Here are five suggestions toward living like the community we are as the church that I mentioned in my sermon this past week. If God has created us as a new sort of revolutionary community, then we need to inch toward that reality in our local churches. What would you add to this list? Stop …
Ephesus: One New Man-One New Community (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message at Eastbrook Church this past weekend in our "Light for the City" series. This message focused on Ephesians 2:11-22. Discussion Questions: 1. The foundation for the discussion of the sermon is an understanding of sin and salvation. Genesis 1-3 conveys the picture of humanity’s original ‘right-ness’ …
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Ephesus: One New Man-One New Community
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our series “Light for the City” with a message entitled "One New Man-One New Community." This message explored Ephesians 2:11-22 where Paul describes the new community that God has created in Jesus Christ from both Jews and Gentiles. I organized the message around five points: Sin and …
