Ephesians (2018)

What energizes our spiritual life after we trust in Christ? Listen to this message to learn that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer and we are to receive what the Spirit is teaching us from the Word of God. Find out this can only be accomplished when we are walking by the Holy Spirit. Learn about three results that come from being filled with the Spirit.

Why is there so much confusion about the meaning of the filling of the Holy Spirit? Listen to this message to learn that the command to be filled with the Holy Spirit is a Greek idiom that appears only once. Find out several other phrases of being filled which use different Greek words. See that understanding this is critical to our spiritual growth.

Why is there so much confusion concerning the biblical command to be filled with the Holy Spirit and living the spiritual life after we are saved? Listen to this message to understand the difference between literal and allegorical interpretation of Scripture and the history of how these developed. See how the rise of allegorical interpretation led to many heresies including Replacement Theology.

Have you ever thought how to walk in wisdom? Do you use your time wisely or do you just react to what’s happening around you? Listen to this message to learn the importance of time management in your spiritual life. Find out what it means to redeem the time and hear a number of biblical priorities concerning the use of time.

Are you a spiritually lazy believer, just dozing your way through life? Listen to this message to learn that after you have trusted Christ as your Savior you are to begin to walk in the light of God’s Word and awaken to a different kind of thinking than that of the pagan thoughts you had as an unbeliever. Find out there are things of darkness we are not to even talk or think about.

Why are believers told in the Bible to separate themselves from certain places, certain things, and certain people? Listen to this message to learn that we need to avoid that which influences us to wander away from the truth of God’s Word. Find out what the command “do not sin” means and learn how to expose wrong thinking in ourselves and those around us.

During this Bible class Dr. Dean mentioned two books by Dr. Erwin Lutzer: We Will Not Be Silenced: Responding Courageously to Our Culture's Assault on Christianity and No Reason to Hide: Standing for Christ in a Collapsing Culture.

Are you evaluating whether the ideas and issues around you are good and acceptable to God? Listen to this message to learn that God has standards He has revealed in His Word and in order to make valid judgments we must saturate our thinking with biblical truth. Find out what it means to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.

Would you like to be able to handle all the issues that occur in your life in a way that is pleasing to God? Listen to this message to learn that this is only possible when we are walking in the light of God’s Word. Find out that as our thinking becomes saturated with biblical truth the Holy Spirit can transform our minds to the character of Christ.

Does your life have meaning and purpose? Listen to this message to understand that believers are to walk in God’s light and not live in darkness like unbelievers. See that we are not to partner with those who reject God’s way but we are to expose corruption. Understand that walking in the light results in our being transformed by the Holy Spirit.

In whose kingdom do you live? You only have two choices: God’s kingdom of light or Satan’s domain of darkness. Listen to this message to learn that all are born into darkness, but when someone trusts in Christ they are transferred to God’s kingdom of light. Find out that we must choose to learn what God has revealed to us in His Word about these options. Be challenged to understand how to think and conduct your life by growing spiritually.