We were dead, but God… Hear what God has done through Jesus Christ to make us alive again.

Paul prays for the Ephesians that the eyes of their hearts might be enlightened to see the wonders of the gospel.

Why does it matter that we are “in Christ”? Paul helps us understand the importance of this union in this theologically rich passage.

Esther 6 illustrates the godly encouragement to humility and warning against pride found in Proverbs. Mordecai who didn’t demand a reward for his service is exalted, and Haman who tried to secure his own glory is humiliated.

This weeks sermon at Christ Church Conway.

There is an incredible contrast set-up between Esther and Haman. She is presented in humility, he in pride. In light of the biblical wisdom of Proverbs, we have here an incredible foreshadowing of where the story is going.

Haman’s plot is announced, and the Jews go into mourning. Mordecai encourages Esther to go to the King and plead for her people because it just might be that this is exactly why God has put her in the palace to begin with.

We don’t like to think about the discipline of our Heavenly Father; nonetheless, it is a reality. Further, it is a reality that flows from His fatherly love, not contrary to it.

Haman’s lie about the Jew’s way of life is very instructive for our own thinking about how we live as Christians in the world.