[display_podcast] The End of Our Study of Ephesians This is the thirty-first and final message in our study of Paul’s letter to the church in Ephesus.  We have spent most of this year studying what both Catholics and Protestants view as one of the most influential letters in the New Testament.  The great French Reformer John Calvin said that Ephesians was his favorite letter.  The great Scottish Reformer John Knox had his wife read him Calvin’s sermons on Ephesians while he lay on his deathbed.  Martyn Lloyd-Jones, the great British [...]

[display_podcast] Two Temptations With escalating violence and unrest in our country, there are two temptations followers of Jesus face.  One is to live in fear.  To live in paralyzing anxiety about what may happen next.  To always be looking over our shoulder.  To circle the wagons and hunker down until the storm blows over. The other temptation we face is to fight against the violence and unrest with the wrong weapons.  We can be tempted to assume that victory will come if we align ourselves with the right politicians or [...]

[display_podcast] Slavery in America Perhaps the darkest blot on our nation’s history is the institution of slavery.  For over two hundred years, millions of people were kidnapped from their homes in Africa, put on boats, and brought to the New World to be slaves.  Our nation was built, in many ways, on the backs of slaves.  Chattel slavery in antebellum America was horrific, cruel, dehumanizing, evil, and demonic.  It created racial divisions and strife that still reverberate through our nation.  Unfortunately, many Christians in the southern United States used [...]