Sunday Morning Podcast | The Moody Church

A few years back a friend of mine in Washington State had a near death experience. In God’s mercy, he survived. And I asked him how it had changed his perspective, and this is what he told me: “When you’re a dead man, and God gives you your life back, it means He’s got a purpose for you.”   And that’s what Ephesians 2:1-10 is all about: we were dead, but God made us alive, which gives our lives new purpose.   1) Dead   The Bible offers a robust understanding for the origin of sin and evil. It arises from three things: human choices, cultural influences, and supernatural oppression. All three are simultaneously at work in a way that doesn’t negate the others.   Spiritual death is ravaging our lives, our families, our neighborhoods, our cities, our nation, and out world. And all that brokenness arises from human choice, cultural influences, and supernatural oppression.   We need a solution that addresses all three sources of evil at once. But we can’t do it on our own.   Apart from grace, we are hop