We will be studying the book of Ephesians up until Holy Week through a series of sermons preached during Sunday worship. The church library hopes that the following books will build upon these sermons and help you study Ephesians further!
1. Life Lessons from Ephesians by Max Lucado
Is there anything more elegant than a wedding? Candles bathe a chapel in gold. Families fill the pews. And the groom stands at the front, longing for that moment his bride will appear and step toward him to start their new life together. In Ephesians, Paul reminds us that Jesus is also longing for the day he will be united with the church—his bride in all her beauty. Paul’s letter celebrates the beauty of the church and gives us wonderful examples and overviews of a Christian life. Paul shows us how to walk worthy of Christ as we live our life for God. His focus on the beauty of the church reminds us that through salvation we become a part of God’s family: a place where we can experience true belonging.
2. The Message of Ephesians by John Stott
John Stott has been attracted back again and again by Paul’s letter to the young church at Ephesus which portrays a new society of Christ’s making that stands out in bright relief against our colourless world of oppression, heartache, separation and division. John Stott expounds Paul’s theme of uniting all things in Christ by uniting his church and breaking down all that separates us from God, one ethnic group from another, husband from wife, parent from child, master from slave. Paul’s insights are for all who want to build the church into the new society God has planned it to be.
3. Paul for Everyone: The Prison Letters: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon by NT Wright
Making use of his scholar’s understanding, yet writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, NT Wright captures the verve and sparkle of these letters. Paul wrote the letters while in prison facing possible death, but their passion and energy are undimmed. They reveal Paul’s longing to see young churches grow in faith and understanding, rooted in Jesus himself, and to see this faith worked out in practice. Wright’s stimulating comments are combined with his own fresh and inviting translation of the text.
Make your book reservations online or drop by our library on Sundays, 9.15am to 10am, at KKMC L2.
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