Dru Fess I Ephesians 6:10-20

In the final teaching of A New Humanity we look at spiritual warfare. What is often missed is that the scripture continually acknowledges that spiritual beings and “the powers” (spiritual forces) are at play in both the history of the world and something that is active in our current reality. In this teaching we break down what Paul says and look at the call to clothe ourselves in the armour of God.

Dru Fess I Ephesians 5:21 - 6:9

In Ephesians 5 and 6 Paul switches his attention to how the gospel influences the home. The Greco-Roman world had a particular way in which households operated. Now Paul is sharing how relationships between husband and wife, parents and children, and master and servants work as the new humanity.

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Dru Fess I Ephesians 5:1-20

Paul calls those who follow Jesus to imitate God and walk in the way of love. In this teaching we walk through Ephesians 5, looking at how every community has limitations and how we are called in a new, upside down, counter-cultural way of living now that our allegiance is to Jesus.

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Dru Fess I Ephesians 4

In Ephesians 4 we see the call to live a life worthy. Ultimately this means both receiving and walking in God's call. In this teaching we look at how God has called us to put off our old selves and put on our new life in Christ.

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Mike Erre (via video) I Ephesians 4:1

Ephesians 4:1 is the verse in which the whole letter of Ephesians turns. For three chapters Paul has been declaring who the church is in Christ and how God's work has brought Jew and Gentile together as one new humanity. Now Paul declares that we are to "live a life worthy of the calling we have received."

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Dru Fess I Ephesians 3:14-21

At the end of Ephesians 3 Paul prays for his brothers and sisters in the church that he is writing. So often we look for mind-blowing things in the bible. The end of Ephesians 3 is simple. Paul prays that the church would experience God's power and love.

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In this teaching we had the pleasure of having A.J. Swoboda (via video)introduce our summer practice, the spiritual practice of sabbath.

Find A.J.'s book Subversive Sabbath here - https://tinyurl.com/subversivesabbath

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Dru Fess I Ephesians 3:1-13

In Ephesians 3:1-13 Paul uses the word mystery four times. Is the gospel, the kingdom and the work of God in the world a mystery? We talk about this and a number of things in own context that could be considered walls between us.

Dru Fess I Ephesians 2:11-22

The second half of Ephesians 2 shows us the cosmic scope of salvation. Yes, the work of Jesus brings us from death to life and prepares us for good works, but it also has a communal dimension.

In the first century there was deep tension between Jew and Gentile, and Paul makes it clear that the good news of Jesus breaks down the walls that divide Jew and Gentile, brings us in together as one new community, and that we are now the new temple in which the Spirit of God dwells.

Dru Fess I Ephesians 2:1-10

The cornerstone verse from the Protestant Reformation is undoubtedly Ephesians 2:8, the reality that we are saved by grace through faith. But what is faith?

In this teaching we look at what the word faith meant in its original context. We talk about what faith is not and what a true understanding of this work means for us as the church.