We kick off our series on Ephesians by looking at how Paul came to start the church in Ephesus. Paul went to Ephesus at the start of his third missionary journey, and ended up staying there longer than he had stayed just about anywhere. During his time there God did what only God could do, and Acts 19:10 says that "all the residents of Asia heard the world of the Lord." Five years later, under house arrest in Rome, Paul writes a beautiful letter to them. Over the next few months we're going to be digging into this letter.

As we prepare for our series on Ephesians, here are some practical principles for studying the Bible.

In our final message on our journey through Luke's Gospel, we go back to the mission of God and look at how Jesus sent His earliest followers and how He sends us today.