Ephesians
Family & The Gospel
Practical Ecclesiology Series | Selected Texts | James Martin
This week is an systematic theology sermon on the topic of family. Genesis 1:26-31, Deuteronomy 6:4-7 and Ephesians 6:1 are looked at for the exegetical insight on the reason and source for ministry. Special attention is given to God’s creation of family, the roles of family and the carry over of those roles in how the church is set up to function. This sermon was originally preached on February 6th, 2011 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Marriage & The Gospel
Practical Ecclesiology Series | Selected Texts | Pastor Duane Smets
This week is an systematic theology sermon on the topic of marriage. Genesis 2:5-25 and Ephesians 5:20-31 are looked at for the exegetical insight on the reason and source for ministry. Special attention is given to God’s creation of marriage, the roles of marriage and the carry over of those roles in how the church is set up to function. This sermon was originally preached on January 30th, 2011 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Community & The Gospel
Practical Ecclesiology Series | Selected Texts | Pastor Duane Smets
This week is an systematic theology sermon on the topic of community. Various texts are looked at for the exegetical insight on the reason and source for community, particularly Genesis 1:26 and Ephesians 2:13-22. Special attention is given to God being a Trinity, God’s intention and work of creating a people for himself and what Jesus has done to enable that to truly take place. This sermon was originally preached on January 9th, 2011 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Resolved to Grow and Build in Love
This is a vision sermon for The Resolved Church in 2010 titled, “Resolved to Grow and Build in Love – Part IV: Continuing to Be Changed by the Gospel” which surveys how God has worked in our church in the last year and then takes an exegetical look at Ephesians 4:17-32 as the vision for our continued growth in the gospel in this next year. This sermon was originally preached by Pastor Duane Smets on January 17th, 2010 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Resolved to Grow and Build in Love – Part III
This is Pastor Duane’s New Year’s address for 2009. This is a topical sermon is about the vision for the church for the year taking a few more cues from Ephesians 4 (Part I = New Years 2007, Part II = New Years 2008). This sermon was originally preached January 11th, 2009 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Resolved to Grow and Build in Love (Part II)
An exegetical treatment of Ephesians 4:11-16 addressing the themes of knowing Jesus, immaturity, and how to confront one another. This sermon was originally preached January 6th, 2008 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Resolved to Build and Grow in Love
An exegetical treatment of Ephesians 4:15-16 addressing the theme of Jesus’ Church, church growth, the members of a church, and The Resolved Church as a church plant. This sermon was originally preached January 7th of 2007 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
