Memory Verse: 'Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, '     Ephesians 4:15Sermon Sentence: Read Acts 8:26-40Does it even really matte...  Read More

Memory Verse: 'Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 'Ephesians 4:15 Sermon Sentence: How we live should be guided by a truth higher...  Read More

Read Ephesians 4:17-24In his commentary on Ephesians in the NIV Application series, Klyne Snodgrass makes the case that the word “Gentile” can be subbed out for “American” in this section.  Maybe anot...  Read More

Read Ephesians 4:1-16I love this section of this letter.  It really is one of my all-time favorites because of its ability to constantly remind me of what it is that we are doing.  The church that is ...  Read More

Read Ephesians 4:1-7Chapter 3 revealed to us the bombshell revelation that the church served as Jesus’ chosen example of God’s revealed wisdom to the world and even heavenly authority and rulers (...  Read More

**All devotions this week were written by Michael and Katie Brittenham. Read Matthew 6:5-13 What is prayer? Talking with God. It seems easy enough, but why do I struggle with what that looks like? Thr...  Read More

Read Ephesians 3:1-13This letter by Paul was sent to the church, a local gathering of individuals following Jesus, in Ephesus.  This church was experiencing something brand new in the idea of religion...  Read More

Read Genesis 1At Hydrate Kids Camp, we talked about the creation story all week.  Since the kids went through it all, and since we talked about it Sunday, it just seems right to continue on in the dev...  Read More

Read Ephesians 2:11-22When I was studying this passage, it took me a while to get the point that Paul was making about the unity between the Jews and the Gentiles.  In my context, I just didn’t see th...  Read More

Read Ephesians 2:1-10No one likes reading about themselves in a poor light from someone else’s perspective, but that is what Paul is driving home here.  This is the view of you and me, when we allow G...  Read More

Read  Colossians 4We are continuing our reading in Colossians, the book similar to our book of study on Sunday’s, Ephesians.  Paul closes the heart of the letter by asking for prayers.  The prayers he...  Read More

Read  Colossians 1:1-14The book of Colossians and the book of Ephesians are heavily related.  Some think they were written together or at least part of a similar path of circulation that was passed ar...  Read More