Football players call it putting on your game face. It means we project an air of invincibility whether we feel that way or not. To some degree, everyone projects an outward appearance that may not square with inner reality. Regarding salvation, it's easy to make yourself and others believe that all is well when it's far from well. In this message we learn how God delivers believers from this deceptive mindset.
Moody Church Hour is the weekly radio outreach of The Moody Church in Chicago, Illinois. Philip Miller is the 17th Senior Pastor of The Moody Church. He is committed to cultivating a gospel-centered church that welcomes spiritual explorers, promotes gospel clarity in culturally engaging ways, inspires passionate worship and catalyzes a multiplication movement of gospel renewal both locally and globally.
Like a cross, salvation works on both a vertical and a horizontal axis. Salvation reconciles us with God, and it reconciles us with one another. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller shows us three stages in the story of our adoption into God’s family. Is it possible to break down the walls that divide us?
All of humanity is born spiritually dead. But by God’s grace, through our faith in Christ alone, we can be made spiritually alive. In this message from Ephesians 2, Pastor Philip Miller relates how our new life in Christ gives us a new purpose in life. Even now, God has prepared good works that we might walk in them.
Christians have a secret identity. Even though we may not feel it at times, through faith in Jesus we are sons and daughters of God. In this message from Ephesians 1, Pastor Philip Miller shares three ways we can be confident of this truth: a bold prayer, a glorious perspective, and immeasurable power. Our secret identity will soon be revealed in glory.
To be alive in Christ is nothing short of a miracle. The Triune God purposed we would be His children. In this message from Ephesians 1, Pastor Philip Miller opens one of the most beautiful and transcendent prayers of blessing for believers. Before time began, God knew us, loved us, and chose us.
Where do we turn when we need sustaining grace? The real challenges the early Christians faced—false teachers, false doctrine, and cultural pressures—are what every church and every Christian must deal with. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller’s sweeping overview of Ephesians exhibits the glories and warning of Paul’s epistle. God’s Word gives grace—to real people.