Paul’s first command to the Ephesians Church is to remember. What are the six truths Paul believes are essential to the flourishing of Christ’s church?
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Four prepositional phrases. "By grace through faith in Christ, not of works." These are some of the most important descriptors for the Christian life. In Sunday's sermon, Dave unpacks why salvation had to be this way and how knowing how grace and faith works can help Christians in their daily life.
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Paul tells us that before Christ, we were like zombies, walking dead, but are now alive in Christ. That is a bold statement. If you are not a believer in Jesus, that statement may be pretty off putting. But if you are a believer, it may also be difficult if you don't feel alive.
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Paul prays that the church would be given the Spirit of wisdom and enlightenment, that they would know hope, riches and power.
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The Holy Spirit plays and active role in our salvation. He leads us to the person of Jesus Christ. He is our seal and the guarantee of our inheritance, but how well do we know Him? How often do we speak His name? How quick are we to worship Him?
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That God the Father would adopt sinners into his family is good news, but who could have imagined that he would do so by sending his only Son to die?
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Ephesians 1 opens with God’s eye view of the gospel, beginning before the foundation of the world. What does it mean that our salvation began before time began?
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As we begin our series in Ephesians, Dave takes us back to the start of the church in Acts 19. As we consider a story filled with idols, exorcisms, and magic, we're forced to ask ourselves: do we believe in this stuff? Where is the spiritual realm in our own lives?
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Marriage goes back to the very beginning of the Bible where God creates Eve to be a helper to Adam. They enter into a one flesh union marked by willful covenant, relational and sexual intimacy. There are strong counter narratives of the essence of marriage in our culture today. Will we seek to understand and submit to God's final authority about marriage?
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God not only created us for flourishing relationships. He created us to work. But how do we work with others while not reducing them to their performance at work? How can we have objectives in relationship while not objectifying one another?
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This week we look at what The Bible has to say about dating relationships. This can be difficult since modern dating looks so different from biblical times. What does The Bible say about why we should date, who we should date and how we should date?
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Jesus calls His church to care for and befriend those who live in the margins of society. Those are His people. Will we go with Him to those places to walk with them as He does?
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Mary Magdalene said "I have seen the Lord". Will we believe her?
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Friendship is a key ingredient for a godly, flourishing life, and yet modern life is often lonely. How can we find friends?
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We honor our parents by seeing them as God does: human, flawed, forgiven
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Children are full persons, with all the dignity and complexity and glory of our own personhood. We cannot dismiss them.
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Relationships are in disrepair because of sin. But we are not without hope. Jesus, through His own blood on the cross, made possible a path to restored relationships: peace, forgiveness, reconciliation and restitution.
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Flourishing relationships are relationships where we know others and others know us. This requires a commitment to truth-telling, even when it hurts.
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