September 2018 - January 2025
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, January 26, 2025
Passage: Ephesians 5:21 & 1 Peter 2:11-3:6
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 54 mins 59 secs
What does the Bible teach about the role of men in marriage? Listen to this message to hear that the men are to be the leaders of their family but they are never to abuse this leadership- It should be based on love and the example is the Lord Jesus Christ's love for the Church. A woman, in turn, is to submit to the leadership of her own husband. All believers are to direct their attention to understanding the biblical standards mandated for families.
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Passage: Ephesians 5:21 & 1 Timothy 2:8-12
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 53 mins 34 secs
Do you ever question whether God has our best interests in mind? Listen to this message to learn that God created everything perfect and it is sin that has corrupted our world. The mandates we have in the Bible teaching us how to live in a fallen world are given by Him and are based on an authority structure. These regulations refer to what is to occur in our public worship to ensure we can focus on God and not be disturbed.
Sunday, January 05, 2025
Passage: Ephesians 5:21 & 1 Timothy 2:8-10
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 56 mins 4 secs
The Scriptures contain life lessons for us so we can realign our thinking and opinions to God's standards for all believers. Find out what submission for both men and women means and hear a discussion comparing and contrasting two New Testament passages that further explain ways we are to submit. Be challenged to realign your thinking so you will lead a tranquil life both in the home and in public worship.
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Passage: Ephesians 5:21 & 1 Timothy 2:8-12
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 1 hr 0 mins 3 secs
Can we go through the Scriptures and choose what we believe? Listen to this lesson to learn that all Scripture is to be believed and obeyed and that this is related to authority orientation. Recognize that authority was laid out in the first three chapters of Genesis. Understand that because of sin our basic issue is rebellion. Hear about the spheres of authority God has instituted and how man is the authority because he was created before the woman.
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Passage: Ephesians 5:21 & 2 Corinthians 11:2-16
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 54 mins 17 secs
When the angels observe you, is your orientation to authority evident? Listen to this message to learn what wives submitting to their husbands means. See that the man was created before the woman and he is to be the authority in the marriage. Find that both the man and woman were created equally in the image of God, but they have different roles. Understand that the example of leadership is Christ’s authority over the Church.
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.
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