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Marriage in Christ

Marriage in Christ

Ephesians chapter 5 is more than saying that a wife needs to submit to her husband; it is a wealth of treasure on marriage and faith. What makes love more than just attraction and passion? Is there a key to making a marriage work? How do we understand the principle of headship? What is so crucial for single persons to understand about marriage? The message covers what marriage is, what marriage does, what marriage means, and what marriage shows.

Children of the Light

Children of the Light

Believers live with the challenge of walking obediently in this world for Christ. Why is obedience far more complex than simply choosing between good and bad? So often the challenges are not necessarily a matter or right or wrong, but a matter of better or best, or even equally valid options. How does one even begin to work through this? This sermon on Ephesians 5 teaches what it means to live in obedience, in wisdom, and in joy.

The New Self

The New Self

Jesus Christ was born into this world. Why? So we could feel peace, love, and warm vibes at the end of December? Not quite. This sermon deals with Jesus’ birth into this world in order to give people a second birth. Jesus Christ, the spiritual Son of God, underwent a human birth so we, human beings, could undergo a spiritual birth and have a new self.

Building up the Body

Building up the Body

The book of Ephesians is about the church, Paul presents a profound argument in chapter 4. This sermon traces through the three parts of Paul’s argument that that even though we have the life of the Trinity in us, we live in spiritual immaturity until we’re willing to do the hard work of developing and creating unity in the church.

The Power of the Spirit

The Power of the Spirit

Paul’s great letter to the Ephesians is mainly on the subject of the church. In chapter 3 verse 14, Paul thinks about the gospel of Jesus Christ, and it moves him to pray in a particular way. And what is he praying for? A spiritual inner sensitivity to gospel truth. This sermon unpacks how the Holy Spirit works in prayer to cultivate spiritual sensivity, obedience, and community.

This Month's Featured Book

Unraveling the Mystery of God’s Mercy

Discover how Jonah points us to the one who both calls us to repentance and provides our salvation, the one who brings mercy and justice together in perfect unity—Jesus Christ.