The Word from South Highland

The Mystery of Marriage

November 2, 2025  |  Ephesians 5:21-33 — The Gospel transforms the human understanding of marriage. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches that the Gospel's picture of marriage is a picture of what Christ did for His church.

Under the Influence

October 26, 2025  |  Ephesians 5:15-20 — We live our lives under the influence. But of what? Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches about Paul's confronting us with self-examination about whether we live according to the world or according to the Word.

Living in the Light

October 19,k 2025  |  Ephesians 5:1-14 — Paul speaks to us about how behaviors we should avoid as followers of Christ. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches that he doesn't water down God's standards to accommodate the culture of his readers. Paul emphasizes that, as children of God, we are already set apart.

The New Self

October 12, 2025  |  Ephesians 4:17-32 — Life in Christ means turning away from our old self and receiving our new self from God by His grace. Emily Knight teaches that our new self is clothed by God for life together as the body of Christ.

Unity and Maturity

October 5, 2025  |  Ephesians 4:1-16 — Up to this point in the book of Ephesians, Paul has been impressing upon us the magnitude of God's love and the riches God has prepared for us. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches that we next must learn how this knowledge can truly change our hearts and the way we live in relationship with each other.

Abundantly More

September 28, 2025  |  Ephesians 3:14-21 — From his prison cell, Paul prays for the church in Ephesus, but not just for them to know more about God. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches that we, too, can elevate our prayer posture and pray to receive the fullness of God in our hearts.

The Manifold Wisdom of God

September 21, 2025  |  Ephesians 3:1-13 — Our personal salvation in Jesus Christ is essential in our understanding of the Gospel, but that's not all there is. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches about Paul's proclaiming of the richness and multiple facets of God's power and blessings to the Church in Jesus.

Christ Our Peace

September 14, 2025  |  Ephesians 2:11-22 - Dividing walls of hostility are everywhere in our world, and even in our churches, and they can seem insurmountable. What hope is there for genuine reconciliation? Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches us that the Lord God takes great delight in uniting together that which the world says must remain apart.

But God

September 7, 2025  |  Ephesians 2:1-10 — Paul spends three verses in chapter 2 of Ephesians pointing out to us the utter darkness of the human condition apart from Jesus Christ. It's really quite bleak. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches us that there is, of course, good news, and it's all fully contained in the first two words of verse four.

Paul's Prayer for Us

August 31, 2025  |  Ephesians 1:15-23 - Paul's prayer for the church in Ephesus is a prayer for all followers of Jesus Christ. Rev. Abby Gatliff teaches that the prayer is for us to have hope in Christ, receive the riches of God's inheritance in Christ, and understand the immense power that is ours as believers.