LBFC Weekly Sermons

Considering how to approach the July 4th Celebration of 250 years as a nation in our contentious times....

This message discusses Ephesians 4.1-16. Paul talks a lot about unity by the Spirit, and the body of Christ. What does Paul mean by these things? What does he not mean?

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Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

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This message discusses Ephesians 3.7-21. Paul breaks into prayer for the church in Ephesus, again! What can we learn about how to pray from considering how Paul prays?

The Homework Questions:

1. What did Paul pray for the believers in chapter 1?

2. What did Paul pray for the believers in chapter 3?

3. Meditate on Paul's prayers… Ask God for deeper knowledge of Him in the ways that Paul prays for the believers.

4. Paul prays for Glory to God in the church – what would this mean, practically speaking?

5. Consider how Paul's praying might sharpen your approach to prayer.

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Music "Front Porch" by Adam Selzer, see https://openchurch.com/free-download/front-porch-1011834/, (CC-BY-SA-3.0)

Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

Photos of Ephesus are from BiblePlaces.com.

This message discusses Ephesians 2.11-3.6. Paul teaches that God has created one new humanity in Christ. This is why he is in prison!

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Music "Front Porch" by Adam Selzer, see https://openchurch.com/free-download/front-porch-1011834/, (CC-BY-SA-3.0)

Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

Photos of Ephesus are from BiblePlaces.com.

This message discusses Ephesians 2.1-10, focusing on the foundation of Paul's concept of the Christian life. We are alive by grace to do good works!

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Music "Front Porch" by Adam Selzer, see https://openchurch.com/free-download/front-porch-1011834/, (CC-BY-SA-3.0)

Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

Photos of Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis are from BiblePlaces.com.

This message discusses Ephesians 1.15-23, focusing on the major theme of knowing God.

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Music "Front Porch" by Adam Selzer, see https://openchurch.com/free-download/front-porch-1011834/, (CC-BY-SA-3.0)

Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

Photos of Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis are from BiblePlaces.com.

This message reviews a bit of the background for Paul's letter to Ephesus and then discusses Ephesians 1.1-14, focusing on the major theme of inheritance.

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Music "Front Porch" by Adam Selzer, see https://openchurch.com/free-download/front-porch-1011834/, (CC-BY-SA-3.0)

Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

Photos of Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis are from BiblePlaces.com.

This message on peacemaking interrupts our planned sequence in the series on Paul's Prison Letters due to the need to express Christian views on the war that the United States has entered into. Long Beach Friends Church is a peace church - a part of the larger Friends/Quaker (among others) Peace Church movement; so that's a major theme in this message. However, in a time when many highly-placed voices in our society claim to represent Jesus, yet claim the war is justified and pray for God's favor to kill and destroy "enemies", we also consider their claims in light of classic Christian Just War theory. Not coincidentally, this message fits in harmoniously, if loosely, with Paul's Prison Letters - so we are considering it an episode in that series.

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Music "Front Porch" by Adam Selzer, see https://openchurch.com/free-download/front-porch-1011834/, (CC-BY-SA-3.0) Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. The title slide photo of the donkey is from BiblePlaces.com.

This message is the introduction to our series on Paul's Prison Letters. In it, we cover portions of Acts that give background for these letters, particularly background for Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus.

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Music "Front Porch" by Adam Selzer, see https://openchurch.com/free-download/front-porch-1011834/, (CC-BY-SA-3.0) Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. Photos of Ephesus and the temple of Artemis are from BiblePlaces.com.

In this message we talk about Palm Sunday and Holy Week, the week leading up to Resurrection Sunday. Why did Jesus ride into Jerusalem... on a donkey?

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Music "Front Porch" by Adam Selzer, see https://openchurch.com/free-download/front-porch-1011834/, (CC-BY-SA-3.0)

Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

Background photo of a donkey on the title image from BiblePlaces.com.