Nothing Less Than a New Birth

There is a general sense that people think they know what Christianity is about—but they actually don’t realize that this is at the heart of it. Many in our culture have rejected Christianity, but they haven’t actually rejected the real thing. The Christianity that many Americans are rejecting today the Bible would reject, too. For many, the God of the Bible is capricious and aloof—“if we pay our taxes in good works, he’ll accept us.” But the God of the Bible—the real God, the Father, Son, and Spirit—is infinitely more gracious and loving than we might think. And Ephesians 2:1-7 is here to convince us that this is true.