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[A] = summary lessons
[B] = exegetical analysis
[C] = topical doctrinal studies
What is a Mini-Series?
A Mini-Series is a small subset of lessons from a major series which covers a particular subject or book. The class numbers will be in reference to the major series rather than the mini-series.
Ephesians (2018)

Ephesians (2018)

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.

To listen to this series as a podcast, copy and paste the following URL into your podcast software.
www.deanbibleministries.org/podcasts/2018ephesians.xml
 
Sunday, October 15, 2023
Passage: Ephesians 5:2 & Genesis 22
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 1 hr 56 mins 13 secs
Substitutionary atonement! Do you know what that means? Listen to this message to hear how Christ’s love for us was such that He died in our place and paid the penalty for our sins. Beginning in the Old Testament, see how this work of Christ was predicted. Hear the illustration of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, Isaac, and learn about the animal sacrifices that were made for the sins of the people. Rejoice that all of your sins are forgiven and you can trust Him to be your Savior.
Sunday, October 08, 2023
Passage: Ephesians 5:1-2 & John 13:34-35
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 49 mins 28 secs
What does it mean to walk in love? Listen to this message to see that the biblical command to walk in love describes how believers are to live their lives on a day-to-day basis. Understand that love is not an emotion but a mental attitude based on remembering what God has done for us in Christ. See what loving our enemies means.
Sunday, October 01, 2023
Passage: Ephesians 5:1-2
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 55 mins 24 secs
What do you know about God’s personal, infinite love for each believer? Listen to this lesson to learn that God demonstrated His love by the sacrificial death of His Son, Jesus Christ, on the Cross for our sins. Find out that we are to daily show that love to all other believers, both by forgiving them for any wrongs they do us and by not harboring mental attitude sins toward them. See how we are to imitate God by having our thinking transformed.
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Passage: Ephesians 4:32 & Matthew 18:21-25
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 48 mins 46 secs
Are you imitating God and treating another believer who has wronged you with gracious forgiveness? Listen to this lesson to learn how you can be enabled to display this forgiveness when you are walking by means of the Holy Spirit. Hear a parable that Jesus taught his disciples about a king who forgave a man a great debt and what the man did to someone who owed him, in turn.
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Passage: Ephesians 4:32
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 1 hr 0 mins 1 sec
How can we imitate God? Listen to this message to learn that we are to imitate the way God has forgiven us and to understand His grace. Hear four biblical categories of biblical forgiveness. Learn that God’s forgiveness is complete but there may still be consequences.
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Passage: Ephesians 4:32
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 48 mins 54 secs
When other believers wrong us we’re to forgive them as God forgave us. What does that mean? Listen to this message to learn when God forgave our sins and that we did nothing to deserve this forgiveness. That same mental attitude is to be ours when another believer has harmed or hurt us. Learn about four kinds of forgiveness taught in the Bible.
Sunday, September 03, 2023
Passage: Ephesians 4:31-5:1
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 1 hr 0 mins 36 secs
When someone mistreats, harms, or hurts you, how do you react? Listen to this message to learn that our sin natures become bitter and angry and full of malice. In contrast, the Scripture commands believers to forgive one another and treat each other with kindness. Hear four different categories of forgiveness discussed in the Bible and remove all bitterness from your life by forgiving those who treat you badly.
Sunday, August 20, 2023
Passage: Ephesians 4:30
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 1 hr 52 mins 19 secs
What guarantee do you have that you’re saved? Listen to this message to learn that Scripture says when you trust in Christ for your salvation, the Holy Spirit seals you as a down payment guaranteeing your eventual redemption when you receive your resurrection body. Hear a number of facts about what it means to be sealed and ways it is important to you in your spiritual life. Look forward to the day when you receive an inheritance from God.
Sunday, August 13, 2023
Passage: Ephesians 4:30
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 1 hr 41 mins 45 secs
Are you confident you’re saved for all eternity? Listen to this message to learn that at the moment of salvation the Holy Spirit sealed you, making your salvation secure. Learn six principles about the Holy Spirit showing that He is a Person, not just a force. As believers in the Church Age, understand that the Holy Spirit indwells you and fills you with God’s thoughts when You walk with Him and study God’s Word.
Sunday, August 06, 2023
Passage: Ephesians 4:30
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 58 mins 12 secs
Scripture tells us not to grieve the Holy Spirit. Do you even know what that means? Listen to this message to learn that the command is given in both the Old and the New Testaments. See that since the Holy Spirit is divine, a human emotion is used to describe what it means when we rebel against God or refuse to do His commands. Find out that grief is a part of our fallen world and is not a sin unless it is accompanied by mental attitude sins such as bitterness, anger, or self pity.