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[A] = summary lessons
[B] = exegetical analysis
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What is a Mini-Series?
A Mini-Series is a small subset of lessons from a major series which covers a particular subject or book. The class numbers will be in reference to the major series rather than the mini-series.
Ephesians (2018)

Ephesians (2018)

September 2018 - January 2025

How should we live as believers? Ephesians will inform us of our riches, our spiritual assets, in Christ and how we are to live. Ephesians is the most significant book for understanding our roles and responsibilities as Church Age believers. Listen to the series to put your spiritual growth into hyperdrive.

Video DVDs of these lessons can be ordered here or here.

To view all video Bible studies in the Ephesians series, click here (Vimeo) or here (YouTube). Both platforms now include closed captioning. VIdeos on VImeo include the entire worship service, while those on YouTube only include the Bible teaching from the service.

To listen to this series as a podcast, copy and paste the following URL into your podcast software.
www.deanbibleministries.org/podcasts/2018ephesians.xml
 
Sunday, January 05, 2020
Passage: Ephesians 2:6 & Psalm 110:1-4
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 1 hr 1 mins 10 secs
Does Psalm 110 refer to the promised Messiah? Listen to this lesson to hear about the confusion in the academic world concerning this. Then hear the proof for this being Messianic. Hear three things about the Messiah in this passage and learn who wrote the psalm including Jesus’ reference to the author in the New Testament. As Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father currently, find out what He is waiting for and His current role as our High Priest. See what believers are to be doing during this inter-advent age.
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Passage: Ephesians 2:6 & Mark 16:19-20
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 53 mins 25 secs

What is the purpose of Christ’s Ascension to Heaven and His being seated at the right hand of God the Father? Listen to this lesson to learn a number of things the Ascension accomplished and what the mechanics were when He ascended. See the meaning of the clouds that received Him. Find out how the church, which includes all believers, is now involved in God’s plan and rejoice that it is going forward in God’s own time.

This lesson also includes Luke 24:50-53 and Acts 1:9.

Sunday, December 15, 2019
Passage: Ephesians 2:6
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 27 mins 24 secs
Christ made a promise to believers that He would send a Helper and that it would happen after He ascended and was seated at the right hand of the Father. Listen to this lesson to learn that the Helper is the Holy Spirit. Begin a study of the importance of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Hear the dedication of several young children to God and see who has the major responsibility for their training.
Sunday, December 08, 2019
Passage: Ephesians 2:6
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 45 mins 16 secs
Where is the Lord Jesus Christ now? Listen to this message to hear not only where Christ is, but the reason why He is there. Understand the difference between His first coming to this earth and His second coming, which is yet in the future. See what the Jews had expected and how their rejection of Christ resulted in a new plan being revealed. Find out how understanding this can reshape our spiritual life.
Sunday, December 01, 2019
Passage: Ephesians 2:5-6 & Romans 6:3-6
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 57 mins 39 secs
Why do we still sin after we believe in Christ as our Savior? Listen to this lesson to see that although we have been raised up with Christ to new life, our sin nature is still alive and well in us. So what can we do about it? Learn what the baptism of the Holy Spirit is and why it has nothing to do with water baptism. Find out several meanings of “with” and the importance of it being translated correctly. See that as believers we have a unique, distinct spiritual life but that we must walk by means of the Holy Spirit Who enables us to resist our sin natures.
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Passage: Ephesians 2:4-5 & John 3:1-16
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 55 mins 43 secs
“Born again?” What are you talking about?” Listen to this lesson to hear how Jesus answered a man named Nicodemus, a Pharisee and teacher of the Scriptures, who asked Him this question. First, Jesus explained to Nicodemus his need for new life because he, like all the rest of the human race, had been born spiritually dead. Listen to the details which apply to your own life and understand the simple but profound message of the gospel, which tells us that we are born again when we believe in the saving work of Christ’s death on the Cross.
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Passage: Ephesians 2:4-5
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 51 mins 49 secs
“The love of God is greater far, than tongue or pen can ever say.” As the songwriter expresses, the love of God is so magnificent and rich it’s hard to express. Listen to this lesson to hear how the Apostle Paul describes three facets of God’s character that involve His loving kindness, mercy, and grace to us even when we were in rebellion against Him. See that nothing depends on us because God has provided a solution and all we have to do is trust Christ to be “made alive in Him”.
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Passage: Ephesians 2:1-3
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 51 mins 10 secs

Did you know everyone is born dead? If that doesn’t make any sense to you, listen to this lesson to learn the Bible teaches we are born spiritually dead, which means we are without a human spirit. How can we be made “alive in Christ”? See the role of the Holy Spirit in convicting us of unbelief. Find out we have to make the decision whether or not to believe in Christ and His work on the Cross. Understand what it means to walk by means of the Spirit and grow to spiritual maturity.

This lesson includes a brief speech by congressional candidate Wesley Hunt.

Sunday, October 13, 2019
Passage: Ephesians 2:1-10
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 46 mins 6 secs
Can the dead be made alive? Listen to this lesson to learn that the Apostle Paul explains that dead here refers to the fact that all people are born spiritually dead. See what is necessary for us to be made alive. Hear six basic questions about this and the answers. Find out the role grace plays in saving us when we trust Christ as our Savior. Be reminded that as the body of Christ we have been elevated to be trophies of God’s grace.
Sunday, October 06, 2019
Passage: Ephesians 1:23
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 56 mins 12 secs
The Bible tells us that all believers are part of the body of Christ. What does that mean? Listen to this lesson to learn five facts explaining that Christ is the head of the Church and all those who trust in Him as their Savior make up His body. Understand what fullness refers to and that it is only when we study and learn what the Word of God says that we can reach God’s goal for us to be like His Son.