Evanston Avenue Church Podcast

New Creation Marriage

Marriage is more than a relationship—it’s a living picture of Christ and His Church. In this message from our Fully Alive series, we explore Ephesians 5:21–33 and God's design for marriage through the story of Creation, Fall, Rescue, and Renewal. Discover how the gospel transforms marriage from a struggle for control into a life of mutual sacrifice, love, and unity.

Who Are You Imitating?

In this message from Ephesians 5:1–20, we wrestle with a simple but searching question: Who are you imitating? Scripture calls us to more than self-improvement—it calls us into transformation shaped by Jesus.

It's Not Who You Are

This week in Fully Alive, we explore one of the most practical and personal passages in Ephesians. Paul reminds the church that following Jesus isn’t about pretending to be someone else — it’s about becoming who you truly are now in Christ. The old way of life no longer fits. In Jesus, we’ve been made new. So why keep putting on patterns, habits, and identities that no longer belong to us?

It's Time to Grow Up

What does spiritual maturity actually look like? In Ephesians 4, Paul turns a corner. After celebrating everything Jesus has done for us in the first half of the letter, he now asks: What does it look like to live in light of it?

Bad News/Good News

In this message from Epistle to the Ephesians 2:1–10, we explore the tension of the bad news and the good news of the gospel. The bad news is sobering: apart from God, we are spiritually dead, shaped by the world, the flesh, and the devil, and unable to find life on our own. But the good news breaks in with two powerful words—“But God.” Because of His great love and mercy, God makes us alive with Christ, raises us up, and seats us with Him in the heavenly realms. Salvation is not earned but received by grace, and it restores us to who we were always meant to be—God’s handiwork, His “poetry” in the world, created to live out His love and goodness in tangible ways.