Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner begins a new preaching series on Ephesians. Ephesians 1:1-10. In Ephesians, we see the apostle Paul lay out profoundly foundational doctrine and then describe the application, answering the question, “What now?” based on the truths of God.

We continually need to hear an accurate description of the Lord Jesus Christ and what He has done.

“In Christ” is a concept brought up eight times in the first ten verses of Ephesians. We see that redemption draws us into the person of Christ. Not by way of absorption but by being united to God, a forever change. This is counter to our own fleshly inclinations of being turned in on ourselves.

Humanity was designed to have the greatest joy when focusing not on themselves. Until we can create a habit in which it becomes natural for us to look to others and ...