Sermons based on readings from Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians
Ephesians 5:8-14 The church at Ephesus receives words of encouragement.cThey are told:For once you were in darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light. The problem for us, perhaps, is that Paul addresses a different kind of church than ours. The churches he knew, like the one at Ephesus, …
A Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Lent (19/03/23): Live as Children of Light Read More »
Ephesians 6:10-20 For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the forces of evil in heavenly places. Paul at the point at which he was writing to the church in Ephesus was in prison. He was …
Ephesians 4:24-5:2 There are two questions that are essential to religion. They are: the theological question, and the the ethical question. There are two questions which any religion must provide an answer to. First: What is God like? That is the theological question. And second: How should we live? That is the ethical, or moral …
A Sermon for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (08/08/21): Be Imitators of God Read More »