God made men and women in His image, equal in worth but differing in roles. Sin has distorted and twisted the marriage relationship, but God’s salvation should restore husband and…
Marriage is one of God’s greatest gifts, but one that now many are choosing to not pursue. God’s word reminds of what He intended for marriage and how rightly understood…
Being filled with the Spirit is not some mystical, esoteric, uncontrollable experience. Rather, we are given three ways of living under the influence (and being filled by) the Spirit: singing…
The Ephesian culture was known for their drunken, wild “worship” of Bacchus. Paul wants them no longer to be controlled by alcohol which has led to the debauched living of…
God had given us great freedom to decide many options in life. Our role is to pursue God first, search his word, pray, and with godly counsel act. Pastor Mollenkopf…
To honor God we must know what He wishes us to do. Sadly, Christians are often very confused by this topic, but God’s word shows us how to live so…
Paul calls us to walk carefully, and then he gives three areas in which to do this. First, we are to walk wisely in regard to our time. We only…
Jesus saved us out of darkness and called us into His marvelous light. We should then live in that light and delight in that light. Our former activities in the…
Paul turns from the self-sacrificing love we are to have for one another and calls us to put off self-focused sexual sins and greed. The way to do this is…
Doing what is right is not tied to some abstract moral code. Rather, it is learning to know and live like God. We do this not to become the children…