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Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus Christ is truly risen from the dead
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Eight Summarizing Words On the Gospel by DA Carson; Lectio Continua Expository Commentary on 1 Corinthians by Kim Riddlebarger; Surprised by Hope by NT Wright; Making Sense of God by Tim Keller; As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God by Matthew Parris
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Since we are in a fierce spiritual battle, we must be constant and consistent in prayer for the church and its gospel ministry.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (BDAG), Revised & Ed. by Frederick William Danker; Dictionary of Biblical Imagery, ed. by Leland Ryken, James Wilhoit, and Tremper Longman; An Exegetical Commentary: Ephesians by Harold Hoehner; The Message of Ephesians by John Stott; Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: To prepare for the evil day, the Christian must don the shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and sword of the Spirit.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary by Harold Hoehner; The Message of Ephesians by John Stott; The Whole Armor of God: How Christ’s Victory Strengthen’s Us for Spiritual Warfare by Iain Duguid; Spiritual Warfare in the Storyline of Scripture: A Biblical, Theological, and Practical Approach by Bill Cook and Chuck Lawless; The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
Pastor Dan Turner
BIG IDEA: Getting ready for the evil day involves the Christian in 3 activities:
1. Girding the loins with truth
2. Putting on the breastplate of righteousness
3. Shodding the feet by the readiness coming from the gospel of peace
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: The Lord provides us with strength for spiritual battle against our spiritual enemy.
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RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary by Harold Hoehner; The Message of Ephesians by John Stott; The Whole Armor of God by Iain Duguid; SpiritualWarfare and the Storyline of Scripture by Bill Cook and Chuck Lawless; Renewal as a Way of Life by Richard Lovelace; War: Why Did Life Just Get Harder? By Mez McConnell
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: The Lord provides us with strength for spiritual battle against our spiritual enemy.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary by Harold Hoehner; The Message of Ephesians by John Stott; Reformed Expository Commentary: Ephesians by Bryan Chapel; Ephesians: An Expositional Commentary by James Boice; Spiritual Warfare in the Storyline of Scripture: A Biblical, Theological, and Practical Approach by Bill Cook and Chuck Lawless; The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis; Spiritual Warfare by Tim Keller; The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton; Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks; War: Why Did Life Just Get Harder? by Mez McConnell
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: God will glorify his people by raising them like Christ and making them like him.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Baker Exegetical Commentary: Romans by Thomas Schreiner; The Wonderful Works of God by Herman Bavinck; The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis; The 1689 Second London Confession; Concise Theology by J.I. Packer
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: God preserves his people so that they persevere to the end.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible;
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: God, in his sanctifying grace, works in us to progressively make us righteous.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Romans Commentaries by Thomas Schreiner, Frank Theilman, and Douglas Moo; Systematic Theologies by Michael Horton and Herman Bavink; Salvation Accomplished and Applied by John Murray; Sanctification by JC Ryle
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: In Christ, God adopts his people as his very own children.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; A Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament and O/ Early Christian Literature 3rd ed. by Walter Bauer, ed. by Frederick Danker; Dictionary of Biblical Imagery by Leeland Ryken, James Wilhoit, and Tremper Longman; The New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Epistle to the Galatians by F.F. Bruce; The New American Commentary: Galatians by Timothy George; Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Galatians by Thomas Schreiner