In Ephesians 4:17-24 Paul draws a strong contrast between the thinking and conduct of those who are outside of Christ and those who are in him. He uses the language of getting undressed and dressed again to picture the Christian’s response to the...

Christ builds his church by giving leaders that equip everyone to do the work of the ministry. Leaders aren’t supposed to do the work for others! All God’s people must be committed to doing this work, and at Radiant Church we are beginning a new phase...

In Ephesians 4:7-10 Paul refers to Christ’s victory over sin and death as a key motivation for us to live out the unity we have in his Spirit. But this passage also provides a window into one of the more difficult interpretive issues in the Bible...

God has already unified us. We don’t have to create unity that doesn’t exist, we just have to learn how to stop messing up the unity does. In Ephesians 4:1-6 we learn the key to living out that unity.

In Ephesians 3:11-21 Paul prays that we would be strengthened inside and together in order to comprehend the incomprehensible: the love of Christ. This is a crucial moment in the book of Ephesians, and it has huge implications for what Paul is saying...

From Ephesians 3:1-10 we are reminded that human beings are not the only ones who observe God’s work in the human race. Our redemption in Christ is a display of God’s victory over evil that is directed toward evil spirit beings themselves. As we...

From Ecclesiastes 1 and John 18 we took a fresh look at how we approach Christmas, because how we approach Christmas is a snapshot of how we think of life as a whole. Are we asking this world to provide what only God can provide through his Son, Jesus...

In Ephesians 2:19-22 we pondered three different illustrations of what it means to be God’s people: we are included in his kingdom, in his family, and we are his temple. But as sinners who need a Savior, we tend to make life messy for each other. How...

In Ephesians 2:11-18 we saw Jesus as the great Peacemaker, removing hostility with God and with other people. So what does this mean for our efforts to evangelize and make disciples? As ambassadors of the Prince of Peace, is it part of our mission to...

We’re “amazed” by a lot of things, but are we amazed by God’s grace? What does it look like to be amazed by grace, and how can we get there? Also, how should we understand the good works that God has “prepared for us”? Are we robots who just do what...