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Art Morris works through the opening verses of Ephesians 5 in this message. Here, Paul makes the (possibly obvious) point that Christians should live differently than non-Christians. This is not about “religion” encouraging a certain type of behavior from an outside influence. Rather, a Christian, changed from the inside out will want and be compelled to live differently because of the Holy Spirit’s power and influence. We are supposed to walk as children of Light!

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In this message from our series on Ephesians, Art Morris walks through the directives that Paul has for Christians who want to live a new life. The focal passage is Ephesians 4:25-5:2. Helpful information on bitterness, including the list of questions, and the glass of water illustration (original from Amy Carmichael) derived from Mark Driscoll’s book, Death By Love.

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In this special message, Eric Kramer revisits our core values and challenges us to revisit our commitments also. Using the core insight from Ephesians 3:20, he makes the point that we need to refocus our efforts — starting with the leadership team.

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We measure growth in people with scales or measuring tapes, birthdays or accomplishments. But, how do we monitor spiritual growth? What does it mean to be a mature Christian? Art Morris works through Ephesians 4:17-24 with this theme in mind. Prior to the message we saw this clip — a seemingly light, vintage, yet biting, commentary from Amy Grant. During the message we played a clip from Mark Driscoll’s (Mars Hill Church, Seattle, WA) treatment of Ephesians 4:22 — the full sermon available here.

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There are so many ways to serve our Lord and so many opportunities to do so. As he works through Ephesians 4:7-16, Eric Kramer lays out a potential new vision for areas of service.

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Eric Kramer asks us to focus on the power that Christians might have if they could work in a unified way. Ephesians 4:1-6 is the focal passage. Just past midway we watched the Nickelback video “If Everyone Cared.”

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Paul, with an overwhelming pastor’s heart, encourages us in Ephesians 3:14-21 to consider just how all-encompassing the love of Christ is. Art Morris works through this passage and then has a question of personal commitment for each of us.

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Art Morris works through what he thinks may be one of the earliest “ADD Moments” by looking at Ephesians 3:1-14.

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In Genesis God identifies Himself as “I Am”. The very fact that the creator of the entire universe would trouble Himself to reveal that very personal item to man is amazing. The mystery of the gospel includes the fact that God brings so much glory to himself by extending grace to us. Eric Kramer explores this mystery in Part III of our Holy Week series. Again, credit to Stanley and Giglio for inspiration and and some content.

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