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Sunday, November 8Bon Air Baptist Church

BABC The Gathering Worship | 11-08-2026 | 9:30 A.M. EST

Paul says God's plan from eternity was to put his wisdom on display through the church, a diverse body of Jews and Gentiles made one in Christ, and the sermon ties that to a stained-glass window: the beauty only shows when the light shines through. The church is God's masterpiece, and its unity is the point.

What was preached

• Ephesians 3:10–13
• Ephesians 2:14–18
• Ephesians 3:14–19
• Ephesians 3:20–21

• What did God intend to show the unseen rulers and authorities through the church?
• Why does Paul say the dividing wall between Jews and Gentiles had to come down before there could be one church?
• What is Paul asking God to do for the Ephesians when he bows his knees to pray for them?

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Earlier sermons

1. Sunday, November 1

   We Are Family: One Body, Broken Walls

   Paul tells the church in Ephesus that God has taken two divided peoples and made them one new family in Christ, and that this diverse, unified church is how God displays his wisdom to the unseen powers. The sermon calls the congregation to be that kind of family on their watch.

2. Sunday, October 25

   BABC Sanctuary Worship | 10-25-2026 | 11:00 A.M. EST

   Paul tells the Gentiles in Ephesus they were once outsiders with no hope, and that Christ's death on the cross tore down the wall of hostility between Jew and Gentile, making one new family out of two divided groups. The pastor asks whether the church today quietly decides some people just don't belong.

3. Sunday, October 18

   Saved by Grace, Created for Good Works

   The pastor teaches that salvation is a free gift we could never earn, and in 1 Peter 1:18-19 God gave everything He had to pay for it. The good works that follow are the fruit of that gift, not the price.

4. Sunday, October 11

   But God

   Paul says we were spiritually dead, not merely badly behaved, walking aimlessly under the world's pull, and that God in his mercy made us alive with Christ and seated us with him.

5. Sunday, October 4

   BABC Sanctuary Worship

   A Sunday morning worship service at Bon Air Baptist Church, gathered in the sanctuary for preaching and worship.

6. Sunday, September 27

   Chosen, Loved, and Sealed

   Paul opens Ephesians by naming what God has already done for us in Christ: he chose us before the world began, adopts us into his family, and seals us with the Holy Spirit, and our part is to listen, believe, and hope.

7. Sunday, September 20

   BABC Sanctuary Worship | 09-20-2026 | 11:00 A.M. EST

   The notes for this service did not come through with any sermon content, so there is no message to summarize here yet.

8. Sunday, September 13

   A Theological Climb: Into the Book of Ephesians

   Paul's letter to Ephesus is set against the story of a city whose economy and idols were shaken by the gospel, and the pastor calls the church to the same kind of life-changing commitment while warning that a church can drift from its first love.

9. Sunday, September 6

   Stones We Won't Move

   On his first Sunday with the congregation, a new pastor names four things that must not shift when everything else is changing: love for God, love for one another, love for the Word, and love for people who don't know Jesus yet.

10. Sunday, August 30

    I Will Quiet You With My Love

    Zephaniah warns a spiritually dull Judah that judgment is real and silver and gold cannot save them, then ends with God in their midst, quieting his people with his love and singing over them. Brian Varble calls a comfortable church to wake from complacency and turn back to a God who is active, forgiving, and delighted in them.