Ascension

Oliver Towlson preaches on the Ascension through Acts 1:1–12 and Ephesians 4:1–10, exploring how the Ascension is not about Christ’s absence, but about his presence with us in a way beyond imagination: Christ has filled all things with himself. Paul uses this truth to call the Ephesians to unity, reminding them that no one possesses more of Christ than another. The Ascension also means there is nowhere Christ cannot be found. In taking on human pain, weakness, weariness, and fear, Jesus has transformed even suffering into a place where he may dwell, so that no one faces any part of life alone. There is no corner of human experience beyond the reach of his redemption; there is no pit so deep that he is not deeper still.