Genesis 2:1-3 | “What Is Work?”

[display_podcast] Last week we studied what Paul said to slaves and masters in the church at Ephesus (Eph. 6:5-9).  Because slavery in the New Testament era wasn’t what we commonly think of as slavery, we said that it’s fair to think of his instructions to slaves and masters as instructions to employees and employers.  The main point of that text was that God cares for how employees and employers treat one another.  There should be mutual respect and fairness among bosses and their workers.  Each should remember that God [...]

By |2020-07-27T17:22:04-06:00October 21st, 2018|Genesis, John Sypert, Sermons|

Genesis 1-3 | “Men and Women: Equal, Different, and Fallen”

[display_podcast] This week we are pausing our study of Ephesians in order to think about how God created men and women.  We’re doing this because the next section of Ephesians (5:22-33) is about wives and husbands.  This is one of the most beautiful, most misunderstood, and even most disliked portions of Scripture.  It teaches that husbands are the servant leaders of their wives and that wives should respectfully submit to their husbands.  This kind of teaching cuts against the grain of what the prevailing culture says about women.  Theologian Bruce [...]

By |2020-07-28T06:38:25-06:00September 2nd, 2018|Genesis, John Sypert, Sermons|
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