Ebenezer UB Church

The Gospel of John stands apart from other gospels with its focused purpose of demonstrating Jesus' divine nature and eternal existence. Written around 100 AD, it strategically covers just 20-25 days of Jesus' life while providing powerful evidence of His identity as the Son of God. Unlike the other gospels written for specific audiences, John's account emphasizes a universal messag...

The opening of John's Gospel presents Jesus as 'the Word' (Logos), a term rich in meaning for both Jewish and Greek audiences of the first century. For the Jewish audience, this connected to their understanding of divine speech's power and the creative force of God's words. The Greek audience would have recognized Logos as the rational principle governing the universe and...

Philippians 3:1-16 "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God h...

Philippians 2:1-18 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus (2:5) In part 2 of our study through the book of Philippians we explore how Paul tells us to have the mindset of Christ in our relationships with other; in our church and outside our church. We discuss the important of taking on the mindset of a servant, just as Christ Jesus did and how if we do so we...

Philippians 1:1-11 I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. In our kickoff to our study in Philippians we look at the first days of the church in...