Nobody likes being out of control. This leads many of us to want to have a god that we can easily manage and control. Listen in to hear how we can have the Jesus as he really is and not as we wish He could be.

Christians claim that the Bible is the word of God. But, doesn't it have errors? Wasn't it just written by men? If these things are true, why should anyone trust the bible? Listen, here, for a case as to why the Bible can be trusted as reliable.

Paul knows the Christian life will be anything but easy. In fact, Paul assumes that simply living out the Christian life is to engage in a spiritual battle. There is a real enemy, but God has not left us unaided as we engage with him. Here, Paul spells out the great benefits given to believers as they "stand against," and at last "to stand."

Paul realizes that once the gospel takes hold of a heart, it never leaves the inner-workings of that heart the same. In this sermon, we listen in as Paul describes the dynamics of Christian Change.

Paul realized there are essentially two ways to live out (or 'walk') life. Those for whom Jesus died are called to imitate him and walk in love.

Paul, moving from the themes Christian identity, now begins to encourage his readers to life with one another. In this sermon, we hear about Paul's exhortation to unity, diversity within unity, and th point of unity, namely, maturity in the body.

Paul closes the first half of his letter with a prayer, so that his readers would be equipped for what he has to say next. In short, Paul knows that the Christian Life is impossible apart from the resources that only God can give.

Paul tells he readers that, at one time or another, all of us have been outsiders with respect to fellowship with God. Through Christ, our deepest longing--what C.S. Lewis calls "Our Inconsolable Secret"--is both out and answered.

Paul tells his readers that something which has been hidden for ages is now revealed in the Church. And now, this new body, is the vehicle to display the gospel to the entire cosmos.

Paul highlights the Grand Scheme of salvation: Man is dead in his sin, made alive by Christ-and this by grace-unto the end that good works would mark the followers of Jesus.