The Devil has many devious and clever schemes. The book of Ephesians teaches us to sit, walk, then stand. In this sermon Steve shows us that we are part of a war against spiritual forces and what it means to stand in the power of God.

During the worst of the COVID crisis this year (2020), in Australia you saw people stay at home, isolate as best as they could, kept their movements minimal, wore masks, washed their hands, kept a distance from other people. They knew that they were at war and they needed to take precautions. It was a […]

The thing is that the city of Ephesus was known for its goddess Artemis, the goddess with multiple breasts. Ritual sexual behaviour and prostitution was part of their worship and the language and jokes in the city of Ephesus were often overtly sexual and crude. In that sense, the language and humour of Ephesus are […]

What Paul is doing here is urging the Ephesians to continue on in their education about Christ. It is always so easy to go backwards instead of forwards. The problem that Paul is dealing with here is that for the Christian the old garments of ignorance and death are very comfortable. People go to a […]

Paul discloses the mystery of God’s plan for His Salvation. We recognise that we were dead in our trespasses and sins but now have been made alive in Christ. The mystery is that we have been included into the body of Christ. Yet, in understanding the mystery, do we recognise the need for ministry? Paul […]

One of the things problems that we have as human beings is that we are always forgetting things. When it comes to living the Christian life, I often compare myself to a leaky bucket. You would have heard me say that before. A leaky bucket is always losing water and in my Christian life, I […]

I like how John Stott puts this. He writes that we see these three successive historical events in the saving career of Jesus, which are normally called his resurrection from the dead, his ascension into heaven and his rule which is sitting at the right hand of God. The amazing thing is not simply that […]

So, what helps us not to be intimidated by the trappings of power? What helps us to be able to live courageously in this world? I think it is when we have seen Christ as our glorious ruler and king. I think it is as we see Christ overshadowing all human power and making a […]