[serialposts]I can remember talking about this passage in Confirmation as if it were yesterday. There's not much I remember from those middle school years, but this passage stuck with me. This is what makes us Lutheran, my pastor said. It is this passage that...
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ephesians 1:15-23: thanksgiving and prayer
[serialposts]For many of these ideas, I am indebted to the excellent commentary on the book of Ephesians in the NIV Application series written by Dr. Klyne Snodgrass, Professor of New Testament at North Park Theological Seminary. Like any good letter-writer in the...
ephesians 1:1-14: greeting and spiritual blessings in Christ
[serialposts] "It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything...
introduction to paul’s letter to the ephesians
[serialposts]Ephesians is one of the best-loved books in the New Testament. Many Christians recognize the popular texts about predestination, the unity of the church, and spiritual warfare. However, the background on this first century epistle is also intriguing....
read it like you’re bleeding
Something about this woman drew me to her. I wanted to be her friend and...
God’s Heart in a little green marker
Why? WHY? Why-why-why?! I want to know, too. So I take out my little green...
book review: what saint paul really said
N.T. Wright is one of the foremost New Testament scholars of our time. He is...
in-betweens are places, too
I stalked him shamelessly. I hounded him, followed his scent, tracked his...
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