Last week we looked at how the apostle Paul re-aligned these codes of conduct, encouraging the husband and wife in the Christian household to pattern their relationships after the relationship…
We are taking a break in our Theology of The Church Series to focus on the season of Advent.
When a doctor examines a human body, there are symptoms to help them determine if the body is healthy or sick. We know that a body can atrophy, become weak…
Today we will look at Paul’s second prayer for the Christians in Ephesus. This prayer marks the end of the first half of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, as well…
This morning we will look at a core theological issue: Is the NT church (this new Humanity created by Christ) a continuation of the OT Nation of Israel, can Christians today be…
It seems that most peace missions fail. I read somewhere that from 1500 b.c. to a.d. 850 there were 7,500 “eternal covenants” agreed on among various nations with the hope…
We are moving through Paul’s letter to the Christians in Ephesus, from the first chapter where he described the blessings all Christians have as God’s children, and Paul’s prayer that…
Paul realized that it wasn’t enough to tell the Christians in Ephesus about their blessings in Christ, but he backed it up by continually praying for them, because he knew…
Today as we begin moving deliberately through Ephesians I want to focus in more detail on those riches we have received from God. I am only reading the first few…
Luke is compressing time intentionally at the center of the book of Acts to communicate something of great theological significance: The inclusion of the Gentiles into the Kingdom of God. This…