GUEST SPEAKER: Antioch; a Church of and for the Nations - Jeremy Simpkins

Ephesians 4.1-6. The first three chapters of Ephesians lay a doctrinal foundation, but the last three are much more practical, starting with chapter 4 which calls for unity and maturity as we live out our faith in Christ. 22 March 2026.

Ephesians 3.14-21. In the second of Paul’s prayers for the Christians in Ephesus he asks God that they would have a deeper and surer grasp of the vast array of blessings that are already theirs. Do we fully realise the wealth that is ours in Christ? 15 March 2026.

Ephesians 3.1-13. It was always God’s intention to make irreligious outsiders, hopelessly alienated from God, members of his royal family alongside his ancient chosen people, the Jews. So why did God delay this for centuries? Why wait so long? It’s a bit of a puzzle. Ephesians 3 explains. 8 March 2026.

Acts 11.19-26 and 13.1-3. The New Testament church in Antioch was a multinational community with richly diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. This is evidence of the grace of God in their midst and is a great model for our own local church in Darlington. 1 March 2026.

Ephesians 2.11-22. How do you get enemies who don’t like each other and have nothing in common to become reconciled friends who feel like family? There’s only one way; the gospel. Ephesians 2 explains. 22 February 2026.

Ephesians 2.1-10. In chapter two of Ephesians, Paul likens the salvation we all desperately need to the miraculous raising of a stone-cold corpse from death. This is no self-help personal improvement programme. “You were dead in your sins… but God…” Ephesians 2.1-10 answers three vital questions. What are you saved from? What are you saved by? And what are you saved for? 15 February 2026.

Ephesians 1.15-23. In the first of his two extended prayers for the Ephesian believers, Paul asks that his readers would know God and experience his incomparably great power in them - which is the same as the mighty strength that raised Christ from the dead. Do we really know the reality of that power at work in us? What stands in the way of us doing so? 8 February 2026.

Ephesians 1.3-14. Paul opens his letter to the Ephesians with a stunning outline of God’s eternal and invincible purposes in Christ. How overwhelmingly blessed we are and how infinitely praiseworthy is his grace. 1 February 2026.

Ephesians 1.1-2 and Acts 19.33-41. With the new church plant in Ephesus doing well, the gospel starts to provoke the spiritual powers that be. The Christian life its a battleground, not a playground! 25 January 2026.

Acts 19.1-20 In the first of two introductory talks on the letter to the Ephesians, we learn how the church was planted. It turns out to be a combination of extraordinary open doors, biblical proclamation, miracles, spiritual warfare and very hard work. 18 January 2025.