Parkside Christian Church Podcast

Week 10 | Timeless: Relationships Part 1 | Matt Robinson

Speaker: Matt Robinson
Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-33
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Our behavior impacts our relationships and the strength of our relationships shapes our lives. The reality is that strong relationships come from submitting to people we know love us and we know we can trust. A real relationship does not force the other person to submit or love them. A committed friend or a committed partner takes the first step. As followers of Christ, we take the first step to honor others because of our love for Jesus.
 
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Week 9 | Timeless: Righteous Living Part 2 | Matt Robinson

Speaker: Matt Robinson
Scripture: Ephesians 4:32-5:14
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Your old habits and haunts can be hard to give up. They can sneak up on you and before you realize it you’ve slipped right back into destructive behavior. Once that shadow has crept up on you again, it can be hard to shake it even if you know that it doesn’t fit with your new way of life. As followers of Jesus, now each of us walks in the way of love and we pursue the things we know make God happy.
 
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Week 8 | Timeless: Righteous Living Part 1 | Matt Robinson

Speaker: Matt Robinson
Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-31
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Behavior modification. We aren’t talking about court mandated probation or some re-education camp from a dystopian novel. This is changing our behaviors to benefit ourselves and others. And it isn’t a means of controlling or restricting any of us. Instead, the way we experience purpose and freedom flows through resisting some of our old habits, to learn a new way of living that God has for us.
 
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Week 7 | Timeless: Paul's Prayer For Ephesus | Matt Robinson

Speaker: Matt Robinson
Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16
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As Paul writes about how the church accomplishes our mission he uses the same metaphor he uses when he wrote to the church in Corinth. He says the church is like a body. Each of us connected to each other, each of us has work we need to do. When we work together it helps each other grow to be more like Jesus and it accomplishes our mission. What works of service have you been equipped for and how are you at work in using them?
 
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Week 6 | Timeless: Paul's Prayer For Ephesus | Matt Robinson

Speaker: Matt Robinson
Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21
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Have you ever witnessed someone using a tool, but not exactly understanding what the tool is actually supposed to do? Prayer is an incredible tool we have been given from God. It’s a supernatural way for us to connect with him. Prayer is powerful too. Sometimes though we don’t use it quite like it was intended. Paul, as he writes the church in Ephesus, is in jail. He isn’t praying for his freedom in this letter though. Instead he is praying for the spiritual growth and well being of the Ephesians. That they would fully experience the presence of God in their lives. What would happen in our homes, in our neighborhoods, and in our city if we prayed for each other to experience the power of Jesus on a personal level?
 
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Week 5 | Timeless: The Mystery Is Now Our Mission | Matt Robinson

Speaker: Matt Robinson
Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-12
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Every good breakout movie has a plan. Whether we are talking about Shawshank, Alcatraz, or The Great Escape they all have a hidden plan waiting to be put into motion. If it’s going to be successful it can’t be discovered too soon. In Ephesians 3 Paul repeatedly mentions a mystery. A plan that God has for rescuing mankind. This plan was hidden for generations, but now it's been made known to us through Jesus. The mystery becomes our mission too. It isn’t a mystery anymore, through Jesus we can be reunited and restored with God.
 
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Week 4 | Timeless: Brought Together Through Jesus | Randy Adams

Speaker: Randy Adams
Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22
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The city of Ephesus was filled with people from different places, cultures, and beliefs. One of the greatest unifying features wasn’t a shared faith or belief, it was their shared economical benefit from the multitude of religions practiced in the region. Paul told the church in Ephesus all Jesus followers are united in community in an even more meaningful and powerful way. God has united us together in spite of a multitude of differences through the blood of Jesus.
 
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Week 3 | Timeless: Made Alive In Christ | Randy Shivers

Speaker: Randy Shivers
Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10
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Admitting our failures is painful. For the most time, the only time people do it, is either in recovery, or to highlight how far they’ve come. For Christians our testimony is worth celebrating, but it forces us to acknowledge our brokenness. Before Jesus redeemed us, we were all on spiritual life support. We were as good as dead. But then Jesus rescued and redeemed us. All of us have a powerful story about how God’s grace has transformed our lives.  What is your story of Jesus resurrecting you?
 
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