September 2018 - October 2024
How should we live as believers? Ephesians will inform us of our riches, our spiritual assets, in Christ and how we are to live. Ephesians is the most significant book for understanding our roles and responsibilities as Church Age believers. Listen to the series to put your spiritual growth into hyperdrive.
Video DVDs of these lessons can be ordered here or here.
To view all video Bible studies in the Ephesians series, click here (Vimeo) or here (YouTube). Both platforms now include closed captioning. VIdeos on VImeo include the entire worship service, while those on YouTube only include the Bible teaching from the service.
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Passage: Ephesians 5:22
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 55 mins 40 secs
What was Adam's and Eve's two-fold problem when approached by Satan in the Garden? Listen to this message to see that Eve was challenged to evaluate God's commands rather than to obey them. Learn three ways Eve failed this test. Find out what the consequences were and what Adam and Eve did out of fear and how they could no longer fulfill their mission they had been given.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Passage: Ephesians 5:22
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 54 mins 16 secs
Does the Bible teach that women are inferior to men? Listen to this message to understand biblical submission to authority. Hear how Adam and Eve are an example of rejection of the Creator-creature distinction. Learn five distinctive missions God commanded mankind to fulfill and find out why God is called a helper using the same Hebrew word as is used for a wife to be a helper. See how refusing to obey authority made devastating changes in humans.
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Passage: Ephesians 5:21
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 52 mins 56 secs
Why does the Bible spend so much time describing the sin of rebellion? Listen to this message to learn that rebellion is a part of our sin nature and was the sin of Satan. See that the Bible compares rebellion to the sin of witchcraft. Hear a number of biblical examples of rebellion beginning with Adam and Eve and including the rebellion of the Israelites. Find out that respect for authority is inherent in having a culture that works.
During this message Dr. Dean recommended "The The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations" by Christopher Lasch.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Passage: Ephesians 5:21
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 56 mins 21 secs
Why does God put so much emphasis on submission to authority? Listen to this message to gain a better understanding of how God is the Sovereign authority over everything and we are to submit to that. Find out the consequences of disobedience to authority by hearing about the first incidence of extreme disobedience by Satan and a second incidence when Adam and Eve rebelled. Recognize there are authority roles in the Godhead.
Sunday, September 08, 2024
Passage: Ephesians 5:21
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 42 mins 36 secs
Are we ever justified in disobeying a legitimate authority? Listen to this message to find out that God has established authority and it is not inherently bad. See what circumstances have to be that mean we are not to obey even as we accept the consequences. Hear about an example of this in the Book of Daniel. Find out that leaders are to help those under them to be better at what they do.
Sunday, September 01, 2024
Passage: Ephesians 5:21 & Philippians 2:4-11
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 59 mins 40 secs
Do you struggle with submitting to others or do you insist on getting your own way? Listen to this lesson to learn that the issue is our obedience to God. Hear the ultimate example of submission when Christ humbled Himself and became obedient even to going to the Cross to die for our sins. Understand that the fear of God is another way of expressing our submission.
Sunday, August 25, 2024
Passage: Ephesians 5:20
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 58 mins 55 secs
Are you thankful to God the Father for other believers in your life? Listen to this message to hear a number of examples of the Apostle Paul giving thanks to God for other believers in his prayers. See specific things he mentioned about them, their love, their faith, their study of the Word of God, and how they had been a help to him. Realize that these are the characteristics that should be increasing in all believers.
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Passage: Ephesians 5:20
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 54 mins 13 secs
When unpleasant and adverse things start happening in your life what are you to do? Listen to this message to learn that as a believer it is God's will that you show gratitude to Him for everything, including things you wish were not happening. Learn how often you are to give thanks, who you are to address your thanks to, and what results will happen when you express thanks as you're walking by means of the Holy Spirit.
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Passage: Ephesians 5:18-21 & Psalm 103
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 57 mins 40 secs
How can the hymns we sing as a congregation glorify God? Listen to this message to learn that the hymns are to showcase who God is and what He does as the most important part of the hymn. Although we will never have perfect worship, we should aim to the lofty goal of glorifying God. Hear five standards for our worship music and see how they should show doctrinal development as the psalms do.
Sunday, August 04, 2024
Passage: Ephesians 5:18-21 & Colossians 3:16
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 1 hr 3 mins 52 secs
How can you, as a believer, keep from being influenced by the subtle influence of the world around you? Listen to this message to hear a definition of the world system and find out what forms it and what opposes it. See the importance of having standards that will stand firm in the worst of a pagan culture. Examine two contemporary hymns and compare them in several ways to classic high culture hymns of the past ages.
