All Sermons in Ephesians

(text only, no audio or video) Title: Introduction to Ephesians Intro:  Ladies and Gentlemen, friends and family, the body of Christ….today, we as a people begin a brave new journey.  Together we embark on an adventure like no other we’ve been on before.   To be sure, there will be difficult times.  There will be…

(text and audio) Title: A Frank Discussion on Salvation Intro: How many of you, show of hands, have often set aside more time that you may need to finish a project at home or at work.  Why do we do this?  Depending on how this goes, we may be in this passage two weeks, and…

(text and audio) Title: A Frank Discussion on Salvation Intro: How many of you, show of hands, have often set aside more time that you may need to finish a project at home or at work.  Why do we do this?  Depending on how this goes, we may be in this passage two weeks, and…

(text and audio) Title: The Power of Connotation Intro: The power of a good analogy rests in knowing your audience well and relating to them in a way that resonates powerfully with them. Example:  Nate Logan, I was the press corner, we were in cover two, and, at the last second our DC calls for…

(text and audio) Title: It’s All Greek To Me (OR)  This Deal Just Keeps Getting Better Intro: Story of Ben and Mary getting married, needing a TV, Ty telling us to go see Tony at Best Buy, “One Hand Scratches the Other.”  “abound” Greek:  perisseuō (Definition Slide from BLB) (N.T. examples slide) DQ:  In what…

(text and audio) Title: The 3 “IN HIMS” Intro: It’s really hard, especially after three weeks off, to pick back up at verse 10 because it’s right in the middle of a profound thought that Paul is putting forth, so let’s read the entire thought (verses 7-12). (read/pray) The First “IN HIM” (v.7-9) We looked…

(text and audio) Title: The FedEX Gospel Intro: How many of you remember the Tom Hanks film “Castaway”.  Who remembers what Tom Hanks did for a living, and how did that help him survive, mentally and emotionally, on that island? One of the things that we mentioned in last week’s sermon was that Paul was…

(text and audio) Title: Perceiving vs. Hearing Intro: Jesus’ Spirit or Jesus’s Spirit? Puppies’ food (correct) Silas’s food (correct) “Therefore” Whenever you see a “Therefore”  You need to look back and see what it’s THERE FOR.  (Place what Paul is ABOUT TO SAY in the context of what he’s ALREADY SAID..) The opening chapter of…

(text and audio) Title: That You May Know (Part One) Intro: Last week we began to look at the final words of Paul’s extended salutation, which makes up the entirety of chapter one of Ephesians. As Paul draws his salutation to a close, he offers a blessing in prayer to the Church at Ephesus.  Last…

(text and audio) Title: That You May Know (Part Two) Intro: As you recall, last week we looked at two of the five things that Paul prays for the Ephesian Church as he closes out his opening salutation to them.  The first two blessings occur in verse 18, for a refresher, here they are: Essentially,…

(text and audio) Title: The Myth of Self-Determination Intro: There is so much to unpack in these verses, but the language itself is not difficult.  Paul here is speaking directly and plainly about the differences of the state of the believer and non-believer.  And in so doing, Paul dispels some myths that most of us,…

(text and audio) Title: The 3 “Togethers” Intro:1.  A Transition of Hope v. 4 “But God” The end of verse three reminds us that we USED to be “just as the others…”  Then comes a fantastic transition of hope with this little phrase “but God”. Q:  What is the resource?   A:  That God is…