The UCC lectionary features Ephesians for 7 Sundays in Summer 2024, so Pastor Henry has decided to create a sermon series around them. A bit of history - many scholars believe that Paul did not write this letter, but that it was written by a student or someone else familiar with Paul's teachings. This is also a much more general letter in tone than Paul's other letters. It addresses all challenges for all churches everywhere, not a specific church such as in Philippians.
Ephesians is all about God's grand plan to bring everyone together - Jews and Gentiles - in the new creation that God had planned from the beginning. It moves from the cosmos to the mundane affairs of human life, emphasizing how we should live as Christians in love.
