Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23 Context: What prompted Paul to pray this prayer for the Ephesians? News reached a prison cell, and it turned straight into prayer. Paul opens with for this reason — pointing back to a report about the Ephesians: their faith in the Lord Jesus, their love for all the saints (v.15). This good […]
Read More WIWO: Ephesians – Episode 03: Paul’s Prayer for WisdomWhen I heard the music he wrote, that’s how I felt. When I heard her first cries as she emerged into the world, that’s what I experienced. When, against all odds, they managed to lift the trophy, that’s certainly what overcame me. And these were small expressions of what is available in each stage of […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – AstoundWhat is it like for the Kingsman to relate to Jesus, the Lamb of God? It’s very much like what happens when a man finally stops flinching at the cost of love because he’s seen exactly what it looked like, paid in full. Everything about how he gives himself to others changes once he’s stood […]
Read More KMCD 32: The Lamb and the KingsmanReading: Ephesians 1:1-14 Context: What does it mean that these blessings are “in the heavenly realms”? These blessings are already live – right now, in a realm I can’t see with my physical eyes. Paul uses “heavenly realms” as an active, present sphere. Here, Christ is already enthroned and where — remarkably — I already […]
Read More WIWO: Ephesians – Episode 02: Chosen and BlessedHe is the One. Not any one. Not the usual one. No, this was the one. He is the one. And what marks Him out as the one is that there is no one as brilliant as Him. There is no one as glorious as Him. He chooses to express Himself through His creation, but […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – AceWhat is it like for the Kingsman to relate to Jesus, the Lion of the tribe of Judah? It’s very much like what happens when a man already knows how the fight ends before he’s even walked into it. Everything about how he carries himself in the middle of it changes. That’s the position the […]
Read More KMCD 31: The Lion and the KingsmanContext: Ephesians – Who Wrote It, When, and Why It Matters Paul identifies himself as the author twice in the text (1:1, 3:1), and the early church overwhelmingly accepted his authorship. Paul wrote Ephesians from house arrest in Rome, somewhere around AD 60 to 62, making it one of four so-called “prison epistles” alongside Philippians, […]
Read More WIWO: Ephesians – Episode 01: Book OverviewWhat you aim for is important. That aim is not always the same in the short term. The aim is always the same in the larger scheme of things. There’s somewhere to get to; there’s a goal in mind. It would be awesome to aim for something astounding that is ace to achieve for someone […]
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