Members One of Another

8/30/2009 · Ephesians 4:25-32 · Carter Sanger · 1 Comment 

Last week we talked about the way of those alienated from God. They walk in the futility of their minds because they lack the proper starting point – the source of all truth, which is found in Jesus. This week we talk about what walking the right road looks like. As Paul begins... [More]

The Slippery Slope

8/23/2009 · Ephesians 4:17-24 · Carter Sanger · 2 Comments 

The sinful nature isn’t born one day when you make a bad choice. You have it by birth. It shows itself differently in different people. For one man it might be pornography. For another anger, or anxiety, or materialism, or gossip, or something that only you can describe. You... [More]

Living Toward Maturity

8/16/2009 · Ephesians 4:1-16 · Carter Sanger · Leave a Comment 

God’s call is, quite literally, life changing. Even that is too small a description for it. God’s call gives life to a new creation, a new society, that we are adopted into. As those who have received such an amazing call, we are exhorted to live in a manner worthy... [More]

Grasping the Love of Christ

8/9/2009 · Ephesians 3:14-21 · Carter Sanger · Leave a Comment 

The church, as a whole, has a bad reputation from which it is trying to recover. When people no longer part of the church are asked why they left, it is often because they feel so condemned in the church – that the church is marred by hypocrisy and, consequently, a lack of... [More]

Revealing the Mystery of God

8/2/2009 · Ephesians 3:1-13 · Carter Sanger · Leave a Comment 

Everyone loves a good mystery. We want to know whodunit. When Paul writes to the Ephesians he speaks of a mystery. He answers the “who” of whodunit in chapter 1 and 2. In chapter 3 he answers what the “who” is doing. He’s creating a new society which... [More]