This is me at 13 years of age. Wet, shivering and miserable lined up against the redbrick wall with some twenty-two other 13 year olds. This is the weekly games lesson and this is me waiting to be picked. Two team captains, the tallest and the meanest, head the line pointing sullenly, first to the…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 26 July 2009 at Firwood Church. Click here to stream or download the sermon audio. Ephesians 1:3-14 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing…
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Paul begins his great hymn of praise with the truth that God chooses us. In the third part of this series working through the letter to the Ephesians, Andy Evans unpacks this weighty truth and explains why Christians should exult in a God who acts first, acts decisively and acts in love. Click here to…
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You know how it goes. ‘The Academy Award for Best Actress goes to…’ Then the orchestra strikes up, the dreamy montage is projected on the fifty foot high screen. The Best Actress stands up, her just-on-the-right-side-of-vulgar sequinned dress glistening in the twinkling spotlight, handkerchief clutched in hand; yes, she is already choking back the tears.…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 19 July 2009 at Firwood Church. Click here to stream or download the sermon audio. Ephesians 1:3-14 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing…
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In the second of a new series on Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, Andy Evans unpacks the profound and glorious truth that the Gospel begins with God and is purposed for his glory and his fame. The notes that accompany this sermon are available here.
Those of you who read my previous blog, Ephesians: His Glorious Grace, or were around on Sunday morning will know that we have just embarked on a sermon series working through Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians (first message in the series available here). I thought it might be useful, then, to highlight some of the…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 12 July 2009 at Firwood Church. Click here to stream or download the sermon audio. 1. INTRODUCTION Ephesians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are…
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Gideon, my nearly two year old son, has learnt several new tricks. Even though he cannot yet talk (beyond shouting out random single syllable words, ‘duck’ as he points at the TV, ‘wack’ as he waves his arms madly and ‘clock’ as he points unnervingly to my eye), he has picked up a number of…
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In the first of this new series on Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, Andy Evans considers Paul’s miraculous conversion and declaration that he is appointed an apostle ‘by the will of God’. We find that Paul is an example of the glorious grace of God at work and that this letter is written that this…
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