as we explore the miracle of salvation in the life of a believer.
A Prayer for Every Christian | Ephesians 1:15-23
In this sermon we look at Ephesians 1:15-23, where Paul prays for the Christians in Ephesus. Paul is writing to believers who have been saved, rescued, regenerated, and indwelt by the Holy Spirit. But he takes time to tell them that there is more for them—more depth in their relationship with God to be experienced. On top of the miracle that has occurred in their lives, he wants them to know that he is praying that God would give them “more”—that he would give them the Spirit of wisdom so that the eyes of their heart could see the depths that they currently can’t see. Listen in as we explore what these deep things are.
Reasons for Worship | Ephesians 1:3-14
In our last sermon, we started a new series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. This week we are going to study Ephesians 1:3-14, where Paul is going to give us several thrilling reasons to worship God. Have you ever been to a “worship” service and didn’t really get into it? We tend to praise and celebrate what we find inherently valuable. The sobering truth is, the reason we sometimes struggle to worship God is because in those moments, we don’t believe He is very valuable. Paul on the other hand couldn’t disagree more. Paul gives a detailed theological framework to help the Ephesian believers understand the specifics of God’s great love for them. Gospel-centered worship is not created out of thin air, but comes as a response to who God is and what He has done. God is worth celebrating because of what he has done in Christ Jesus and through the Holy Spirit. As the believer’s view of God grows, their life can’t help but explode in gospel-centered worship.
Introduction to Ephesians | Ephesians 1:1-2
We are starting a new series called Gospel Transformation: The Letter to the Ephesians. The purpose of this series is to explore how the gospel is meant to transform lives. In this introduction, we will attempt to gain a big picture of what this letter is all about and how it’s meant to work together. Two of the common corruptions of the gospel are legalism and license— a person obeys the commands of God to earn the favor of God, or the cross of Christ gives permission to live however you want. The gospel cuts right in the middle of both of these errors. Looking at the letter to the Ephesians as a whole helps us rightly get the gospel. In it, Paul writes 40 commands to the new believers in Ephesus—he clearly expects a great deal from them. However, this is not where Paul begins his letter. He does not start by telling them what to do; he starts by telling them what God has done for them. The first three chapters of Ephesians teach what God has done to rescue the Ephesians from darkness, to bring them into this great salvation, and to adopt them into His family. Only one command can be found in the first three chapters of Ephesians, and it is the command to remember what God has done. This is not a coincidence, but rather Paul making a very important point—identity comes before activity. Before a Christian can rightly embrace new behaviors, he or she must understand that God has miraculously made him or her into something new. The gospel transforms the believer into a new creation.