While the building up of hope is not isolated to Christmas, it seems to be larger during this season. We all have expectations for the season but are they the right expectations. As we continue our Advent series, we’ll look at the High Hopes that the people of Israel had.

As we embark on the Advent Season, we’ll begin by looking at Advent as a whole. There are four major themes of the season, and as we study Colossians 1:15-20, we see that they are perfectly seen in Jesus! We pray that you’ll join us this week as we begin our new series: The Tragedy of Christmas.

Join us as our good friend Ed Gregory finishes up our series on Ephesians!

The armor of God is probably familiar to many of us, but in our culture this is a timely text. We must be reminded of who our enemy is. As we near the end of Ephesians, let's lean in and ask the Lord to speak to us.

We are relational people because we are created in the image and likeness of a relational God. As we continue through Ephesians, we see examples of submission in familial and working relationships.

Many times when we encounter certain words, we have preconceived connotations about them. Submission is one of those words that our culture has magnified, exaggerated, and twisted. However, the Scriptures speak very clearly that our devotion as Christ followers is to submit to Christ!

In the scripture we are given many warnings to guide us in how we are to live. This week we see a moment when Paul charges the church in Ephesus to examine how they walk, and to walk wisely for the world is evil and dark. Join us as we discuss how it looks to "walk wisely."

In a culture standing against Christ, we are often pulled toward the darkness. However the Apostle Paul continues to urge us to kill of the things that are ungodly. As we continue through Ephesians, we encounter a very explicit text about the things that are dark.

There is one body in Christ and for the body to work properly, we must be unified. Part of unity is maturity, and in Sunday's text Paul essentially says "Grow Up!" It's not just maturity, in general, but maturity in Christ!

In Ephesians 4, the Apostle Paul urges the believers to walk worth of the calling, but what is this calling? Who and what are they called to? Is there more than one? We'll jump back in our Stand Firm series this Sunday looking at Ephesians 4:1-6 to answer these questions.